metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a densely populated urban region consisting of a central city and its surrounding suburbs and satellite communities, linked by economic, social, and infrastructural ties.

Aliases (31)

• urban area ×94
• metropolitan region ×46
• metropolitan statistical area ×20
• metropolis ×15
• urban agglomeration ×14
• megacity ×10
• megalopolis ×4
• population centre ×4
• U.S. Census-defined area ×3
• conurbation ×3
• Metropolitan Statistical Area ×2
• Metropolitan region ×2
• city region ×2
• cross-border metropolitan region ×2
• metropolitan area region ×2
• European metropolitan region ×1
• Metropolitan area ×1
• U.S. metropolitan statistical area ×1
• bi-state metropolitan area ×1
• binational metropolitan area ×1
• built-up area ×1
• capital region ×1
• cross-border urban area ×1
• functional economic area ×1
• functional urban area ×1
• major U.S. metropolis ×1
• metropolitan division ×1
• metropolitan region segment ×1
• population center ×1
• transborder metropolitan region ×1
• transnational metropolitan area ×1

Instances (326)

• Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area
• Raleigh–Durham area
• Lagos ("megacity")
• Bangkok ("megacity")
• Delaware Valley ("metropolitan region")
• Liverpool Urban Area ("urban area")
• Kansas City metropolitan area
• Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region ("city region")
• Central Los Angeles ("urban area")
• Castlefield ("urban area")
• Portland metropolitan area
• Miami metropolitan area
• Holland–Grand Haven metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Bengaluru ("metropolis")
• Knoxville metropolitan area
• Kano ("urban area")
• Hyderabad ("metropolis")
• Pittsburgh region ("metropolitan region")
• Front Range Urban Corridor ("metropolitan region")
• Pune ("metropolis")
• Seattle metropolitan area
• Alamance County urban area ("urban area")
• Houston ("major U.S. metropolis")
• The Triangle ("metropolitan region")
• Capital District of New York ("metropolitan region")
• Lower Manhattan ("urban area")
• San Diego–Tijuana ("transborder metropolitan region")
• Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London ("urban area")
• Phoenix metropolitan area
• Greater Toronto Area
• Collyhurst ("urban area")
• Downtown Toronto ("urban area")
• Auckland ("metropolis")
• Memphis metropolitan area
• Greater Los Angeles Area
• Seoul ("metropolis")
• Nagpur
• Las Vegas Valley
• Research Triangle ("metropolitan region")
• Midtown South ("urban area")
• Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau ("cross-border metropolitan region")
• Southeast Michigan ("metropolitan region")
• Golden Horseshoe ("metropolitan region")
• Charlotte metropolitan area
• Beijing ("megacity")
• Gouden Bocht ("urban area")
• Columbus metropolitan area
• Tampa Bay area
• Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area
• southwest Mexico City ("urban area")
• Detroit metropolitan area
• Greater Mexico City metropolitan area
• Dhaka ("megacity")
• Sentrum ("urban area")
• Inland Empire region of California ("metropolitan region")
• Dayton–Springfield metropolitan area
• Blackfriars ("urban area")
• Piedmont Triad ("metropolitan region")
• Alliston, Ontario, Canada ("population centre")
• Savannah metropolitan area
• Macon metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Jakarta ("megacity")
• Greater Havana
• Melgar (Tolima–Cundinamarca conurbation) ("conurbation")
• Stroganov Palace vicinity ("urban area")
• Soweto ("urban area")
• Chittagong ("Metropolitan area")
• Dibrugarh ("urban area")
• Ordsall ("urban area")
• Coimbatore
• Randstad metropolitan region ("metropolitan region")
• Pearl River Delta ("metropolitan region")
• Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region ("metropolitan region")
• Ancoats ("urban area")
• Vizagapatam ("urban area")
• West Gorton ("urban area")
• Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area
• IE ("metropolitan region")
• Metro Manila ("metropolitan region")
• Northeastern Illinois ("metropolitan region")
• Chongqing ("megacity")
• Cairo ("megacity")
• Pendleton ("urban area")
• Yangtze River Delta ("metropolitan region")
• Metro Vancouver, Canada
• Victoria metropolitan area
• Red Hook ("urban area")
• Wasatch Front ("metropolitan region")
• Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region ("metropolitan region")
• Nassau–Suffolk metropolitan division ("metropolitan division")
• Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area
• Iowa City metropolitan area
• Gateway Region of New Jersey ("metropolitan region")
• Busan ("metropolis")
• Greater Cairo metropolitan area
• Minneapolis–Saint Paul
• Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia ("metropolitan region")
• Monroe metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Northeast megalopolis ("megalopolis")
• Diriyah ("urban area")
• Fort Myers metropolitan area
• Boston urban core ("urban area")
• Amsterdam metropolitan area
• Istanbul ("metropolis")
• Calcutta ("metropolis")
• Sherman, Texas metropolitan area
• Las Vegas Strip ("urban area")
• St. Louis metropolitan area
• Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Central London ("urban area")
• Washington metropolitan area
• Kanto ("metropolitan region")
• Inland Empire ("metropolitan region")
• Mount Vernon–Anacortes metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• East Jerusalem ("urban area")
• Greater Glasgow ("urban area")
• Bellingham metropolitan area
• Centurion ("urban area")
