List of megalopolises
Appearance
This is a list megalopolises grouped by geographical region and country.
Africa
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Nile Delta and Nile River at night from space
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Pretoria, South Africa
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Nairobi, Kenya
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Lagos, Nigeria
Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
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Greater Cairo | The Governorates of Cairo, Giza, Qalyubiyya and Helwan | 22,183,000[1] |
Nile Delta | Governorates of Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr el-Sheikh, Gharbia, Monufia, Qalyubiyya, Dakahlia, Damietta, Al Sharqia, and Port Said | 50,322,424[2] | |
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Nairobi Metropolitan Region | The counties of Kajiado, Kiambu, Nairobi, Machakos and Murang'a | 10,411,220[3] |
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El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra | El Jadida-Casablanca-Rabat-Salé-Kenitra | 11,000,000 |
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Gauteng Province | The cities of Pretoria, Witwatersrand and Vereeniging includes the urbanised portion of Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand, Johannesburg and the Vaal Triangle[4][5] | 15,810,400[6] |
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Abidjan–Lagos Corridor | Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Porto-Novo | 42,436,069[7] |
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Accra, Cape Coast, Sekondi-Takoradi | ||
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Abidjan | ||
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Lagos | ||
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Lomé |
Asia
[edit]East Asia
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The Jing-Jin-Ji Metropolitan Region is the central part of the Bohai Economic Rim
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Satellite view of western Taiwan.
Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
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Greater Tokyo Area | Kantō region, broadly including Tokyo and Yokohama | 38,000,000[8] |
Keihanshin | Kansai region, includes Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe | 19,000,000[9] | |
Taiheiyō Belt (includes both the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihanshin megapoles) | Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, and Ōita | 81,000,000[10] | |
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Greater Busan Area | Busan, Ulsan, Changwon, Gimhae, Yangsan, Jinju | 13,000,000 |
Seoul National Capital Area | Seoul, Incheon, Suwon, Goyang, Yongin, Seongnam, and the rest of Gyeonggi Province | 26,000,000 | |
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West Coast of Taiwan[11] | Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung | 18,000,000 |
Southeast Asia
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Jakarta, Indonesia
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Surabaya, Indonesia
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Singapore
Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
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Jakarta metropolitan area (Jabodetabek)[12] | Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi | 54,900,000 |
Surabaya metropolitan area (Gerbangkertosusila) | Gresik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Surabaya, Sidoarjo and Lamongan | 19,700,000 | |
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Mega Manila | Regions Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa excluding Palawan, and regional centers San Fernando-Manila-Calamba-Calapan | 41,100,000 |
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Bay of Bangkok Economic Rim | Bangkok–Ayutthaya–Pattaya | 20,800,000 |
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Red River Delta | Hanoi, Hai Phong, Nam Định, and Hải Dương | 21,000,000 |
Southeast Economic Zone | Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Ho Chi Minh City, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Long An, Tiền Giang | 22,900,000 |
Note: The Indonesian megalopolis names come from acronyms of the included cities.
South Asia
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Country | Megalopolis | Major cities and areas | Population estimate |
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Chennai Megalopolis[13] | Districts of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Vellore | 25,000,000 |
Delhi-NCR Megalopolis[14] | Cities of Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Meerut and Noida | 46,000,000 | |
Mumbai Megalopolis[15] | Cities of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Vasai-Virar, Panvel | 26,000,000 |
Southwest Asia
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Greater Tehran | Tehran and Alborz provinces expanding into Mazandaran, Qazvin, and Qom | 15,000,000 |
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Greater Istanbul | Cities of Istanbul and Bursa; Gebze, Yalova, Kocaeli, and Adapazarı[16][17] | 22,376,297[16][17][18] |
Europe
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Ordered by population estimate rather than alphabetical by country due to the number of countries included in each megalopolis.
These are not generally accepted names or groupings, and the cities listed are in many cases not contiguous.
North America
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Mexico City megalopolis
South America
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Satellite image of Greater Buenos Aires at night
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Parque Lezama, Buenos Aires
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Ponte Estaiada, São Paulo
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Bogotá Skyline
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Cartagena de Indias
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Santiago, Chile
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Lima, Perú
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Maracaibo Lake Narrows, the city of Maracaibo connected by bridge to the Eastern Coast cities.
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Caracas, Venezuela
Notes
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