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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">villages</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>kraals</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>ksour</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>nucleated villages</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>settlements by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>village</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Distinctions among villages, towns, and cities are relative and vary according to their individual regional contexts. Villages generally designate units of compact settlement, varying in size but usually larger than hamlets and smaller than towns and distinguished from the surrounding rural territory. ]]></note></mads>