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Urban area

An urban area, also known as a built-up area or urban agglomeration, is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs.

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Urbanization

Largest urban areas

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Urban area

Nodes299
Edges298
Triples55
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006689
Components1

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Urban area

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related to External links · 18
Urban area → Archived, Areas, Areas Projected, Definition, Density, France, Geopolis, Mayors, Paris-Diderot, Population, The World's Largest Urban, United Nations Statistics Division, University, UNSTAT, Wayback Machine, World Archived, World Urban Areas All, World's
related to Urbanization · 12
Urban area → Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, The, They, United States, Unlike, Urban
related to Recent historical growth · 10
Urban area → Africa, Asia, By, Economic, In, Social Affairs, The, The Population Division, This, United Nations Department
related to Largest urban areas · 8
Urban area → According, Central Intelligence Agency World, Data, Demographia, Factbook, The, There, Urbanization
is a · 2
Urban area → 5th largest in the world with a population of 20, place having a minimum population of 5
see also · 2
Urban area → CityDeveloped, UrbanismUrban

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urban areas area population city census cities largest 000 million people country urbanization metropolitan urbanized world united built-up rural land

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Urban areais aplace having a minimum population of 50.90text
Urban areais a5th largest in the world with a population of 200.90text
villagesinstance ofcontrasts to rural areas0.80text
hamletsinstance ofcontrasts to rural areas0.80text
exploitation of natural resources has led to a human impact on the environmentinstance ofwhich along with other human activities0.80text
Urban arearelated to External linksUnited Nations Statistics Division0.60section
Urban arearelated to External linksUNSTAT0.60section
Urban arearelated to External linksDefinition0.60section
Urban arearelated to External linksWorld Urban Areas All0.60section
Urban arearelated to External linksPopulation0.60section
Urban arearelated to External linksDensity0.60section
Urban arearelated to External linksGeopolis0.60section

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