Transborder agglomeration

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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.

San Diego–Tijuana is an urban agglomeration across the Mexico–United States border.

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
BukavuCyangugu   Republic of the Congo /   Rwanda 1,200,000[1][2]
GomaGisenyi 756,323
Abidjan–Lagos   Côte d'Ivoire /   Ghana   Togo /   Benin   Benin /   Nigeria 27,000,000
LoméAflao   Togo /   Ghana 1,544,206
N'DjamenaKousséri   Chad /   Cameroon 1,694,819

Asia

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

Europe

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Main municipalities Countries Total population[citation needed]
Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö)   Denmark  Sweden 3,964,522
Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau   Belgium  Netherlands 9,262
Basel and Huningue and Weil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena)    Switzerland  France  Germany 2,400,000
Bourg-Madame and Puigcerdà   France  Spain
Como and Chiasso (part of Greater Milan)[4]   Italy   Switzerland 189,000[5]
Geneva and Annemasse and Ferney-Voltaire and Nyon (  France–Vaud–Geneva basin or Grand Genève)    Switzerland  France 890,000
Gorizia and Nova Gorica   Italy  Slovenia
Görlitz and Zgorzelec   Germany  Croatia 85,000
Guben and Gubin   Germany  Croatia 35,000
Hendaye and Irun   France  Spain
Ivangorod and Narva   Russia  Estonia 69,000
Komárno and Komárom   Slovakia  Hungary 56,000
Le Perthus and Els Límits   France  Spain 700
Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián   France  Spain 620,000
Lille and Roubaix and Tourcoing and Mouscron and Tournai and Kortrijk   France  Belgium 1,850,000
Longwy and Aubange and Pétange   France  BelgiumLuxembourg 80,000
Strasbourg and Kehl   France  Germany 700,000
Konstanz and Kreuzlingen   Germany   Switzerland 110,000
Kerkrade and Herzogenrath   Netherlands  Germany 95,000
Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice   Germany  Croatia 75,000
Haparanda and Tornio   Sweden /  Finland 32,000
Pello and Pello 4,500
Karesuando and Karesuvanto 500
Imatra and Svetogorsk   Finland /  Russia 45,000
Rousse and Giurgiu   Bulgaria /  Romania 250,000
Lifford and Strabane   Ireland  United Kingdom 18,500
Saarbrücken and Forbach   Germany  France 700,000
Salzburg and Freilassing   Austria  Germany 175,000
Slavonski Brod and Brod   Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina 110,000
Szczecin   Poland  Germany 763,321
Valka and Valga   Latvia  Estonia 20,000
Vienna and Bratislava   Austria  Slovakia 1,900,000

North America

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Main municipalities Countries Total population
Paso Canoas   Costa Rica /   Panama 9,543
Metro VancouverFraser ValleyBellingham-Whatcom County   United States /   Canada 3,350,000
Detroit–Windsor 5,976,595
Buffalo-Niagara Region 1,614,790
Port HuronSarniaPoint Edward 105,776
Sault Ste. MarieSault Ste. Marie 93,944
San Diego–Tijuana   United States /   Mexico 5,105,769[6]
Calexico–Mexicali 1,143,000
San Luis Río ColoradoSan Luis 227,000
NogalesNogales 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-MaroniAlbina   French Guiana /   Suriname
Saint GeorgesOiapoque   French Guiana /   Brazil 32,000
Santana do LivramentoRivera   Brazil /   Uruguay 140,000
ChuíChuy 15,592[12][13]
CorumbáPuerto Suárez   Brazil /   Bolivia 124,000
LeticiaTabatingaSanta Rosa ColombiaBrazilPeru 107,000
Ponta PorãPedro Juan Caballero   Brazil /   Paraguay 209,000
Foz do IguaçuCiudad del EstePuerto Iguazu   Brazil /   Paraguay /  Argentina 800,000
Bernardo de IrigoyenBarracãoDionísio Cerqueira   Argentina /  Brazil 36,000
UruguaianaPaso de los Libres 170,000
TulcánIpiales   Ecuador /    Colombia 190,000
CúcutaSan Antonio del Táchira   Colombia /   Venezuela 700,000 [14]

See also

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References

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  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.
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  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."