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Colombo, the primate city of Sri Lanka; it is 45 times larger than Kandy, the country's second-largest city. Countries without a national primate city highlighted in red. A primate city [1] is a city that is the largest in its country, province, state, or region, and disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy. [2]
The rank-size rule is a common standard by which urban primacy is established. A distribution such as that in the United States or China does not exhibit a pattern of primacy, but countries with a dominant "primate city" clearly vary from the rank-size rule in the opposite manner. Therefore, the rule helps to classify national (or regional ...
Geography of Athens. Athens is: a city. capital of Attica; capital of Greece; primate city of Greece; Population of Athens: 637,798 (city proper and municipality) 3,090,508 (urban area) Area of Athens: 38.964 km 2 (15.044 sq mi) (city proper and municipality) 412 km 2 (159 sq mi) (urban area) Atlas of Athens; Topography of Athens
The urban hierarchy ranks each city based on the size of population residing within the nationally defined statistical urban area. Because urban population depends on how governments define their metropolitan areas, urban hierarchies are conventionally ranked at the national level; however, the ranking can be extended globally to include all cities.
New Zealand bowler Will O'Rourke celebrates the wicket of England batsman Joe Root, left, during play on day two of the third cricket test between England and New Zealand in Hamilton, New Zealand ...
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Ilya Stallone takes the quirky charm of medieval art and mashes it up with the chaos of modern life, creating comics that feel both hilarious and oddly timeless. Using a style straight out of ...
LaFleur addressed the incident after the game, a 34-31 loss in which the Packers took multiple leads in the second half. As the coach explained it, the fan was trash-talking and making threatening ...