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 Democratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo 19,547,463
BukavuCyangugu Democratic Republic of the CongoRwanda 1,200,000[1][2]
GomaGisenyi Democratic Republic of the CongoRwanda 756,323
Abidjan–Lagos Côte d'IvoireGhanaTogoBeninNigeria 27,000,000
LoméAflao TogoGhana 1,544,206
N'djamenaKousséri ChadCameroon 1,694,819

Asia

Main municipalities Countries Total population
AstaraAstara IranAzerbaijan 100,000
BasraKhorramshahrAbadan IraqIran 2,000,000
BlagoveshchenskHeihe RussiaChina 400,000
DandongSinuiju ChinaNorth Korea 1,000,000
DhahranJubailManama Saudi ArabiaBahrain 2,000,000
FerganaKyzyl-Kiya UzbekistanKyrgyzstan 300,000
Sijori Growth Triangle (SingaporeJohor BahruBatamBintan) SingaporeMalaysiaIndonesia 9,000,000
Greater Bay Area (GuangzhouDongguanShenzhenHong KongMacau) ChinaHong KongMacau 71,200,000
Kara-SuuQorasuv KyrgyzstanUzbekistan 40,000
LahoreAmritsar PakistanIndia 12,000,000
MukdahanSavannakhet ThailandLaos 200,000
Padang BesarPadang Besar MalaysiaThailand 20,000
TashkentSaryagash UzbekistanKazakhstan 3,000,000 [3]
VientianeNong Khai LaosThailand 900,000

Europe

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö) Denmark–Sweden 3,964,522
Baarle-HertogBaarle-Nassau Belgium–Netherlands 9,262
BaselHuningueWeil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena) Switzerland–France–Germany 2,400,000
Bourg-MadamePuigcerdà France–Spain
ComoChiasso (part of Greater Milan)[4] Italy–Switzerland 189,000[5]
GenevaAnnemasseFerney-VoltaireNyon (France–Vaud–Geneva basin or Grand Genève) Switzerland–France 890,000
GoriziaNova Gorica Italy–Slovenia
GörlitzZgorzelec Germany–Poland 85,000
GubenGubin Germany–Poland 35,000
HendayeIrun France–Spain
IvangorodNarva Russia–Estonia 69,000
KomárnoKomárom SlovakiaHungary 56,000
Le PerthusEls Límits France–Spain 700
Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián France–Spain 620,000
LilleRoubaixTourcoingMouscronTournaiKortrijk France–Belgium 1,850,000
LongwyAubangePétange France–Belgium–Luxembourg 80,000
StrasbourgKehl France–Germany 700,000
KonstanzKreuzlingen Germany–Switzerland 110,000
KerkradeHerzogenrath Netherlands–Germany 95,000
Frankfurt (Oder)Słubice Germany–Poland 75,000
HaparandaTornio Sweden–Finland 32,000
PelloPello Sweden–Finland 4,500
KaresuandoKaresuvanto Sweden–Finland 500
ImatraSvetogorsk Finland–Russia 45,000
RousseGiurgiu BulgariaRomania 250,000
LiffordStrabane IrelandUnited Kingdom 18,500
SaarbrückenForbach Germany–France 700,000
SalzburgFreilassing AustriaGermany 175,000
Slavonski BrodBrod CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina 110,000
Szczecin PolandGermany 763,321
ValkaValga LatviaEstonia 20,000
ViennaBratislava AustriaSlovakia 1,900,000

North America

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Paso Canoas Costa RicaPanama
Metro VancouverFraser ValleyBellingham-Whatcom County CanadaUnited States 3,350,000
Detroit–Windsor United States–Canada 5,976,595
Buffalo-Niagara Region United States–Canada 1,614,790
Port HuronSarniaPoint Edward United States–Canada 105,776
Sault Ste. MarieSault Ste. Marie United States–Canada 93,944
San Diego–Tijuana United States–Mexico 5,105,769[6]
Calexico–Mexicali Mexico–United States 1,143,000
San Luis Río ColoradoSan Luis Mexico–United States 227,000
NogalesNogales United States–Mexico 240,000
El Paso–Juárez United States–Mexico 2,500,000[7]
Laredo–Nuevo Laredo United States–Mexico 775,481[8]
Reynosa–McAllen Mexico–United States 1,500,000[9]
Brownsville–Matamoros United States–Mexico 1,136,995[10]

South America

Main municipalities Countries Total population
Saint-Laurent-du-MaroniAlbina French Guiana (France)–Suriname
Saint GeorgesOiapoque French Guiana (France)–Brazil 32,000
Santana do LivramentoRivera BrazilUruguay 140,000
ChuíChuy BrazilUruguay 15,592[11][12]
CorumbáPuerto Suárez BrazilBolivia 124,000
LeticiaTabatingaSanta Rosa ColombiaBrazilPeru 107,000
Ponta PorãPedro Juan Caballero BrazilParaguay 209,000
Foz do IguaçuCiudad del EstePuerto Iguazu BrazilParaguayArgentina 800,000
Bernardo de IrigoyenBarracãoDionísio Cerqueira ArgentinaBrazil 36,000
UruguaianaPaso de los Libres BrazilArgentina 170,000
TulcánIpiales EcuadorColombia 190,000
CúcutaSan Antonio del Táchira ColombiaVenezuela 700,000 [13]

See also

References

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