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.
List of transborder agglomerations
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Africa
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa–Brazzaville |  Democratic Republic of the Congo / Republic of the Congo
|
19,547,463 |
| Bukavu–Cyangugu | Democratic Republic of the Congo /  Rwanda
|
1,200,000 |
| Goma–Gisenyi | 756,323 | |
| Abidjan–Lagos |  Côte d'Ivoire /  Ghana /  Togo /  Benin /  Nigeria
|
27,000,000 |
| Lomé–Aflao | Togo / Ghana
|
1,544,206 |
| N'Djamena–Kousséri |  Chad /  Cameroon
|
1,694,819 |
Asia
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Astara and Astara |  Iran– Azerbaijan
|
100,000 |
| Khorramshahr and Abadan and Basra | Iran– Iraq
|
2,000,000 |
| Dhahran and Jubail and Manama |  Saudi Arabia– Bahrain
|
2,000,000 |
| Tashkent and Saryagash |  Uzbekistan– Kazakhstan
|
3,000,000 |
| Fergana and Kyzyl-Kiya | Uzbekistan– Kyrgyzstan
|
300,000 |
| Qorasuv and Kara-Suu | 40,000 | |
| Lahore and Amritsar |  Pakistan– India
|
12,000,000 |
| Heihe and Blagoveshchensk |  China– Russia
|
400,000 |
| Dandong and Sinuiju | China– North Korea
|
1,000,000 |
| Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou and Dongguan and Shenzhen and Hong Kong– Macau | China– Hong Kong– Macau
|
71,200,000 |
| Sijori Growth Triangle (Singapore and Johor Bahru and Batam and Bintan) |  Singapore– Malaysia– Indonesia
|
9,000,000 |
| Padang Besar and Padang Besar | Malaysia– Thailand
|
20,000 |
| Vientiane and Nong Khai |  Laos– Thailand
|
900,000 |
| Savannakhet and Mukdahan | 200,000 |
Europe
Further information: Eurodistrict
North America
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Paso Canoas |  Costa Rica /  Panama
|
9,543 |
| Metro Vancouver–Fraser Valley–Bellingham-Whatcom County |  United States /  Canada
|
3,350,000 |
| Detroit–Windsor | 5,976,595 | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Region | 1,614,790 | |
| Port Huron–Sarnia–Point Edward | 105,776 | |
| Sault Ste. Marie–Sault Ste. Marie | 93,944 | |
| San Diego–Tijuana | United States /  Mexico
|
5,105,769 |
| Calexico–Mexicali | 1,143,000 | |
| San Luis Río Colorado–San Luis | 227,000 | |
| Nogales–Nogales | 240,000 | |
| El Paso–Juárez | 2,500,000 | |
| Laredo–Nuevo Laredo | 775,481 | |
| Lower Rio Grande Valley | 2,671,028 | |
| Reynosa–McAllen | 1,500,000 | |
| Brownsville–Matamoros | 1,387,985 |
South America
| Main municipalities | Countries | Total population |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni–Albina |  French Guiana /  Suriname
|
|
| Saint Georges–Oiapoque | French Guiana /  Brazil
|
32,000 |
| Quaraí–Artigas | Brazil /  Uruguay
|
67,000 |
| Santana do Livramento–Rivera | 140,000 | |
| Chuí–Chuy | 15,592 | |
| Corumbá–Puerto Suárez | Brazil /  Bolivia
|
124,000 |
| Tabatinga–Leticia–Santa Rosa | Brazil /  Colombia /  Peru
|
107,000 |
| Ponta Porã–Pedro Juan Caballero | Brazil /  Paraguay
|
209,000 |
| Foz do Iguaçu–Ciudad del Este–Puerto Iguazu | Brazil / Paraguay /  Argentina
|
800,000 |
| Barracão–Dionísio Cerqueira–Bernardo de Irigoyen | Brazil / Argentina
|
36,000 |
| Uruguaiana–Paso de los Libres | 170,000 | |
| Tulcán–Ipiales |  Ecuador / Colombia
|
190,000 |
| Cúcuta–San Antonio del Táchira | Colombia /  Venezuela
|
700,000 |
See also
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