| Descriptor English: | Cities | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Ciudades 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Cidades | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Villes | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Counties County Large Cities Large City Medium Cities Medium City Megalopolis Metropolis Municipalities Towns Urban Villages | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | G16.500.275.069 N06.230.069 Z01.433 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002947 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center. | ||||||
| Annotation: | IM for cities as sociol or population entities; specific indentions are available (NIM only) for epidemiol or ethnol studies; URBANIZATION is available for the develop from rural to urban society; URBAN POPULATION and URBAN HEALTH are also available | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | CL                                                            classification EC economics EH ethnology EP epidemiology HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: | specific city (1966-1997) | ||||||
| History Note: | 98; use explode 1967-97 | ||||||
| Related: | Urban Area
                                            DeCS Urban Health MeSH Urban Population MeSH Urban Sanitation DeCS Urbanization MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 2973 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D002947 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1998/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2018/05/25 | 
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                                        PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
 
 Biological Phenomena [G16]Biological Phenomena
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 GEOGRAPHICALS
 Geographic Locations [Z01]Geographic Locations
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                        Cities                                            
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                        Towns                                            
                                        - Related but not broader or narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                                                                    
                        Municipalities                                            
                                        - Broader                                        
                                                                
                                
                                                                    
                        Megalopolis                                            
                                        - Related but not broader or narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                                                                    
                        Metropolis                                            
                                        - Related but not broader or narrower                                        
                                                                
                                
                        
                        
                    
                    
                
                | Concept UI | M0004511 | 
| Scope note | A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center. | 
| Preferred term | Cities | 
| Entry term(s) | Counties County | 
| Concept UI | M000643154 | 
| Scope note | Human settlements larger than a village but smaller than a city. | 
| Preferred term | Towns | 
| Entry term(s) | Medium Cities Medium City Urban Villages | 
| Concept UI | M0004512 | 
| Preferred term | Municipalities | 
| Concept UI | F0001346 | 
| Preferred term | Megalopolis | 
| Concept UI | F0001347 | 
| Preferred term | Metropolis | 
| Entry term(s) | Large Cities Large City | 
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