Transborder Agglomeration
From Handwiki Short description: Urban area that extends into two or more countries (or dependent territories)
San Diego–Tijuana is an urban agglomeration across the Mexico–United States border.
A transborder agglomeration is an urban agglomeration or conurbation that extends into multiple sovereign states and/or dependent territories. It includes city-states that agglomerate with its neighbouring countries.
List of transborder agglomerations
Africa
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa–Brazzaville | Democratic Republic of the Congo–Republic of the Congo | 19,547,463 |
| Goma–Gisenyi | Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda | 756,323 |
| Lomé–Aflao | Togo–Ghana | 1,544,206 |
| N'djamena–Kousséri | Chad–Cameroon | 1,694,819 |
Asia
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Astara–Astara | Iran–Azerbaijan | 100,000 |
| Basra–Khorramshahr–Abadan | Iraq–Iran | 2,000,000 |
| Blagoveshchensk–Heihe | Russia –China | 400,000 |
| Dandong–Sinuiju | China –North Korea | 1,000,000 |
| Dhahran–Jubail–Manama | Saudi Arabia–Bahrain | 2,000,000 |
| Fergana–Kyzyl-Kiya | Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan | 300,000 |
| Sijori Growth Triangle (Singapore–Johor Bahru–Batam–Bintan) | Singapore–Malaysia–Indonesia | 9,000,000 |
| Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou–Dongguan–Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Macau) | China –Hong Kong–Macau | 71,200,000 |
| Kara-Suu–Qorasuv | Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan | 40,000 |
| Lahore–Amritsar | Pakistan –India | 12,000,000 |
| Mukdahan–Savannakhet | Thailand–Laos | 200,000 |
| Padang Besar–Padang Besar | Malaysia–Thailand | 20,000 |
| Tashkent–Saryagash | Uzbekistan–Kazakhstan | 3,000,000 [1] |
| Vientiane–Nong Khai | Laos–Thailand | 900,000 |
Europe
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population[citation needed] |
|---|---|---|
| Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö) | Denmark–Sweden | 3,964,522 |
| Baarle-Hertog–Baarle-Nassau | Belgium–Netherlands | 9,262 |
| Basel–Huningue–Weil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena) | Switzerland–France–Germany | 2,400,000 |
| Bourg-Madame–Puigcerdà | France–Spain | |
| Como–Chiasso (part of Greater Milan)[2] | Italy–Switzerland | 189,000[3] |
| Saarbrücken–Forbach | Germany–France | 700,000 |
| Geneva–Annemasse–Ferney-Voltaire–Nyon (France–Vaud–Geneva basin or Grand Genève) | Switzerland–France | 890,000 |
| Gorizia–Nova Gorica | Italy–Slovenia | |
| Görlitz–Zgorzelec | Germany–Poland | 85,000 |
| Guben–Gubin | Germany–Poland | 35,000 |
| Hendaye–Irun | France–Spain | |
| Ivangorod–Narva | Russia–Estonia | 69,000 |
| Katowice–Ostrava (the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, including directly cut Český Těšín-Cieszyn) | Poland –Czech Republic | 5,300,000 |
| Komárno–Komárom | Slovakia–Hungary | 56,000 |
| Le Perthus–Els Límits | France–Spain | 700 |
| Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián | France–Spain | 620,000 |
| Lille–Roubaix–Tourcoing–Mouscron–Tournai–Kortrijk | France–Belgium | 1,850,000 |
| Longwy–Aubange–Pétange | France–Belgium–Luxembourg | 80,000 |
| Strasbourg–Kehl | France–Germany | 700,000 |
| Konstanz–Kreuzlingen | Germany–Switzerland | 110,000 |
| Kerkrade–Herzogenrath | Netherlands–Germany | 95,000 |
| Frankfurt (Oder)–Słubice | Germany–Poland | 75,000 |
| Haparanda–Tornio | Sweden–Finland | 32,000 |
| Pello–Pello | Sweden–Finland | 4,500 |
| Karesuando–Karesuvanto | Sweden–Finland | 500 |
| Imatra–Svetogorsk | Finland–Russia | 45,000 |
| Rousse–Giurgiu | Bulgaria–Romania | 250,000 |
| Lifford–Strabane | Ireland–Northern Ireland | 18,500 |
| Valka–Valga | Latvia–Estonia | 20,000 |
| Vienna–Bratislava | Austria–Slovakia | 1,900,000 |
