Inhabitation

n.	1.
	1.	The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. - Bp. Pearson.
	2.	Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
	3.	Population; inhabitants. The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. - Sir W. Raleigh.

Noun

1.

inhabitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony" Synonyms: inhabitancy, habitation

bivouacking, camping, cohabitation, domicile, domiciliate, dwell, encampment, habitation, inhabit, inhabitancy, live, living together, occupancy, occupy, people, populate, reside, shack, tenancy, tenting