Usage Note
Habitante is a common-gender noun (el/la habitante), used for any person who lives in a place. It is most common in formal and geographic contexts — census data, encyclopedias, news — rather than everyday conversation, where vecino (neighbor, resident) is more common for local community. The plural habitantes is regular.
Examples
"La ciudad tiene tres millones de habitantes."
Natural Translation
The city has three million inhabitants.
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