Transborder agglomeration
{{Short description|Urban area that extends into two or more countries (or dependent territories)}}
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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=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=440px |Main municipalities ! width=190px |Countries ! width=110px |Total population |
| Kinshasa–Brazzaville
| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} /{{flag|Republic of the Congo}} |19,547,463 |
| Bukavu–Cyangugu
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} / {{flag|Rwanda}} |1,200,000{{Cite web |title=Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Population (2023) - Population Stat |author= |work=populationstat.com |date= |access-date=2 May 2023 |url= https://populationstat.com/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/bukavu}}{{Cite web |title=Explore Cyangugu Town |work=Nyungwe Forest National Park |date= |access-date=2 May 2023 |url= https://www.nyungweforestnationalpark.org/explore-cyangugu-town/}} |
| Goma–Gisenyi
|756,323 |
| Abidjan–Lagos
|{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}} / {{flag|Ghana}} / {{flag|Togo}} / {{flag|Benin}} / {{flag|Nigeria}} |27,000,000 |
| Lomé–Aflao
|{{flag|Togo}} / {{flag|Ghana}} |1,544,206 |
| N'Djamena–Kousséri
|{{flag|Chad}} / {{flag|Cameroon}} |1,694,819 |
=Asia=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=440px |Main municipalities ! width=190px |Countries ! width=110px |Total population |
| Astara and Astara
|{{flag|Iran}}–{{flag|Azerbaijan}} | 100,000 |
| Khorramshahr and Abadan and Basra
|{{flag|Iran}}–{{flag|Iraq}} |2,000,000 |
| Dhahran and Jubail and Manama
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}–{{flag|Bahrain}} |2,000,000 |
| Tashkent and Saryagash
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}–{{flag|Kazakhstan}} |
| Fergana and Kyzyl-Kiya
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|Uzbekistan}}–{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} |300,000 |
| Qorasuv and Kara-Suu
|40,000 |
| Heihe and Blagoveshchensk
|{{flag|China}}–{{flag|Russia}} |400,000 |
| Dandong and Sinuiju
|{{flag|China}}–{{flag|North Korea}} |1,000,000 |
| Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou and Dongguan and Shenzhen and Hong Kong– Macau
|{{flag|China}}–{{flag|Hong Kong}}–{{flag|Macau}} |71,200,000 |
| Sijori Growth Triangle (Singapore and Johor Bahru and Batam and Bintan)
|{{flag|Singapore}}–{{flag|Malaysia}}–{{flag|Indonesia}} |9,000,000 |
| Padang Besar and Padang Besar
|{{flag|Malaysia}}–{{flag|Thailand}} |20,000 |
| Vientiane and Nong Khai
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|Laos}}–{{flag|Thailand}} |900,000 |
| Savannakhet and Mukdahan
|200,000 |
=Europe=
{{Further|Eurodistrict}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=440px |Main municipalities ! width=190px |Countries ! width=110px |Total population{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} |
| Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö)
|{{flag|Denmark}}–{{flag|Sweden}} |3,964,522 |
| Haparanda and Tornio
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Sweden}}–{{flag|Finland}} |32,000 |
| Pello and Pello
|4,500 |
| Karesuando and Karesuvanto
|500 |
| Imatra and Svetogorsk
|{{flag|Finland}}–{{flag|Russia}} |45,000 |
| Ivangorod and Narva
|{{flag|Russia}}–{{flag|Estonia}} |69,000 |
| Valga and Valka
|{{flag|Estonia}}–{{flag|Latvia}} |20,000 |
| Como and Chiasso (part of Greater Milan){{cite web |url=http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.espon.eu |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}
|{{flag|Italy}}–{{flag|Switzerland}} |
| Gorizia and Nova Gorica
|{{flag|Italy}}–{{flag|Slovenia}} | |
| Basel and Huningue and Weil am Rhein (Trinational Eurodistrict of Basel)
|{{flag|Switzerland}}–{{flag|France}}–{{flag|Germany}} |2,400,000 |
| Geneva and Annemasse and Ferney-Voltaire and Nyon (Grand Genève)
|{{flag|Switzerland}}–{{flag|France}} |890,000 |
| Kreuzlingen and Konstanz
|{{flag|Switzerland}}–{{flag|Germany}} |110,000 |
| Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián
| rowspan="4" | {{flag|France}}–{{flag|Spain}} |620,000 |
| Le Perthus and Els Límits
|700 |
| Bourg-Madame and Puigcerdà
| rowspan="2" | |
| Hendaye and Irun |
