urban area

Summary

urban area ranks in the top 0.54% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,859 views/month, #419 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• urban area is a type of human settlement^[2].
• urban area's Commons category is recorded as Urban areas^[3].
• urban area is the opposite of rural area^[4].
• urban area comprises suburb^[5].
• urban area comprises core city^[6].
• urban area comprises urban settlement^[7].
• urban area's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Urban areas^[8].
• urban area's has characteristic is recorded as urbanity^[9].
• urban area's different from is recorded as urban space^[10].
• urban area's different from is recorded as urban-type settlement^[11].
• urban area's different from is recorded as urban area^[12].
• urban area's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Use Q2983893 "urban district" for a neighbourhood within a larger urban area; use Q1907114 "metropolitan area" for a wider area'}^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

urban area is a type of human settlement^[2]. It is the opposite of rural area^[4].

Use and Application

Components include suburb^[5], an urban unit definition^[14]; core city^[6]; and urban settlement^[7].

Influence

Things named for urban area include urban fantasy^[15], a fantasy genre^[16].

Why It Matters

urban area ranks in the top 0.54% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,859 views/month, #419 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for it include urban fantasy^[15], a fantasy genre^[16].