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

Africa

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Kinshasa–Brazzaville File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo /File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 19,547,463
Bukavu–Cyangugu File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo / File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 1,200,000[1][2]
Goma–Gisenyi 756,323
Abidjan–Lagos File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire / File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana / File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo / File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin / File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 27,000,000
Lomé–Aflao File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo / File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1,544,206
N'Djamena–Kousséri File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad / File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1,694,819

Asia

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

Europe

Further information: Eurodistrict
Main municipalities Countries Total population[citation needed]
Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö) File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3,964,522
Haparanda and Tornio File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden–File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 32,000
Pello and Pello 4,500
Karesuando and Karesuvanto 500
Imatra and Svetogorsk File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland–File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 45,000
Ivangorod and Narva File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia–File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 69,000
Valga and Valka File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia–File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 20,000
Como and Chiasso (part of Greater Milan)[4] File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy–File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 189,000[5]
Gorizia and Nova Gorica File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy–File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Basel and Huningue and Weil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland–File:Flag of France.svg France–File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2,400,000
Geneva and Annemasse and Ferney-Voltaire and Nyon (Grand Genève) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland–File:Flag of France.svg France 890,000
Kreuzlingen and Konstanz File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland–File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 110,000
Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián File:Flag of France.svg France–File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 620,000
Le Perthus and Els Límits 700
Bourg-Madame and Puigcerdà
Hendaye and Irun
Lille and Roubaix and Tourcoing and Mouscron and Tournai and Kortrijk File:Flag of France.svg France–File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1,850,000
Longwy and Aubange and Pétange File:Flag of France.svg France–File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium–File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 80,000
Strasbourg and Kehl File:Flag of France.svg France–File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 700,000
Forbach and Saarbrücken 700,000
La Línea de la Concepción and Gibraltar File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain–File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar 95,628
Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium–File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 9,262
Görlitz and Zgorzelec File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany–File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 85,000
Guben and Gubin 35,000
Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice 75,000
Szczecin 763,321
Herzogenrath and Kerkrade File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany–File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 95,000
Freilassing and Salzburg File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany–File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 175,000
Vienna and Bratislava File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria–File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 1,900,000
Komárom and Komárno File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary–File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 56,000
Rousse and Giurgiu File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria–File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 250,000
Lifford and Strabane File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland–File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18,500
Slavonski Brod and Brod File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia–File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 110,000

North America

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Paso Canoas File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica / File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 9,543
Metro Vancouver–Fraser Valley–Bellingham-Whatcom County File:Flag of the United States.svg United States / File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States / File:Flag of Mexico.svg 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

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina File:Flag of France.svg French Guiana / File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
Saint Georges–Oiapoque File:Flag of France.svg French Guiana / File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 32,000
Quaraí–Artigas File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil / File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 67,000
Santana do Livramento–Rivera 140,000
Chuí–Chuy 15,592[12][13]
Corumbá–Puerto Suárez File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil / File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 124,000
Tabatinga–Leticia–Santa Rosa File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil / File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia / File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 107,000
Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil / File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 209,000
Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil / File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay / File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 800,000
Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira–Bernardo de Irigoyen File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil / File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 36,000
Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres 170,000
Tulcán–Ipiales File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador / File:Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 190,000
Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia / File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 700,000 [14]

See also

References

  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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