Transborder agglomeration

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 their neighbouring countries.

List of transborder agglomerations

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Africa

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 /  Rwanda 1,200,000[1][2]
Goma–Gisenyi 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

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

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 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 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

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

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

References

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  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."