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  • A city is a place where thousands or even millions of people live together in a very small space. Cities are much larger and more important than towns or villages. 

    Today, about half of the world’s population live in cities.

    St. Peter's Square in Rome

    Rome - View from the dome of St. Peter's Basilica
    Image:  St Peter's Square, Vatican City - April 2007.jpg, by David Iliff,
    via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0




    Words

    • population = all the people who live in a certain place
    • village = a very small town in the countryside