Transborder agglomeration explained
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
| width=440px | Main municipalities | width=190px | Countries | width=110px | Total population |
|---|
| Kinshasa–Brazzaville | / | 19,547,463 |
| Bukavu–Cyangugu | /  Rwanda | 1,200,000[1] [2] |
| Goma–Gisenyi | 756,323 |
| Abidjan–Lagos | | 27,000,000 |
| Lomé–Aflao | | 1,544,206 |
| N'Djamena–Kousséri | | 1,694,819 | |
Asia
| width=440px | Main municipalities | width=190px | Countries | width=110px | Total population |
|---|
| Astara and Astara | – Azerbaijan | 100,000 |
| Khorramshahr and Abadan and Basra | – Iraq | 2,000,000 |
| Dhahran and Jubail and Manama |  Saudi Arabia– Bahrain | 2,000,000 |
| Tashkent and Saryagash |  Uzbekistan– Kazakhstan | 3,000,000 [3] |
| Fergana and Kyzyl-Kiya | Uzbekistan– Kyrgyzstan | 300,000 |
| Qorasuv and Kara-Suu | 40,000 |
| Lahore and Amritsar |  Pakistan– India | 12,000,000 |
| Heihe and Blagoveshchensk |  China– | 400,000 |
| Dandong and Sinuiju | China– | 1,000,000 |
| Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou and Dongguan and Shenzhen and Hong Kong– Macau | China– Hong Kong– | 71,200,000 |
| Sijori Growth Triangle (Singapore and Johor Bahru and Batam and Bintan) |  Singapore– Malaysia– Indonesia | 9,000,000 |
| Padang Besar and Padang Besar | Malaysia– Thailand | 20,000 |
| Vientiane and Nong Khai | – Thailand | 900,000 |
| Savannakhet and Mukdahan | 200,000 | |
Europe
| width=440px | Main municipalities | width=190px | Countries | width=110px | Total population |
|---|
| Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö) |  Denmark– Sweden | 3,964,522 |
| Haparanda and Tornio | Sweden– Finland | 32,000 |
| Pello and Pello | 4,500 |
| Karesuando and Karesuvanto | 500 |
| Imatra and Svetogorsk | Finland– | 45,000 |
| Ivangorod and Narva | – Estonia | 69,000 |
| Valga and Valka | Estonia– Latvia | 20,000 |
| Como and Chiasso (part of Greater Milan)[4] |  Italy– Switzerland | 189,000[5] |
| Gorizia and Nova Gorica | Italy– Slovenia | |
| Basel and Huningue and Weil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena) | Switzerland– France– Germany | 2,400,000 |
| Geneva and Annemasse and Ferney-Voltaire and Nyon (Grand Genève) | Switzerland– France | 890,000 |
| Kreuzlingen and Konstanz | Switzerland– Germany | 110,000 |
| Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián | France– 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 | France– Belgium | 1,850,000 |
| Longwy and Aubange and Pétange | France– Belgium– Luxembourg | 80,000 |
| Strasbourg and Kehl | France– Germany | 700,000 |
| Forbach and Saarbrücken | 700,000 |
| La Línea de la Concepción and Gibraltar | Spain– Gibraltar | 95,628 |
| Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau | Belgium– Netherlands | 9,262 |
| Görlitz and Zgorzelec | Germany– Poland | 85,000 |
| Guben and Gubin | 35,000 |
| Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice | 75,000 |
| Szczecin | 763,321 |
| Herzogenrath and Kerkrade | Germany– Netherlands | 95,000 |
| Freilassing and Salzburg | Germany– Austria | 175,000 |
| Vienna and Bratislava | Austria– Slovakia | 1,900,000 |
| Komárom and Komárno |  Hungary– Slovakia | 56,000 |
| Rousse and Giurgiu |  Bulgaria– Romania | 250,000 |
| Lifford and Strabane |  Ireland– United Kingdom | 18,500 |
| Slavonski Brod and Brod |  Croatia– Bosnia and Herzegovina | 110,000 |
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North America
| width=440px | Main municipalities | width=190px | Countries | width=110px | 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
| width=440px | Main municipalities | width=190px | Countries | width=110px | Total population |
|---|
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina | /  Suriname | |
| Saint Georges–Oiapoque | /  Brazil | 32,000 |
| Quaraí–Artigas | /  Uruguay | 67,000 |
| Santana do Livramento–Rivera | 140,000 |
| Chuí–Chuy | 15,592[12] [13] |
| Corumbá–Puerto Suárez | / | 124,000 |
| Tabatinga–Leticia–Santa Rosa | /  Colombia /  Peru | 107,000 |
| Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero | /  Paraguay | 209,000 |
| Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu | / Paraguay /  Argentina | 800,000 |
| Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira–Bernardo de Irigoyen | / Argentina | 36,000 |
| Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres | 170,000 |
| Tulcán–Ipiales | / | 190,000 |
| Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira | / | 700,000 [14] | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Population (2023) - Population Stat . populationstat.com . 2 May 2023 .
- Web site: Explore Cyangugu Town . Nyungwe Forest National Park . 2 May 2023 .
- Web site: Central Asian cities are overgrown with slums . centre1.com . 12 May 2017.
- Web site: Archived copy . www.espon.eu . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002318/http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf . 24 September 2015 . dead.
- Web site: Archived copy . www.espon.eu . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002318/http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf . 24 September 2015 . dead.
- Web site: San Diego - Tijuana. World Gazetteer. 1 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20071001005330/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-223&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=&geo=-1049427. 2007-10-01.
- The 411 - Fascinating Facts . Guest Life: El Paso/Juarez and Southern New Mexico . 17 Feb 2010 . 28 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103839/http://www.guestlife.com/media/GuestLife/El-Paso/The-411-On-El-Paso/The-411-Fascinating-Facts/ . dead .
- Web site: Nuevo Laredo Metro area. World Gazetteer. 1 September 2011. https://archive.today/20130209105213/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=a&va=&geo=-1049425. 9 February 2013. dead.
- Web site: It is time to recognize the Rio Grande Valley as a rising borderland metropolis . Rice University: Kinder Institute for Urban Research . Gomez, Rodney; Guajardo, Luis; Ely-Ledesma, Edna . June 15, 2022.
- Web site: McAllen Overview. McAllen Chamber of Commerce. 26 August 2011.
- Web site: Explore Matamoros. Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. 5 February 2024.
- Web site: IBGE Cidades (Brazil's Census 2010).
- Web site: 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."
