Metropolitan areas Metropolitan areas In France an aire urbaine (literally: "urban area") is roughly the equivalent of a US Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is extremely confusing for English speakers because in English an "urban area" is not the same thing as a "metropolitan area". In English an urban area is a contiguously built-up area, which is smaller than a metropolitan area, as explained below. Despite its name, a French aire urbaine is indeed a metropolitan area. What is called "urban area" in English is called unité urbaine (literally: "urban unit") in France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aire urbaine"
The Capital Metropolitan Area ( ) is a region located at the center of the Korean peninsula and is home to the capital of South Korea, Seoul. This metropolitan area has a population of 27 million people, and about 22 million of them commute daily to workplaces near and within Seoul. The region, according to traditional borders, encompasses Seoul, Incheon, Kaesong, and Gyeonggi Province ( Seongnam, Goyang, Suwon, Bucheon, etc), but since the Korean War no longer includes Kaesong. It forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and residential center of South Korea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capital Metropolitan Area"
Chūkyō is the name of a major metropolitan area in Japan that is centered on the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture. This area has a population of 8,800,000 over an area of 6,380 square kilometers. It is among the top 50 most populated metropolitan areas in the world. It is also Japan's third most populated metropolitan area after the Greater Tokyo Area and Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, containing roughly 7% of Japan's population. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chukyo Metropolitan Area"
The Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse ( French: Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Toulouse), also simply known as Grand Toulouse (i.e. "Greater Toulouse"), is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Toulouse ( France) and some of its suburbs. It succeeds a previous District which had been created in 1992 with less powers than the current Community of Agglomeration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse"
Hovedstadsregionen ( English: The capital region) is the greater metropolitan region around and including Copenhagen (København), Denmark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Danish Capital Region"
The Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, often referred to as Rhine Main Area or Greater Frankfurt is a Metropolitan Area located in central western Germany, that encompasses three federal states: Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria. It contains the cities Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Rüsselsheim, Höchst (Frankfurt am Main), Bad Homburg, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, Hanau, Aschaffenburg, Gießen, and Wetzlar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frankfurt Rhine Main Area"
(Fukuoka-Kitakyushu) Fukuoka-Kitakyūshū is one name given to an area of land that is centered on the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Usually these cities are referred to separately, and they each have their own economic areas (Fukuoka toshiken and Kitakyushu toshiken). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fukuoka-Kitakyushu" The article you are reading is from shortopedia Metropolitan_areas
A global city (also known as a world city or world-class city) is a city that has a direct and tangible effect on global affairs through socioeconomic, cultural, and/or political means. In recent years, the term has become increasingly familiar, because of the rise of globalization (i.e., global finance, communications, and travel). The term "global city", as opposed to megacity, was first coined by Saskia Sassen in a seminal 1991 work. ...more on Wikipedia about "Global city"
Gran Buenos Aires ( Spanish: Greater Buenos Aires) is the metropolitan area around the city of Buenos Aires, which comprises the following 24 partidos (administrative subdivisions) of the Province of Buenos Aires. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gran Buenos Aires"
Greater Belfast is an area surrounding and including Belfast in Northern Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Belfast"
Greater Bombay was the term used to denote the suburban area of Bombay, India. The seven islets of Bombay were merged to form the Old Bombay. Old Bombay was merged with the islands of Salsette and Trombay to create the larger island now known as Salsette Island. The area of Greater Bombay stretches from Sion and Mahim in the south, to Dahisar and Mulund in the north. The term Greater Bombay is now archaic. Instead the region is simply known as the suburbs. Greater Bombay forms a district in the state of Maharashtra. Its capital is Bandra (East). Although the city has changed its name to Mumbai, is no such term as Greater Mumbai. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Bombay"
Greater Dublin Area (GDA) is a term which is used to describe the city of Dublin and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Meath, South Dublin and Wicklow of the Republic of Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Dublin Area"
