27-567: Greater Toluca or the Metropolitan Area of Toluca is the conurbation formed by Toluca , as the core city, and 12 adjacent municipalities of the state of Mexico , namely Almoloya de Juárez , Calimaya , Chapultepec , Lerma , Metepec , Mexicaltzingo , Ocoyoacac , Otzolotepec , San Mateo Atenco , Xonacatlán and Zinacantepec . The city of Toluca is just one of several cities/towns (called localidades in Mexico ) that comprise
54-758: A land border with China or influenced by disputes in the sea where China faces (see Territorial disputes focus). Urban population rate: 56% (2015). Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2015. (Shenyang + Fushun ) (Jinzhou + Linghai ) (Anshan + Liaoyang ) + Zhangjiagang + Jiangyin + Jingjiang + Changzhou + Wuxi ) ( Hangzhou + Shaoxing + Cixi + Yuyao + Ningbo ) (Wenzhou + Longgang + Ruian + Yueqing ) (Xiamen + Zhangzhou ) Data are referred to pre-1974 Turkish Army occupation boundaries. Urban population rate: 59% (2015) Urban population rate: 31% (2015) Data are referret to pre- 2008 Russo-Georgian War . Urban population rate: 56% (2015) Greater Jakarta or Jabodetabek comprises
81-416: A number of metropolises , cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most cases, a conurbation is a polycentric urbanised area in which transportation has developed to link areas. They create a single urban labour market or travel to work area . Patrick Geddes coined
108-476: A period of about 20 years, it consists of seven municipal corporations and fifteen smaller municipal councils. The region has an area of 4,355 km and with a population of 20.5 million, and is among the top ten most populated urban agglomerations in the world. It is linked together through the Mumbai Suburban Railway system and a large network of roads. The National Capital Region (NCR)
135-428: A region that has a population of 14.6 million. Urban population rate: 25% (2015) Urban population rate: 67% (2015) Urban population rate: 55% (2015) Urban population rate: 23% (2015) The city of Dhaka is linked with Narayanganj and Gazipur city; there are no gaps between Dhaka and those two cities. This conurbation which consists of the areas of the city of Dhaka and its surrounding cities and towns
162-544: A separate area in the county. According to the 2011 Census the area had a population of 2,440,986, making it the third most populated in the United Kingdom behind Greater London and Greater Manchester . With the West Midlands also being a region and county, the conurbation is sometimes known as Birmingham-Wolverhampton . though it is the term Birmingham & The Black Country that has gained
189-420: Is a conurbation formed through the merged development of the initial Lagos city area with other cities and towns including Ikeja and Ojo . Also various suburban communities such as Agege , Alimosho , Ifako-Ijaiye , Kosofe , Mushin , Oshodi and Shomolu are included in the area. Urban population rate: 42% (2015) Johannesburg , Ekurhuleni (East Rand), and Tshwane (greater Pretoria) merged to form
216-480: Is a name for the coordinated planning region which encompasses the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi as well as several surrounding districts in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh , Haryana and Rajasthan . However, the conurbation of Delhi is actually limited to the NCT of Delhi and the neighbouring contiguous urban areas comprising Gurgaon , Faridabad , Noida , Greater Noida and Ghaziabad . The area
243-633: Is broken down into multiple Travel to Work Areas : Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Dudley & Sandwell , Walsall & Cannock , Hagley is within the Kidderminster area and the extreme south-east corner is within the Warwick & Stratford upon Avon area. The conurbation is mainly in the West Midlands county, including parts of the surrounding counties of Staffordshire (e.g. Little Aston , Perton and Essington ) and Worcestershire (such as Hagley and Hollywood ), with Coventry
270-563: Is collectively knowns as the Greater Dhaka City. The city of Dhaka is the core city of the conurbation and has a population of about 10 Million. The satellite cities of the conurbation include Narayanganj , Gazipur , Tongi , Fatullah , Keraniganj , Tarabo , and Kaliganj . Urban population rate: 22% (2015) Data are referred to borders determined by Sino-British Joint Declaration (1984), Sino-Portugal Joint Declaration (1987) and later agreements with countries that share
297-661: Is officially known as the Central National Capital Region (CNCR), a small part of overall NCR. The population of this conurbation was estimated 21.7 million in 2011. It is the world's third most populous urban agglomeration. The Amaravati Metropolitan Region (AMR) of Andhra Pradesh is a conurbation of three cities, namely Vijayawada , Eluru and Guntur and 11 other towns which include Mangalagiri , Tadepalle , Tenali , Ponnuru, Chilakaluripeta, Narasaraopeta, Sattenapally, Nandigama, Jaggayyapeta, Nuzividu, Gudivada and Vuyyuru. The new capital city of
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#1732773211099324-635: Is the large conurbation in the West Midlands region of England. The area consists of two cities and numerous towns: to the east, the city of Birmingham , along with adjacent towns of Solihull and Sutton Coldfield ; and to the west, the city of Wolverhampton and the area called the Black Country , containing the towns of Dudley , Walsall , West Bromwich , Oldbury , Willenhall , Bilston , Darlaston , Tipton , Smethwick , Wednesbury , Rowley Regis , Stourbridge and Halesowen . It
351-696: The Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMéx), Institute of Technology and Studies Superiors of Monterrey (ITESM), the Technological Institute of Toluca (TecNM Campus Toluca), campus of Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC), Universidad del Valle de México (UVM), Instituto Universitario del State of Mexico (IUEM), Technological University of the Toluca Valley (UTVT), among other institutions. According to
378-545: The State of Mexico and composed of 16 municipalities. It is the second largest metropolitan area in the state in terms of size and population. It is part of the megalopolis of Mexico. The most important cities in the metropolitan area of the Toluca Valley are: Toluca de Lerdo , Metepec, Zinacantepec , Lerma de Villada and Tenango del Valle. It is the closest metropolitan area to the Valley of Mexico, with 66 kilometers between
