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A divided city is one which, as a consequence of political changes or border shifts, currently constitutes (or once constituted) two separate entities, or an urban area with a border running through it. Listed below are the localities and the state they belonged to at the time of division.
Rollingwood, Texas, surrounded by Austin; though also shares a border with West Lake Hills; Southside Place, Texas surrounded by Houston; though also shares a border with West University Place; Sansom Park, Texas, surrounded by Fort Worth; though also shares a border with Lake Worth and River Oaks; Shavano Park, Texas, surrounded by San Antonio
2 towns: 1 rural city: 1 unincorporated area: Tasmania: 23 municipalities: 6 cities: Victoria: 39 shires: 33 cities: 10 unincorporated areas: 6 rural cities: 1 borough: Western Australia: 104 shires: 29 cities: 8 towns: 2 internal territories that are self-governing: Australian Capital Territory: Northern Territory: 9 regional councils: wards ...
This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and municipalities. [a] A few exceptional census-designated places (CDPs) are also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places.
San Diego–Tijuana is an urban agglomeration across the Mexico–United States border. A transborder agglomeration is an urban agglomeration or conurbation that extends into multiple sovereign states and/or dependent territories. It includes city-states that agglomerate with their neighbouring countries.
Geographic features on borders or between towns sometimes get border portmanteau names. Canalaska Mountain, [56] [57] (Canada and Alaska) Canida Peak [58] (Canada and Idaho) Chiwaukee Prairie (Chicago and Milwaukee) large prairie in southeast Wisconsin preserved as a wildlife area [55] Huatung Valley — from Hualien City to Taitung City in ...
Border towns can have highly cosmopolitan communities, a feature they share with port cities, as traveling and trading often go through the town. They can also be flashpoints for international conflicts , especially when the two countries have territorial disputes .
Exclusive economic zone maritime boundaries in the Caribbean Sea and equatorial Atlantic Ocean EEZ maritime boundaries in the Pacific Ocean. The United States has land borders with Canada to the North and East (Alaska), and Mexico to the South and a maritime boundary with Russia to the West, as well as maritime boundaries with several countries of the extensive exclusive economic zone (EEZ).