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This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting. [6] [7]
List of Japanese landmarks; List of public outdoor clothes free places; List of skyscrapers. Tall buildings in London; Tall buildings in Melbourne; List of spa towns; List of United States military bases; List of mean centers of U.S. population during the 20th century; List of walls; List of waterfalls; List of World Heritage Sites; List of zoos
This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.
This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5,000 km 2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas [62] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.
List of cities by GDP; List of cities by elevation; List of cities by time of continuous habitation; List of cities proper by population; List of cities with the most skyscrapers; List of cities with more than one commercial airport; List of city name changes; List of largest cities throughout history; List of national capitals; List of ghost ...
List of cities in the Netherlands Antilles - Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) List of cities in New Caledonia - Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis) List of cities in New Zealand - New Zealand; List of cities in Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua