List of urban agglomerations by population (United Nations)
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Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 153 стр., издатель:
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is a list of the 100 largest urban agglomerations in the world according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2011 revision). The term "urban agglomeration” refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels without regard to administrative boundaries or commuter flows. It usually incorporates the population in a city or town plus that in the suburban areas lying outside of but being adjacent to the city boundaries. Whenever possible, data classified according to the concept of urban agglomeration are used. However, some countries do not produce data according to the concept of urban agglomeration but use instead metropolitan area or city proper. Figures in the tables below are estimates for mid-2010. The basis of the data is not consistent, so the list cannot be relied upon as hard fact. It should be seen as simply one response to the question "what...