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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]
A satellite image of the Pearl River Delta area in China. A megalopolis (/ ˌ m ɛ ɡ ə ˈ l ɒ p ə l ɪ s /) or a supercity, [1] also called a megaregion, [2] is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. [2]
Pages in category "Primates of Southeast Asia" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
(1967) The Southeast Asian city: a social geography of the primate cities of Southeast Asia, London, Bell (1971) The Urbanization Process in the Third World, T. G. McGee. G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London (1985) Theatres of Accumulation: Studies in Asian and Latin American Urbanization, together with Warwick Armstrong, London: Methuen
Today it remains one of the largest mosques in Central Asia, and can welcome some 10,000 worshippers at a time. And then there’s Timur’s grandson, Ulug Bheg.
Pages in category "Primates of Asia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Most populous cities in Southeast Asia (500,000+ inhabitants) Largest metropolitan areas
Margays are small, wild cats that live in the evergreen and deciduous forests of Central and South America. They live primarily in trees and use their long, heavy tails for balance.