Locations Ontology

municipality where business is conducted, especially one that is considered a financial center

political and administrative division of a country, state or province, providing certain local governmental services

geopolitical entity that is or includes the municipality or capital city that acts as the seat of the federal government

This model includes representation of the capital administrative region of those federations for which the capital is situated other than within one of the states or provinces which make up the country as a whole. This is so that addresses and other references which may need to refer to any location within the country may do so. Examples include the District of Columbia in the US, and the Canberra area in Australia. Not all federations have such an area.

self-governing geopolitical unit which forms part of a wider geopolitical unit that is recognized as a country

urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government or jurisdiction

The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: - only one populated place such as a city, town, or village - several of such places (e.g., early jurisdictions in the state of New Jersey (1798-1899) as townships governing several villages, Municipalities of Mexico) - only parts of such places, sometimes boroughs of a city such as the 34 municipalities of Santiago, Chile.

A municipality can be any political jurisdiction from a sovereign state, such as the Principality of Monaco, or a small village, such as West Hampton Dunes, New York.

tract or plot of land

location in physical space

community in which people live or have lived, without being specific as to size, population or importance

tract or plot of land including any fixed structures on it, as well as the natural resources of the land including uncultivated flora and fauna, farmed crops and livestock, water, and any additional mineral deposits