405-478: The State Urban, Metropolitan and Housing Information System of the State of Mexico, the metropolitan area is made up of the municipalities of Almoloya de Juárez, Calimaya, Chapultepec, Lerma, Metepec, Mexicaltzingo, Ocoyoacac, Otzolotepec, Rayón, San Antonio la Island, San Mateo Atenco, Temoaya, Tenango del Valle, Toluca, Xonacatlán and Zinacantepec Conurbation A conurbation is a region comprising
432-534: The United States, each polycentric " metropolitan area " may have its own common designation such as San Francisco Bay Area or the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex . Internationally the term " urban agglomeration " is often used to convey a similar meaning to "conurbation". A conurbation should be contrasted with a megalopolis . In a megalopolis the urban areas are close but not physically contiguous, and
459-423: The below subdivisions. Due to the change in methodology between the 2001 and 2011 Census, and the amount of change between 2011 Census and previous census data, it is impossible to compare the data directly between 2011 and earlier Censuses. In the 2011 Census, Coleshill and Water Orton are two separate built-up areas with populations of 6,341 and 3,444 respectively. Prior to 2011, they were considered part of
486-631: The conurbation is seen as being coterminous with the West Midlands Metropolitan county ; however, this includes Coventry , which is separate from the main urban area, and excludes the parts of the surrounding counties of Staffordshire , Warwickshire and Worcestershire that fall within the conurbation. For administrative purposes, the vast majority of the conurbation falls within the six Metropolitan Boroughs of Birmingham, Dudley , Sandwell , Solihull , Walsall and Wolverhampton. Two Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) cover
513-638: The largest urban area in Indonesia and the second-largest in the world with a population of around 30 million. The center and national capital, Jakarta , has a population of 10.3 million within its borders. The second-most populated city in Indonesia, Surabaya , also forms a conurbation known as Gerbangkertosusila with a metropolitan population of about 10 million compared to the city proper of 3 million. Conurbations are also present around Bandung and Medan . The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) consists of Mumbai and its satellite towns. Developing over
540-540: The majority of the conurbation area: Black Country LEP comprises the local authorities of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton while the Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP includes those two authorities and a number of satellite boroughs, many remote from the conurbation and not traditionally associated with it (Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Tamworth and Wyre Forest). The West Midlands Built Up Area consists of
567-584: The merging of labour markets has not yet developed. A conurbation should also be contrasted with a megacity . A megacity is hierarchical with an indisputable dominant urban core, whereas a conurbation is polycentric and no single urban centre has the dominant role over all other centres. Urban population rate: 65% (2015) Urban population rate: 30% (2015) Urban population rate: 47% (2015) Urban population rate: 25% (2015) Urban population rate: 31% (2015) Urban population rate: 34% (2015) Urban population rate: 46% (2015) Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Lagos
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#1732773211099594-416: The municipality of Toluca. The Municipality of Toluca, in 2020, had a population of around 910,608, whereas the population of the entire metropolitan area was 2.3 million, making it the fifth largest metropolitan area of Mexico after Greater Mexico City , Greater Guadalajara , Greater Monterrey and Greater Puebla . The Toluca Valley Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area of Mexico located within
621-842: The state, Amaravati , is being developed between the cities of Vijayawada and Guntur at the center of the conurbation. The region holds a total population of 58 lakhs. The Jamshedpur Metropolitan Area has a plan of Greater Jamshedpur . This place contains the area and city of Adityapur , Maango and Jugsalai Data are referred to 1949 Armistice boundaries, after 1948 Arab-Israeli War . Urban population rate: 59% (2015) Urban population rate: 69% (2015) Urban population rate: 80% (2015) Urban population rate: 62% (2015) Urban population rate: 38% (2015) Urban population rate: 98% (2015) Urban population rate: 37% (2015) Urban population rate: 74% (2015) Urban population rate: 65% (2015) Urban population rate: 21% (2015) West Midlands conurbation The West Midlands conurbation
648-826: The term in his book Cities in Evolution (1915). He drew attention to the ability of the new technology at the time of electric power and motorised transport to allow cities to spread and agglomerate together, and gave as examples " Midlandton " in England, the Ruhr in Germany, Randstad in the Netherlands, and the Northeastern Seaboard in the United States. The term as described is used in Britain whereas in
675-752: The two. The economic growth of the city spans from its poles Zinacantepec , Tenango del Valle and Lerma . The metropolitan area of the Toluca Valley is the fifth largest city in Mexico, according to the 2020 Population and Housing Census of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). In the Metropolitan Region there are several prestigious universities, such as the Metropolitan Autonomous University Unidad Lerma (UAM-L),
702-568: The urban areas of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Solihull , West Bromwich , Dudley , and Walsall amongst others. These settlements are not coterminous with the Metropolitan Boroughs of the same name. Coventry is separated from the West Midlands conurbation by the Meriden Gap , and other urban areas, such as Cannock and Codsall remain separate from the conurbation. Coventry is 19 miles east of Birmingham . Occasionally
729-555: The widest traction as an alternative to the conurbation's official name: an example of this is the tagline used by BBC Radio WM - "The sound of Birmingham & The Black Country". Although the exact boundaries of any conurbation are open to debate, dependent on what criteria are used to determine where an urban area ceases, the Office for National Statistics defines the West Midlands Built Up Area as including
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