The gathering places of human beings are called tribes.

The concentrated settlements of human beings are called settlements, which are divided into rural settlements and urban settlements. There are rural settlements first and then there are urban settlements.

The main forms of settlement include rural and urban areas.

Rural areas are residential areas with a small population that are mainly engaged in agricultural production activities.

A city is a city whose population reaches a certain size.

Settlements in the world vary greatly in size, ranging from megacities with tens of millions of people to small villages with only three or five households.

Rural areas are small-scale settlements dominated by agricultural activities and agricultural population.

Cities are settlements with mainly non-agricultural populations. They are large in scale and serve as political, economic and cultural centers within a certain geographical scope.

Human beings first had rural settlements and then urban settlements.

Generally speaking, cities develop from villages.