Transborder agglomeration

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 its neighbouring countries.

San Diego–Tijuana is an urban agglomeration across the Mexico–United States border.

List of transborder agglomerations

Africa
Main municipalities Countries Total population
Kinshasa–Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo–Republic of the Congo 12,000,000
Goma–Gisenyi Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda 1,000,000
Lomé–Aflao Togo–Ghana 1,100,000
N'djamena–Kousséri Chad–Cameroon 1,200,000

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

Europe
Further information: Eurodistrict
Main municipalities Countries Total population
Øresund Region (Greater Copenhagen and Malmö) Denmark–Sweden 3,964,522
Baarle-Hertog–Baarle-Nassau Belgium–Netherlands 9,262
Basel–Huningue–Weil am Rhein (Regio TriRhena) Switzerland–France–Germany 2,400,000
Bourg-Madame–Puigcerdà France–Spain
Como–Chiasso (part of Greater Milan)[2] Italy–Switzerland 189,000[3]
Saarbrücken–Forbach Germany–France 700,000
Geneva–Annemasse–Ferney-Voltaire–Nyon (France–Vaud–Geneva basin or Grand Genève) Switzerland–France 890,000
Gorizia–Nova Gorica Italy–Slovenia
Görlitz–Zgorzelec Germany–Poland 85,000
Guben–Gubin Germany–Poland 35,000
Hendaye–Irun France–Spain
Ivangorod–Narva Russia–Estonia 69,000
Katowice–Ostrava (the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, including directly cut Český Těšín-Cieszyn) Poland–Czech Republic 5,300,000
Komárno–Komárom Slovakia–Hungary 56,000
Le Perthus–Els Límits France–Spain 700
Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián France–Spain 620,000
Lille–Roubaix–Tourcoing–Mouscron–Tournai–Kortrijk France–Belgium 1,850,000
Longwy–Aubange–Pétange France–Belgium–Luxembourg 80,000
Strasbourg–Kehl France–Germany 700,000
Konstanz–Kreuzlingen Germany–Switzerland 110,000
Kerkrade–Herzogenrath Netherlands–Germany 95,000
Frankfurt (Oder)–Słubice Germany–Poland 75,000
Haparanda–Tornio Sweden–Finland 32,000
Pello–Pello Sweden–Finland 4,500
Karesuando–Karesuvanto Sweden–Finland 500
Imatra–Svetogorsk Finland–Russia 45,000
Rousse–Giurgiu Bulgaria–Romania 250,000
Lifford–Strabane Ireland–Northern Ireland 18,500
Valka–Valga Latvia–Estonia 20,000
Slavonski Brod–Brod Croatia–Bosnia and Herzegovina 110,000
Szczecin Poland–Germany 763,321

North America
Main municipalities Countries Total population
Paso Canoas Costa Rica–Panama
Metro Vancouver–Fraser Valley–Whatcom County Canada–United States 3,050,000
Detroit–Windsor United States–Canada 5,700,000
Port Huron–Sarnia–Point Edward United States–Canada 105,776
International Falls–Fort Frances United States–Canada 15,000
Sault Ste. Marie–Sault Ste. Marie United States–Canada 93,944
Edmunston–Madawaska[4] Canada–United States 20,000
San Diego–Tijuana United States–Mexico 5,105,769[5]
Mexicali–Calexico Mexico–United States 1,143,000
San Luis Río Colorado–San Luis Mexico–United States 227,000
Lukeville–Sonoyta United States–Mexico
Sasabe–Sáric United States–Mexico
Nogales–Nogales United States–Mexico 240,000
Naco–Naco United States–Mexico
Douglas–Agua Prieta United States–Mexico
El Paso–Juárez United States–Mexico 2,500,000[6]
Presidio–Ojinaga United States–Mexico
Del Rio–Ciudad Acuña United States–Mexico
Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras United States–Mexico
Laredo–Nuevo Laredo United States–Mexico 775,481[7]
Rio Grande City–Camargo United States–Mexico
Reynosa–McAllen Mexico–United States 1,500,000[8]
Brownsville–Matamoros United States–Mexico 1,136,995[9]

South America
Main municipalities Countries Total population
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina French Guiana (France)–Suriname
Saint Georges–Oiapoque French Guiana (France)–Brazil
Santana do Livramento–Rivera Brazil–Uruguay
Chuí–Chuy Brazil–Uruguay 15,592[10][11]
Corumbá–Puerto Suárez Brazil–Bolivia
Leticia–Tabatinga–Santa Rosa Colombia–Brazil–Peru
Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero Brazil–Paraguay
Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu Brazil–Paraguay–Argentina 800,000
Bernardo de Irigoyen–Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira Argentina–Brazil
Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres Brazil–Argentina
Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira Colombia–Venezuela 700,000 [12]

See also

References
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