| Lille and Roubaix and Tourcoing and Mouscron and Tournai and Kortrijk (Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai)
|{{flag|France}}–{{flag|Belgium}} |1,850,000 |
| Longwy and Aubange and Pétange
|{{flag|France}}–{{flag|Belgium}}–{{flag|Luxembourg}} |80,000 |
| Strasbourg and Kehl (Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict)
| rowspan="2" | {{flag|France}}–{{flag|Germany}} |700,000 |
| Forbach and Saarbrücken
|700,000 |
| La Línea de la Concepción and Gibraltar
|{{flag|Spain}}–{{flag|Gibraltar}} |95,628 |
| Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau
|{{flag|Belgium}}–{{flag|Netherlands}} |9,262 |
| Görlitz and Zgorzelec
| rowspan="4" | {{flag|Germany}}–{{flag|Poland}} |85,000 |
| Guben and Gubin
|35,000 |
| Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice
|75,000 |
| Szczecin
|763,321 |
| Cieszyn and Český Těšín
|{{flag|Poland}}–{{flag|Czech Republic}} |57,000 |
| Herzogenrath and Kerkrade
|{{flag|Germany}}–{{flag|Netherlands}} |95,000 |
| Freilassing and Salzburg
|{{flag|Germany}}–{{flag|Austria}} |175,000 |
| Vienna and Bratislava
|{{flag|Austria}}–{{flag|Slovakia}} |2,400,000 |
| Komárom and Komárno
|{{flag|Hungary}}–{{flag|Slovakia}} |56,000 |
| Rousse and Giurgiu
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}–{{flag|Romania}} |250,000 |
| Lifford and Strabane
|{{flag|Ireland}}–{{flag|United Kingdom}} |18,500 |
| Brod and Slavonski Brod
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}–{{flag|Croatia}} |110,000 |
| Zvornik and Mali Zvornik
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}–{{flag|Serbia}} |70,000 |
| Gradiška and Stara Gradiška
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}–{{flag|Croatia}} |53,000 |
| Novi Grad and Dvor
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}–{{flag|Croatia}} |30,000 |
| Dubica and Hrvatska Dubica
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}–{{flag|Croatia}} |23,000 |
| Kostajnica and Hrvatska Kostajnica
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}–{{flag|Croatia}} |8,000 |
=North America=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=440px |Main municipalities ! width=190px |Countries ! width=110px |Total population |
| Paso Canoas
|{{flag|Costa Rica}} / {{flag|Panama}} | 9,543 |
| Metro Vancouver–Fraser Valley–Bellingham-Whatcom County
| rowspan="5" | {{flag|United States}} / {{flag|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
| rowspan="9" | {{flag|United States}} / {{flag|Mexico}} |
| Calexico–Mexicali
|1,143,000 |
| San Luis Río Colorado–San Luis
|227,000 |
| Nogales–Nogales
|240,000 |
| El Paso–Juárez |
| Laredo–Nuevo Laredo |
| Lower Rio Grande Valley |
| Reynosa–McAllen |
| Brownsville–Matamoros |
=South America=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=440px |Main municipalities ! width=190px |Countries ! width=110px |Total population |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina
|{{Flag|French Guiana}} / {{flag|Suriname}} | |
| Saint Georges–Oiapoque
|{{Flag|French Guiana}} / {{flag|Brazil}} | 32,000 |
| Quaraí–Artigas
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|Brazil}} / {{flag|Uruguay}} | 67,000 |
| Santana do Livramento–Rivera
| 140,000 |
| Chuí–Chuy
|15,592{{Cite web|url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rs/chui/panorama|title=IBGE Cidades (Brazil's Census 2010)|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/web/guest/censos-2011|title=INE (Uruguay's Census 2011)|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}} |
| Corumbá–Puerto Suárez
|{{Flag|Brazil}} / {{flag|Bolivia}} | 124,000 |
| Tabatinga–Leticia–Santa Rosa
|{{Flag|Brazil}} / {{flag|Colombia}} / {{flag|Peru}} | 107,000 |
| Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero
|{{Flag|Brazil}} / {{flag|Paraguay}} | 209,000 |
| Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu
|{{Flag|Brazil}} / {{flag|Paraguay}} / {{flag|Argentina}} | 800,000 |
| Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira–Bernardo de Irigoyen
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Brazil}} / {{flag|Argentina}} | 36,000 |
| Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres
| 170,000 |
| Tulcán–Ipiales
|{{Flag|Ecuador}} / {{Flag| Colombia}} | 190,000 |
| Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira
|{{Flag|Colombia}} / {{Flag|Venezuela}} |
See also
==References==
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