| Slavonski Brod–Brod | Croatia–Bosnia and Herzegovina | 110,000 |
| Szczecin | Poland –Germany | 763,321 |
North America
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Paso Canoas | Costa Rica–Panama | |
| Metro Vancouver–Fraser Valley–Bellingham | Canada –United States | 3,050,000 |
| Detroit–Windsor | United States–Canada | 5,976,595 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Region | United States–Canada | 1,614,790 |
| Port Huron–Sarnia–Point Edward | United States–Canada | 105,776 |
| Sault Ste. Marie–Sault Ste. Marie | United States–Canada | 93,944 |
| San Diego–Tijuana | United States–Mexico | 5,105,769[4] |
| Mexicali–Calexico | Mexico–United States | 1,143,000 |
| San Luis Río Colorado–San Luis | Mexico–United States | 227,000 |
| Nogales–Nogales | United States–Mexico | 240,000 |
| El Paso–Juárez | United States–Mexico | 2,500,000[5] |
| Laredo–Nuevo Laredo | United States–Mexico | 775,481[6] |
| Reynosa–McAllen | Mexico–United States | 1,500,000[7] |
| Brownsville–Matamoros | United States–Mexico | 1,136,995[8] |
South America
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina | French Guiana (France)–Suriname | |
| Saint Georges–Oiapoque | French Guiana (France)–Brazil | 32,000 |
| Santana do Livramento–Rivera | Brazil –Uruguay | 140,000 |
| Chuí–Chuy | Brazil –Uruguay | 15,592[9][10] |
| Corumbá–Puerto Suárez | Brazil –Bolivia | 124,000 |
| Leticia–Tabatinga–Santa Rosa | Colombia–Brazil –Peru | 107,000 |
| Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero | Brazil –Paraguay | 209,000 |
| Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu | Brazil –Paraguay–Argentina | 800,000 |
| Bernardo de Irigoyen–Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira | Argentina –Brazil | 36,000 |
| Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres | Brazil –Argentina | 170,000 |
| Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira | Colombia–Venezuela | 700,000 [11] |
See also
- Border town
- Cross-border town naming
- List of divided cities
- Metropolitan area
References
- ↑ "Central Asian cities are overgrown with slums". centre1.com. http://centre1.com/world/tsentralnoaziatskie-goroda-obrastayut-trushhobami. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf.
- ↑ "San Diego - Tijuana". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20071001005330/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-223&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=&geo=-1049427. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ↑ "The 411 - Fascinating Facts". Guest Life: El Paso/Juarez and Southern New Mexico. http://www.guestlife.com/media/GuestLife/El-Paso/The-411-On-El-Paso/The-411-Fascinating-Facts/. Retrieved 17 Feb 2010.
- ↑ "Nuevo Laredo Metro area". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130209105213/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=a&va=&geo=-1049425. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ↑ "McAllen Overview". McAllen Chamber of Commerce. http://www.mcallen.org/Business-Community/McAllen-Overview. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Matamoros-Brownsville". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=a&va=x&geo=-1049423. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ↑ "IBGE Cidades (Brazil's Census 2010)". https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/chui/panorama.
- ↑ "INE (Uruguay's Census 2011)". http://www.ine.gub.uy/web/guest/censos-2011.
- ↑ http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2016/08/15/cucuta-y-san-antonio-dos-ciudades-unidas-pero-separadas-por-cierre-frontera/ "...que une ambas ciudades formando una conurbación, los 650.000 habitantes de Cúcuta y los 50.000 de San Antonio supieron que comenzaban tiempos difíciles."
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