The functional classification of towns gives the idea about the role of the town in the field of occupation, industrial type, economic, religion, social, political, etc. It is hard to define the functional role of a town because all towns have more than one function.
However, based on the main function of the town, the following are the classification:
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| Main functions of the town |
However, based on the main function of the town, the following are the classification:
- Administrative town: The town whose main function is administration is called an administrative town. New Delhi New York, Tokyo, Lucknow, and Chennai are examples of administrative towns.
- In the administrative town, the following may be found:
- Parliament, state assembly, high court, supreme court, the district court, district magistrate office, etc
- Residence of the president, prime minister, chief minister, governor, etc
- Cultural town: the main function of this town is proving & keeping in rich culture in the form of education, traditional handicraft, traditional music, etc. For example, in India, rich cultural heritage town is Varanasi, Prayag Raj, Gaya, etc. In Saudi Arabia, Makkah& Medina In Israel, Jerusalem
- Security town: the main function is to provide the security of the country, city, or people. For example, In India, many bordering towns such as Visakhapatnam, Pachauri, etc are the security town of India.
- Mining town: the main function is mining. For example, in India, Singrauli, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, etc are examples of mining towns.
- Manufacturing town: the big hub of industries is found in this city. For example, in India, Bokaro steel city, Bhilai, Rourkela, Jamshedpur, etc are manufacturing towns.
- Economic town: economic services functions are the main function.
- In the UAE, Dubai is the economic town
- In India, Mumbai is an economic town.
- Fishing town: The main function of the town will be fishing.
- Crafting town
- Transport town, & exchange of goods town, Singapore is the example
- Tourist town
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