An urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures.

• Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape Town in Western Cape
• Urban settlement, an official designation for a certain type of urban locality used in some of the republics of Africa such as Southern Africa.
• Municipal urban settlement, a type of municipal formation in Russia
• Urban settlement [ru], a synonym for urban localities in Russia
• Urban-type settlement, an official designation for a certain type of urban locality used in some of the former republics of the Soviet Union

It consists of various towns:- Administrative town Defence town Cultural town Industrial town Junction town