Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement[note 1] is a name for a semi-urban settlement (suburb) used in many Eastern European countries. The name was historically used in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Soviet Union. Today, it is used in many post-Soviet states: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Urban structure in the town center of Sortavala in Republic of Karelia, Russia
  • Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)
  • Political divisions of Russia
  • Regions of Belarus
  • Subdivisions of Kyrgyzstan

Notes
  1. Russian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, romanized: posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: Russian: п.г.т., romanized: p.g.t.; Ukrainian: селище міського типу, romanized: selyshche mis'koho typu, abbreviated: Ukrainian: с.м.т., romanized: s.m.t.; Belarusian: пасёлак гарадскога тыпу, romanized: pasiolak haradskoha typu; Polish: osiedle typu miejskiego; Bulgarian: селище от градски тип, romanized: selishte ot gradski tip; Romanian: așezare de tip orășenesc.
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