From a

statistical Statistics (from German: ''Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industria ...

point of view, in

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, a singular population entity (''in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

:'' ''entidad singular de población'') is defined as "any inhabited area within a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, inhabited or exceptionally uninhabited, clearly differentiated within that municipality and that is known by a specific name that identifies it without the possibility of confusion", according to the definition of the

National Statistics Institute National Institute of Statistics may refer to: *National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia *National Institute of Statistics of Cambodia *National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica *National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nica ...

Population entities

The

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published by the

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, usually on the dates when the

population census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

was carried out, distinguishes, within each municipality, the following population entities, each of which has a delimited territorial scope. * Collective population entity (''in Spanish: Entidad colectiva de población):'' a grouping of two or more singular population entities. * Singular population entity (''in Spanish: Entidad singular de población)'': any inhabited area of a

, inhabited or exceptionally uninhabited, clearly differentiated within the municipality and known by a specific denomination that identifies it without the possibility of confusion. * Population nucleus (''in Spanish: Núcleo de población)'': is a group of at least ten buildings that form streets, squares and other urban roads. By exception, the number of buildings may be less than 10, as long as the population that inhabits them exceeds 50 inhabitants. The nucleus includes those buildings that, being isolated, are less than 200 meters from the outer limits of the aforementioned complex, although in determining this distance, land occupied by industrial or commercial facilities, parks, gardens, sports areas, cemeteries, parking lots and others, as well as canals or rivers that may be crossed by bridges, must be excluded. * ''Scattered'' (''in Spanish: Diseminados)'': These are buildings -inhabited or not- that do not meet the conditions established to form a population nucleus. The singular population entity can be constituted by several population nuclei, in addition to scattered. If there is no population nucleus within the singular population entity, it is formed by the existing scattered areas in its territory. Each singular population entity has a category that is the qualification granted, or traditionally recognized, such as

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

, '' lugar'' or

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

, and in the absence thereof, the one that responds to its origin and characteristics, such as ''

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'',

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fina ...

, ''

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'',

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

, tourist center,

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urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

and others. Similarly, a population nucleus corresponds to one of the following categories:

, '' lugar'' or

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, ''

'',

. Some collective population entities receive, according to the legislation of each

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, the consideration of local Entity of territorial scope inferior to the municipality foreseen in the Local Regime Law; these entities according to this law do not have legal personality, and according to the autonomous legislation can receive their own denominations: in the autonomous legislation they can receive other denominations such as

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

es,

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

, '' barrios'', ''elizates'', '' concejos'', '' pedanías'', annexed places and other analogous ones. In Alava and

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

,Art. 37 of th
Foral Law 6/1990
July 2, of the Navarre Local Administration. these entities are called councils and, in accordance with the corresponding legislation, have legal personality.

INE code of entities and population nuclei

The entities and population nuclei have been codified by the National Institute of Statistics since 1981. This code is made up of 11 digits: * The first two for the province; * The third, fourth and fifth for the municipality within the province; * The sixth and seventh for the collective entity within the municipality, if it exists. Otherwise "00" is used; * The eighth and ninth for the singular entity within the collective entity or the municipality, if the collective entity does not exist; and * The last two for the population nuclei within the singular entity, using "99" for the scattered. Thus, for example, code 33016022002 refers to: The codes were re-established in 1991 following the alphabetical order of the population nucleus within each singular entity. Newly created entities are assigned a code correlative to the last existing one, and those that disappear are not reused. The municipalities must review, at least once a year, the list of ''entidades'' and population nuclei and send it to the National Statistics Institute, which publishes it annually. This list serves as the basis for the preparation of the municipal census of inhabitants.

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INE code of entities and population nuclei

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