Transborder agglomeration

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.

## Contents

* 1 List of transborder agglomerations
* 1.1 Africa
* 1.2 Asia
* 1.3 Europe
* 1.4 North America
* 1.5 South America
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## List of transborder agglomerations

### Africa

Main municipalities  | Countries  | Total population

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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

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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]

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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

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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

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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

1. ↑ "Central Asian cities are overgrown with slums". centre1.com. http://centre1.com/world/tsentralnoaziatskie-goroda-obrastayut-trushhobami. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
2. ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf.
3. ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf.
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ "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.
6. ↑ "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.
7. ↑ "McAllen Overview". McAllen Chamber of Commerce. http://www.mcallen.org/Business-Community/McAllen-Overview. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
8. ↑ "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.
9. ↑ "IBGE Cidades (Brazil's Census 2010)". https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/chui/panorama.
10. ↑ "INE (Uruguay's Census 2011)". http://www.ine.gub.uy/web/guest/censos-2011.
11. ↑ 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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