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Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories; which share industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructure and housing. A metropolitan area usually comprises multiple principal cities, jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships, boroughs, citie…

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Metropolitan area

Nodes160
Edges159
Triples54
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.0125
Components1

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Metropolitan area

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related to Definition · 16
Metropolitan area → Agriculture Organization, East Hampton, European Commission, Food, For, Functional, In, International Labour Organization, It, Long Island, New York, OECD, Programme, These, United Nations Human Settlements, World Bank
related to South Africa · 11
Metropolitan area → City, Conversely, Greater Johannesburg, However, Its, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa, South Africa Census, The, The Greater Johannesburg
related to External links · 9
Metropolitan area → Archived, France, Geopolis, October, Paris-Diderot, PDF, The World's Cities, United Nations, Urbanization
see also · 9
Metropolitan area → AfricaList, AmericasList, AsiaList, Developed, European Union, EuropeList, LUZ, Metropolitan Statistical AreasList, North American
related to Europe · 6
Metropolitan area → Eurostat, FUA, NUTS, OECD, The European Union's, The FUA
is a · 2
Metropolitan area → example of statistically grouping independent cities and county areas from various states to form a larger city because of proximity, fourth largest metropolitan area in South Africa

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metropolitan area areas urban city statistical population municipalities cities defined metro commuting united one greater citation needed states municipality core

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Metropolitan areais afourth largest metropolitan area in South Africa0.90text
Metropolitan areais aexample of statistically grouping independent cities and county areas from various states to form a larger city because of proximity0.90text
the Paris metropolitan areainstance ofIn other countries metropolitan areas are sometimes anchored by one central city0.80text
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionThese0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionFor0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionEast Hampton0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionNew York0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionLong Island0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionIn0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionEuropean Commission0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionFood0.60section
Metropolitan arearelated to DefinitionAgriculture Organization0.60section

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