• Samborondón metropolitan area
• Buenos Aires ("metropolis")
• Kingsbridge ("urban area")
• West Jerusalem ("urban area")
• Cedar Rapids metropolitan area
• Greater Boston
• National Capital Region ("metropolitan region")
• San Francisco Bay Area ("metropolitan region")
• Philadelphia metropolitan area
• Granada (Mexico City neighborhood) ("urban area")
• Chorlton-on-Medlock ("urban area")
• Chicago metropolitan area
• Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Battersea ("urban area")
• Tokyo ("metropolis")
• Meatpacking District ("urban area")
• Greater Hartford
• Southwest Side, Chicago ("urban area")
• Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland ("Metropolitan region")
• Flatiron District ("urban area")
• Tikkakoski ("population centre")
• Viracopos International Airport (metropolitan area)
• Greater Surabaya metropolitan area
• Gerbangkertosusila ("metropolitan region")
• Metropolregion MD ("metropolitan region")
• Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area ("Metropolitan Statistical Area")
• Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area ("metropolitan region")
• Fort Smith metropolitan area (Oklahoma portion)
• Kowloon ("urban area")
• Petersfield, Manchester ("urban area")
• Upper Rhine metropolitan region ("European metropolitan region")
• Old Town of Edinburgh ("urban area")
• Puget Sound region ("metropolitan region")
• Traverse City micropolitan area ("U.S. Census-defined area")
• Nairobi ("metropolis")
• United States Census Bureau metropolitan area of Lewiston-Auburn ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Portland–Vancouver–Salem CSA ("metropolitan region")
• Leeds city region ("city region")
• Tecate urban area ("urban area")
• Jackson metropolitan area
• Central Savannah River Area ("metropolitan region")
• Hunts Point ("urban area")
• Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• National Capital Region ("metropolitan region")
• Greater Sydney region ("metropolitan region")
• South East Queensland ("metropolitan region")
• Mexico City ("megacity")
• New Haven metropolitan area
• Old Town ("urban area")
• Cincinnati metropolitan area
• Île-de-France region ("metropolitan region")
• Manchester urban area ("urban area")
• Atlanta–Athens–Clarke–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area ("metropolitan region")
• Karachi ("metropolis")
• Los Angeles ("metropolis")
• Roppongi ("urban area")
• New York–Newark CSA ("Metropolitan region")
• Øresund Region ("transnational metropolitan area")
• Victoria Island ("urban area")
• New York metropolitan area
• Louisiana Avenue NW vicinity ("urban area")
• Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ("metropolitan area region")
• Rockford metropolitan area
• KC metro
• Bangor metropolitan area
• Peoria metropolitan area
• The White City ("urban area")
• Grand Paris urban area
• Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area
• Springfield metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Tallahassee metropolitan area
• Kankakee metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area
• Carbondale–Marion metropolitan area
• Gurugram ("urban agglomeration")
• Piedmont Crescent ("megalopolis")
• Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area ("urban agglomeration")
• Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
• Manila ("metropolis")
• St. Louis–Belleville metropolitan area (Illinois portion)
• Siouxland region ("metropolitan region")
• Tri-Cities, Washington ("metropolitan region")
• Metro Detroit
• Bowling Green metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Fort William ("population centre")
• London commuter belt ("metropolitan region")
• Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
• Northern Virginia
• Shitennoji Temple area ("urban area")
• Decatur–Taylorville metropolitan area
• National Capital Region of India ("metropolitan region")
• Manchester–Nashua metropolitan area
• Denver–Aurora–Lakewood metropolitan area
• Worcester College, Oxford vicinity ("urban area")
• Grand Genève ("cross-border metropolitan region")
• Midtown Toronto ("urban area")
• Prinz-Albrecht-Straße area ("urban area")
• integrated into Fürth city center street network ("urban area")
• Valle de Chalco Solidaridad ("urban area")
• Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
• Holt Town ("urban area")
• Rhine-Main metropolitan region ("metropolitan region")
• Oldenburg–Osnabrück region ("metropolitan region")
• Hawalli ("urban area")
• South Side, Chicago ("urban area")
• Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• Tottenham ("urban area")
• Hamilton urban area ("urban area")
• Redcliffe ("urban area")
• Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
• Geneva metropolitan area
• Jacksonville metropolitan area
• Greater Manchester commuter belt ("metropolitan area region")
• National Capital Region ("metropolitan region")
• Bern metropolitan area
• San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area
• Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin metropolitan area
• Greater Newcastle area
• eastern Lima ("urban area")
• Greater Concepción
• Reno–Sparks metropolitan area
• Bryan–College Station metropolitan area ("metropolitan statistical area")
• East Side of Manhattan ("urban area")
• Les Abymes ("urban area")
• Harpurhey ("urban area")
• Inner London
• Mumbai ("metropolis")
• Hagerstown–Martinsburg, MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area ("Metropolitan Statistical Area")
• Beswick ("urban area")
• Orizaba metropolitan area