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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]
Countries with a primate city, a city that dominates in population size and, usually, economically, have a deficit of intermediate size cities. Examples of primate cities include Paris in France, London in the United Kingdom, and Tokyo in Japan. The history of these countries play a large role in the persistence of their primate city.
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Therefore, the rule helps to classify national (or regional) city systems according to the degree of dominance exhibited by the largest city. Countries with a primate city, for example, have typically had a colonial history that accounts for that city pattern.
Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships.
As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for New Providence, 74.26% of the country's population. [4] Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. [5] It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country.
Jakarta is the largest city and the only megacity in Indonesia, with a population of 10.70 million. As a primate city, Jakarta is nearly four times larger than the second largest city Surabaya. Jakarta's status is unique compared to other cities in Indonesia, since it is technically a province with a city management.
The map with countries without primate cities filled in in red needs to have Honduras filled in. Tegucigalpa is the capital and has about 1,200,000, and San Pedro Sula (800,000-900,000) is the industrial and business hub for the country.