The city was created by joining together a number of settlements often several centuries old.

More recently however, a number of settlements have been built on the valley floor.

The early populations eventually drained the lake, and built a number of settlements.

"He has a large number of settlements, and many followers."

However, the number of settlements in the world for which population data are available exceeds one million.

Figures indicating the number of settlements before the change are not available.

The old city is surrounded by a number of newer settlements.

However, there were already a number of settlements within the federal territory when it was created in 1790.

There are a number of small settlements in the area.

In addition they had a large number of other settlements.