A Discussion of the Population Size, Population Composition and Function of the in Rural Areas

Rural settlements usually includes 4 main parts: isolated areas, hamlets, villages, and small market towns. However, countries define minimum size of population required to enable a settlement to be termed a town differently. In USA, it is 2,500, Denmark is 250. However, in China, there is not a clear definition of how big a town or village should be. One defintion of China's is an area with less than 100,000 of foreign population can be defined as a town or village. Normally, LEDCs like China have much more rural population than MEDCs such as Britain and USA.
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