Officially, the government of Syana classifies places as such (in terms of permanent residents):​

• village (o'loma) = 20 to 1,000

• small town (mia-bia-o'loma) = 1,000 to 20,000

• town (bia-o'loma) = 20,000 to 100,000

• large town (biaa-bia-o'loma) = over 100,000 

• city (daal) = a large town with over 1 million