Conurbation
A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. It is thus a polycentric form of agglomeration. A metropolitan area usually combines one or several conurbations with peripheral zones not themselves necessarily urban in character but closely dependent of the conurbation(s) in terms of employment and commerce.
Examples Greater Los Angeles Area San Francisco Bay Area Nottingham Greater Manchester Mumbai Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Greater Mexico City Randstad Rhine-Ruhr Helsinki Hong Kong The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area
See also Largest cities of the world
External links Largest cities of the world (municipalities)
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