Transborder agglomeration
A transborder agglomeration is an agglomeration or conurbation that extends into multiple countries (sovereign states or dependent territories). It included city states that agglomerate with its neighbouring countries.
San Diego–Tijuana is an urban agglomeration across the Mexico–United States border.
List of transborder agglomerations
Africa
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa-Brazzaville | Democratic Republic of the Congo-Republic of the Congo | 12,000,000 |
| Goma-Gisenyi | Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda | 1,000,000 |
| Lomé-Aflao | Togo-Ghana | 1,100,000 |
| N'djamena-Kousséri | Chad-Cameroon | 1,200,000 |
Americas
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni - Albina | French Guiana (France), Suriname | |
| Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock - Oiapoque | French Guiana (France), Brazil | |
| Santana do Livramento - Rivera | Brazil, Uruguay | |
| Chuí - Chuy | Brazil, Uruguay | 15,592[1][2] |
| Corumbá - Puerto Suárez | Brazil, Bolivia | |
| Leticia - Tabatinga - Santa Rosa | Colombia - Brazil - Peru | |
| Ponta Porã - Pedro Juan Caballero | Brazil, Paraguay | |
| Foz do Iguaçu - Ciudad del Este - Puerto Iguazu | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina | 800,000 |
| Bernardo de Irigoyen - Barracão - Dionísio Cerqueira | Argentina, Brazil | |
| Uruguaiana - Paso de los Libres | Brazil, Argentina | |
| Cúcuta - San Antonio del Táchira | Colombia, Venezuela | 700,000 [3] |
| Metro Vancouver - Fraser Valley - Whatcom County | United States, Canada | 3,050,000 |
| Detroit-Windsor | United States, Canada | 5,700,000 |
| Port Huron - Sarnia/Point Edward | United States, Canada | 105,776 |
| International Falls - Fort Frances | United States, Canada | 15,000 |
| Greater Golden Horseshoe (Toronto - Hamilton - St. Catharines-Niagara) - Buffalo-Niagara Falls | United States, Canada | 10,382,294 |
| Sault Ste. Marie - Sault Ste. Marie | United States, Canada | 93,944 |
| San Diego–Tijuana | United States, Mexico | 5,105,769[4] |
| Calexico - Mexicali | United States, Mexico | |
| San Luis - San Luis Río Colorado | United States, Mexico | |
| Lukeville - Sonoyta | United States, Mexico | |
| Sasabe - Sáric | United States, Mexico | |
| Nogales - Nogales | United States, Mexico | |
| Naco - Naco | United States, Mexico | |
| Douglas - Agua Prieta | United States, Mexico | |
| El Paso–Juárez | United States, Mexico | 2,500,000[5] |
| Presidio - Ojinaga | United States, Mexico | |
| Del Rio - Ciudad Acuña | United States, Mexico | |
| Eagle Pass - Piedras Negras | United States, Mexico | |
| Laredo–Nuevo Laredo | United States, Mexico | 775,481[6] |
| Rio Grande City - Camargo | United States, Mexico | |
| Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area | United States, Mexico | 1,500,000[7] |
| Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area | United States, Mexico | 1,136,995[8] |
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 - Tajikistan | 300,000 |
| Hong Kong - Shenzhen - Guangzhou | Hong Kong - China | 46,000,000 |
| Sijori (Singapore - Johor Bahru - Batam - Bintan) | Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia | 9,000,000 |
| Kara-Suu - Qorasuv | Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan | 40,000 |
| Lahore - Amritsar | Pakistan - India | 12,000,000 |
| Macau - Zhuhai - Jiangmen | Macau - China | 3,000,000 |
| Mukdahan - Savannakhet | Thailand - Laos | 200,000 |
| Padang Besar - Padang Besar | Malaysia, Thailand | 20,000 |
| Tashkent - Saryagash | Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan | 3,000,000 [9] |
| Vientiane - Nong Khai | Laos - Thailand | 900,000 |
Europe
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Copenhagen | 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 | Italy, Switzerland | |
| Saarbrücken - Forbach | France, Germany | 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) | Poland, Czech Republic | 5,300,000 |
| Komárno - Komárom | Slovakia, Hungary | 56,000 |
| Le Perthus - Els Límits | France, Spain | 700 |
| 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, United Kingdom | 18,500 |
| Valka - Valga | Latvia, Estonia | 20,000 |
| Slavonski Brod - Brod | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 110,000 |
| Szczecin | Poland, Germany | 763,321 |
References
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- "INE (Uruguay's Census 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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- "Nuevo Laredo Metro area". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
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