Greater Helsinki ( Finnish: Suur-Helsinki, Swedish: Storhelsingfors), Capital Region (Pääkaupunkiseutu, Huvudstadsregionen), Helsinki Metropolitan Area, and Helsinki Region (Helsingin seutu, Helsingforsregionen) all refer to regions of different size surrounding Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is located in the south of Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, which is part of the Baltic Sea. The area has a population of one million to 1.3 million, depending on how one draws the boundaries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Helsinki"
The Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area is the official name of the area surrounding the city of Johannesburg, in South Africa. It includes Johannesburg and the areas of the East Rand and West Rand. It is sometimes also referred to as the Witwatersrand. As of 2005, it consists of different local government units, including Ekhuruleni (made up of the East Rand), Mogale City (parts of the West Rand) and Johannesburg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area"
Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, oficially called Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México or ZMCM (Metropolitan Area of Mexico City) in Mexico. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Mexico City"
The Greater Rosario is the metropolitan area of the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. This metropolis has a population of about 1.2 million (1,121,441 in the 2001 census), thus being Argentina's third most populated urban settlement, after Buenos Aires and Greater Córdoba. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Rosario"
The Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of the metropolis of Tokyo and the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama. It is the largest metropolitan area in the world by population (36,510,000 at 2005 estimate), and one of the largest in terms of built-up or urban function landmass at around 4,400 to 5,200 km2 (1,700 to 2,000 sq.mi.) (estimates vary with growth now occurring in the Tama region and north of Saitama). ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Tokyo Area"
Metropolregion Hamburg ( German for "Hamburg Metropolitan Region") is the compilation of 8 districts in the German Federal State of Lower Saxony, 6 districts in the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein and the City State of Hamburg. This area covers an area of ca 19000 km² and over 4 million inhabitants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hamburg Metropolitan Region"
The Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area ( Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Lima y Callao) is an area formed by the conurbation of the Peruvian cities of Lima (the nation's capital) and Callao. It is the largest metropolitan area in Peru, the fourth-largest in the Americas and the 16th on Earth. The conurbation process started to be evident in the 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area"
This page lists the 100 largest metropolitan areas of the world, listed by population. This is a controversial issue rather difficult to quantify, as unlike national subdivisions, there are no defined borders for such an area. Many of the figures for individual cities are highly controversial, and in some cases numbers which differ by millions are given by different sources. In some countries there are official definitions, but they are not consistent on a global basis, nor even necessarily within countries. (For example the United States metropolitan areas are based mainly on county boundaries, but counties are generally smaller and more evenly sized in the eastern half of the United States than in the western half). In addition, the underlying structure of different metros varies: comparing a highly centralised city with an agglomeration of smaller settlements may not be very meaningful. Commuting patterns and other aspects of urban behaviour which underlie the metro area concept differ greatly around the world. Thus all population figures for specific metros should be treated as interpretations rather than hard facts, and rankings and comparisons of metros should be treated with great caution. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of metropolitan areas by population"
This table contains a list of Japanese metropolitan areas (都市圏) of more than 100,000 people in population size order. Each area is listed along with the prefecture it belongs to, the metropolitan area's population, the major city(-ies) within the area, and the population of the major city. The data is valid as of 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of metropolitan areas in Japan by population"
This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of metropolitan areas in Spain by population"
Excluded from list is: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries"
This article lists the top twenty metropolitan areas in India by population as of 2001. The combined population of these 20 metros accounts for approximately one-tenth of the national population. Note that Census of India does not include parts of Delhi urban agglomeration beyond the Delhi state border in Harayan state(Faridabad and Gurgaon areas) and Uttar Pradesh state (NOIDA and Gaziabad areas), with the inclusion of those areas Delhi metro was just behind Greatrer Mumbai in population in 2001 and is expected to become the largest metro area in India by 2007. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of most populous cities in India"
The London Commuter Belt or London Metropolitan Area is the name given to the built-up area surrounding and running into Greater London but not administered as part of it. ...more on Wikipedia about "London commuter belt"
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