Sentence examples for settlement was built from inspiring English sources

In 1623 a fishing settlement was built at the river's mouth.

"There isn't a lot of stone in the jungle, and most of the settlement was built with organic materials — wood and palms and earth mounds — which decompose," he said.

A famous landmark is Menehune Ditch, a large irrigation system built of smoothed lava stone; according to legend, the structure, constructed before Polynesian settlement, was built in one night by menehunes ("little people").

In response to the 2009 disaster in Verapaz, hazard monitoring strategies improved and a new settlement was built for relocating people living in at-risk zones.

It was not until 1160 that a first fortified settlement was built there.

Located in present-day Elizabeth, Illinois, United States, the fort at the Apple River settlement was built in less than a week.

The 51-year-old's only thought was to reach the shores of Lake Chad, around which the fishing settlement is built.

One line of argument employed by settlement supporters is that no settlement is built on private Palestinian land – though such a claim appears to be based largely on settler fiction rather than hard facts.

One such settlement is Ma'on, in the South Hebron Hills, where buildings have been constructed without permission, with civil administration data revealing that 15% of the settlement is built on private, mostly Palestinian, land.

While Israelis can at any time move to the West Bank or Gaza, Palestinians are not allowed to live legally in an Israeli city or settlement, even if this settlement is built upon their family land.

The land upon which the settlement is built contains predominantly sandstone, grindstone and clay.