Short description: Urban area that extends into two or more countries (or dependent territories)
San Diego–Tijuana is an urban agglomeration across the Mexico–United States border.
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.
List of transborder agglomerations
Africa
| Main municipalities
|
Countries
|
Total population
|
| Kinshasa–Brazzaville
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Republic of the Congo
|
19,547,463
|
| Goma–Gisenyi
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda
|
756,323
|
| Lomé–Aflao
|
Togo–Ghana
|
1,544,206
|
| N'djamena–Kousséri
|
Chad–Cameroon
|
1,694,819
|
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
| Main municipalities
|
Countries
|
Total population[citation needed]
|
| 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
|
| Vienna–Bratislava
|
Austria–Slovakia
|
1,900,000
|
| 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–Bellingham
|
Canada –United States
|
3,050,000
|
| Detroit–Windsor
|
United States–Canada
|
5,976,595
|
| Buffalo-Niagara Region
|
United States–Canada
|
1,614,790
|
| Port Huron–Sarnia–Point Edward
|
United States–Canada
|
105,776
|
| Sault Ste. Marie–Sault Ste. Marie
|
United States–Canada
|
93,944
|
| San Diego–Tijuana
|
United States–Mexico
|
5,105,769[4]
|
| Mexicali–Calexico
|
Mexico–United States
|
1,143,000
|
| San Luis Río Colorado–San Luis
|
Mexico–United States
|
227,000
|
| Nogales–Nogales
|
United States–Mexico
|
240,000
|
| El Paso–Juárez
|
United States–Mexico
|
2,500,000[5]
|
| Laredo–Nuevo Laredo
|
United States–Mexico
|
775,481[6]
|
| Reynosa–McAllen
|
Mexico–United States
|
1,500,000[7]
|
| Brownsville–Matamoros
|
United States–Mexico
|
1,136,995[8]
|
South America
| Main municipalities
|
Countries
|
Total population
|
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina
|
French Guiana (France)–Suriname
|
|
| Saint Georges–Oiapoque
|
French Guiana (France)–Brazil
|
32,000
|
| Santana do Livramento–Rivera
|
Brazil –Uruguay
|
140,000
|
| Chuí–Chuy
|
Brazil –Uruguay
|
15,592[9][10]
|
| Corumbá–Puerto Suárez
|
Brazil –Bolivia
|
124,000
|
| Leticia–Tabatinga–Santa Rosa
|
Colombia–Brazil –Peru
|
107,000
|
| Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero
|
Brazil –Paraguay
|
209,000
|
| Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu
|
Brazil –Paraguay–Argentina
|
800,000
|
| Bernardo de Irigoyen–Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira
|
Argentina –Brazil
|
36,000
|
| Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres
|
Brazil –Argentina
|
170,000
|
| Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira
|
Colombia–Venezuela
|
700,000 [11]
|
See also
- Border town
- Cross-border town naming
- List of divided cities
- Metropolitan area
References
