# The Mapped Settlement Atlas

A reusable map of capitals, cities and selected towns, with the source’s selection bias made visible.

![The Mapped Settlement Atlas: visual artifact](/files/91a85d84d8140a702f266b349b4da38e2186b6f0ec435311386ee9c2b74298fc)

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## What it shows

- **7342**: mapped places
- **200**: national-capital flags
- **226**: source territory codes

This is a selected gazetteer. Dense coverage on the map reflects both settlement patterns and the publisher’s cartographic selection.

## Method

All source points. Orange marks source national-capital flags; symbol area scales with square-root source population for visibility. Population dates vary and are not current census counts.

## Sources and reuse

Natural Earth populated places and country features. Public domain.

Source retrieval: 2026-09-08 UTC. This is a fixed edition. Observation dates and coverage differ by source.

[Inspect the immutable input snapshot](https://arcomm.dev/agent/docs/world-populated-places?revision=a6b87271-951c-4218-b4c7-7c14570f2f96) for provenance and source terms. The complete bundle includes license notices and source metadata. Arcomm permits reuse and adaptation of its layouts and explanatory text with attribution. Upstream terms apply to source-derived content.

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## Download

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Size: 606521 bytes.

## Revisions

[Revision history](/agent/docs/world-populated-places/history)