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A transborder agglomeration is an agglomeration or conurbation that extends into multiple territories, countries or states.
List of transborder agglomerations[edit]
| Main municipalities |
Countries |
Total population[citation needed] |
| 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 |
|
| Cieszyn - Český Těšín |
Poland, Czech Republic |
|
| Como - Chiasso |
Italy, Switzerland |
|
| Saarbrücken - Forbach |
France, Germany |
700,000 |
| Geneva - Annemasse - Ferney-Voltaire - Nyon (France-Vaud-Geneva basin or Grand Genève) |
Switzerland, France |
890,000 (2008) |
| 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 |
| Komárno - Komárom |
Slovakia, Hungary |
56,000 |
| Le Perthus - Els Límits |
France, Spain |
700 |
| 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, United Kingdom |
18,500 |
| Valka - Valga |
Latvia, Estonia |
20,000 |
| Szczecin |
Poland, Germany |
763,321 |
| Upper Silesian metropolitan area |
Czech Republic, Poland |
5,294,000 |
North America[edit]
| Main municipalities |
Countries |
Total population |
| Vancouver - Fraser Valley - Whatcom County |
Canada, United States |
2,920,800 |
| 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 |
| Buffalo - Fort Erie - Niagara Falls NY - Niagara Falls ON |
United States, Canada |
1,625,000 |
| Sault Ste. Marie - Sault Ste. Marie |
United States, Canada |
|
| San Diego–Tijuana |
United States, Mexico |
5,105,769[1] |
| Calexico - Mexicali |
United States, Mexico |
|
| San Luis - San Luis Río Colorado |
United States, Mexico |
|
| Lukeville - Sonoyta |
United States, Mexico |
|
| Sasabe - Sáric |
United States, Mexico |
|
| Nogales - Nogales |
United States, Mexico |
|
| Naco - Naco |
United States, Mexico |
|
| Douglas - Agua Prieta |
United States, Mexico |
|
| El Paso–Juárez |
United States, Mexico |
2,500,000[2] |
| 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[3] |
| Rio Grande City - Camargo |
United States, Mexico |
|
| Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area |
United States, Mexico |
1,500,000[4] |
| Matamoros–Brownsville Metropolitan Area |
United States, Mexico |
1,136,995[5] |
South America[edit]
| Main municipalities |
Countries |
Total population |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni - Albina |
French Guiana (France), Suriname |
|
| Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock - Oiapoque |
French Guiana (France), Brazil |
|
| Santana do Livramento - Rivera |
Brazil, Uruguay |
|
| Chuí - Chuy |
Brazil, Uruguay |
|
| 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 [6] |
| 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 - Tajikistan |
300,000 |
| Sijori (Singapore - Johor Bahru - Batam - Bintan) |
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia |
9,000,000 |
| Macau - Zhuhai - Jiangmen |
Macau - China (Mainland) |
3,000,000 |
| Mukdahan - Savannakhet |
Thailand - Laos |
200,000 |
| Padang Besar - Padang Besar |
Malaysia, Thailand |
20,000 |
| Hong Kong - Shenzhen |
Hong Kong - China (Mainland) |
19,000,000 |
| Lahore - Amritsar |
Pakistan - India |
12,000,000 |
| Jerusalem - Bethlehem - Ramallah |
Palestine, Israel |
1,000,000 |
| Vientiane - Nong Khai |
Laos - Thailand |
900,000 |
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