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Transborder agglomeration

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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 their neighbouring countries.

List of transborder agglomerations

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Africa

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Main municipalities Countries Total population
Kinshasa–Brazzaville  Democratic Republic of the Congo / Republic of the Congo 19,547,463
Bukavu–Cyangugu  Republic of the Congo /  Ruanda 1,200,000[1][2]
Goma–Gisenyi 756,323
Abidjan–Lagos  Côte d'Ivoire /  Ghana  Togo /  Benin  Benin /  Nigeria 27,000,000
Lomé–Aflao  Togo /  Ghana 1,544,206
N'Djamena–Kousséri  Tschad /  Kamerun 1,694,819

Asia

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Main municipalities Countries Total population
Astara and Astara  Iran-Aserbaidschan 100,000
Basra and Khorramshahr and Abadan  Iraq- Iran 2,000,000
Blagoveshchensk and Heihe  Russland- China 400,000
Dandong and Sinuiju  China- North Korea 1,000,000
Dhahran and Jubail and Manama  Saudi-Arabien- Bahrain 2,000,000
Fergana and Kyzyl-Kiya  Usbekistan- Kirgisistan 300,000
Sijori Growth Triangle Singapore and Johor Bahru and Batam and Bintan)  Singapur- Malaysia- Singapur- Indonesien 9,000,000
Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou and Dongguan and Shenzhen and Hong Kong– Macau  China- Hongkong- Macau 71,200,000
Kara-Suu and Qorasuv  Kirgisistan- Usbekistan 40,000
Lahore and Amritsar  Pakistan- Indien 12,000,000
Mukdahan and Savannakhet  Thailand- Laos 200,000
Padang Besar and Padang Besar  Malaysia- Thailand 20,000
Tashkent and Saryagash  Usbekistan- Kasachstan 3,000,000 [3]
Vientiane and Nong Khai  Laos- Thailand 900,000

Europa

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Further information: Eurodistrict
Main municipalities Countries Total population[citation needed]
Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö)  Dänemark- Schweden 3,964,522
Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau  Belgien- Niederlande 9,262
Basel and Huningue and Weil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena)   Schweiz- Frankreich- Deutschland 2,400,000
Bourg-Madame and Puigcerdà  Frankreich- Spanien
Como and Chiasso (part of Greater Milan)[4]  Italien-  Schweiz 189,000[5]
Geneva and Annemasse and Ferney-Voltaire and Nyon ( Frankreich–Vaud–Geneva basin or Grand Genève)   Schweiz- Frankreich 890,000
Gorizia and Nova Gorica  Italien- Slowenien
Görlitz and Zgorzelec  Deutschland- Polen 85,000
Guben and Gubin  Deutschland- Polen 35,000
Hendaye and Irun  Frankreich- Spanien
Ivangorod and Narva  Russland- Estland 69,000
Komárno and Komárom  Slowakei- Ungarn 56,000
Le Perthus and Els Límits  Frankreich- Spanien 700
Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián  Frankreich- Spanien 620,000
Lille and Roubaix and Tourcoing and Mouscron and Tournai and Kortrijk  Frankreich- Belgien 1,850,000
Longwy and Aubange and Pétange  Frankreich- Belgien-Luxemburg 80,000
Strasbourg and Kehl  Frankreich- Deutschland 700,000
Konstanz and Kreuzlingen  Deutschland-  Schweiz 110,000
Kerkrade and Herzogenrath  Niederlande- Deutschland 95,000
Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice  Deutschland- Polen 75,000
Haparanda and Tornio  Schweden / Finnland 32,000
Pello and Pello 4,500
Karesuando and Karesuvanto 500
Imatra and Svetogorsk  Finnland / Russland 45,000
Rousse and Giurgiu  Bulgarien / Rumänien 250,000
Lifford and Strabane  Irland- Vereinigtes Königreich 18,500
Saarbrücken and Forbach  Deutschland- Frankreich 700,000
Salzburg and Freilassing  Österreich- Deutschland 175,000
Slavonski Brod and Brod  Kroatien- Bosnien und Herzegowina 110,000
Szczecin  Polen- Deutschland 763,321
Valka and Valga  Lettland- Estland 20,000
Vienna and Bratislava  Österreich- Slowakei 1,900,000

North America

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Main municipalities Countries Total population
Paso Canoas  Costa Rica /  Panama 9,543
Metro Vancouver–Fraser Valley–Bellingham-Whatcom County  Vereinigte Staaten /  Kanada 3,350,000
Detroit–Windsor 5,976,595
Buffalo-Niagara Region 1,614,790
Port Huron–Sarnia–Point Edward 105,776
Sault Ste. Marie–Sault Ste. Marie 93,944
San Diego–Tijuana  Vereinigte Staaten /  Mexiko 5,105,769[6]
Calexico–Mexicali 1,143,000
San Luis Río Colorado–San Luis 227,000
Nogales–Nogales 240,000
El Paso–Juárez 2,500,000[7]
Laredo–Nuevo Laredo 775,481[8]
Lower Rio Grande Valley 2,671,028[9]
Reynosa–McAllen 1,500,000[10]
Brownsville–Matamoros 1,387,985[11]

South America

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Main municipalities Countries Total population
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina  Französisch-Guayana /  Surinam
Saint Georges–Oiapoque  Französisch-Guayana /  Brasilien 32,000
Santana do Livramento–Rivera  Brasilien /  Uruguay 140,000
Chuí–Chuy 15,592[12][13]
Corumbá–Puerto Suárez  Brasilien /  Bolivien 124,000
Leticia–Tabatinga–Santa Rosa Colombia–Brazil–Peru 107,000
Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero  Brasilien /  Paraguay 209,000
Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu  Brasilien /  Paraguay / Argentinien 800,000
Bernardo de Irigoyen–Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira  Argentinien / Brasilien 36,000
Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres 170,000
Tulcán–Ipiales  Ecuador /   Kolumbien 190,000
Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira  Kolumbien /  Venezuela 700,000 [14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Population (2023) - Population Stat". populationstat.com. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Explore Cyangugu Town". Nyungwe Forest National Park. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Central Asian cities are overgrown with slums". centre1.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.espon.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.espon.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "San Diego - Tijuana". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  7. ^ "The 411 - Fascinating Facts". Guest Life: El Paso/Juarez and Southern New Mexico. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 Feb 2010.
  8. ^ "Nuevo Laredo Metro area". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  9. ^ Gomez, Rodney; Guajardo, Luis; Ely-Ledesma, Edna (June 15, 2022). "It is time to recognize the Rio Grande Valley as a rising borderland metropolis". Rice University: Kinder Institute for Urban Research.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "McAllen Overview". McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Explore Matamoros". Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  12. ^ "IBGE Cidades (Brazil's Census 2010)".
  13. ^ "INE (Uruguay's Census 2011)".
  14. ^ 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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