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Transborder agglomeration

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
Bukavu–Cyangugu   Democratic Republic of the Congo /   Rwanda 1,200,000[1][2]
Goma–Gisenyi 756,323
Abidjan–Lagos   Côte d'Ivoire /   Ghana   Togo /   Benin /   Nigeria 27,000,000
Lomé–Aflao   Togo /   Ghana 1,544,206
N'Djamena–Kousséri   Chad /   Cameroon 1,694,819

Asia

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Main municipalities Countries Total population
Astara and Astara   Iran–Azerbaijan 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 Kong– Macau   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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Further information: Eurodistrict
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 (Grand Genève)    Switzerland–  France 890,000
Gorizia and Nova Gorica   Italy–  Slovenia
Görlitz and Zgorzelec   Germany–  Poland 85,000
Guben and Gubin   Germany–  Poland 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–  Belgium–Luxembourg 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–  Poland 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
La Línea de la Concepción and Gibraltar   Spain–  Gibraltar 95,628

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   United States /   Canada 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   United States /   Mexico 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   French Guiana /   Suriname
Saint Georges–Oiapoque   French Guiana /   Brazil 32,000
Quaraí–Artigas   Brazil /   Uruguay 67,000
Santana do Livramento–Rivera 140,000
Chuí–Chuy 15,592[12][13]
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 170,000
Tulcán–Ipiales   Ecuador /    Colombia 190,000
Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira   Colombia /   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.
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  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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