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Binational Metropolitan Area
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 Africa Asia Europe North America South America See also * Border town * Cross-border town naming * List of divided cities * Metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Transborder Agglomeration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astara, Azerbaijan
Astara () is a city in and the capital of the Astara District of Azerbaijan. Astara is a short walk across the Azerbaijan–Iran border, border from Astara, Iran. Geography Astara is located in lowland and mountain zone. The region is surrounded by the rich Talish mountain range in the West and Caspian Sea in the East. The district is famous for its dishes made of rare fish species from the Caspian Sea. The king of rare trees in the forests of Astara is iron tree. Climate Astara has a borderline humid subtropical climate, humid subtropical (Köppen climate classification: ''Cfa'') and hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Csa''). Astara has cool, wet winters and warm, humid summers with lower precipitation. The annual precipitation of the city is one of the highest in Azerbaijan. Attractions Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, variously classed as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake or a fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heihe
Heihe (; ; Russian language, Russian: Хэйхэ) is a prefecture-level city of northern Heilongjiang province, China, located on the Sino-Russian border, Russian border, on the south bank of the Amur River, Amur (Heilong) River, across the river from Blagoveshchensk. At the 2020 census, 1,286,401 people lived in the prefecture-level city of whom 223,832 lived in the built-up area (''or metro'') made of Aihui District. Heihe marks the northeast terminus of the diagonal Heihe–Tengchong Line, which is sometimes used to divide China into east and west. History Heihe, formerly Aihui or Aigun, is one of the five oldest cities in Heilongjiang, along with Qiqihar, Yilan County, Heilongjiang, Yilan, Acheng District, Acheng and Hulan District, Hulan. Human beings started to settle in Heihe region as early as the Paleolithic Age. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara-Suu
Kara-Suu () is a town in Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, in the Fergana Valley. The town is 23 km northeast of Osh and is the capital of Kara-Suu District. Its population was 26,609 in 2021. It is a major industrial and trade center, on the border with Uzbekistan. On the other side of the border is the town Qorasuv. History During World War II, in 1942, the Artillery Training Centre of the Polish Anders' Army was based in Kara-Suu. Polish soldiers trained there before fighting Nazi Germany. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Uzbek authorities destroyed the main bridge across the river, but cross-border trade continued via improvised ropeways that ferried goods and people across. Kara-Suu gained international prominence following the May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan and massacre in nearby Andijan, after which refugees streamed across the border into Kyrgyzstan. Climate Economy The Karasuu Bazaar in the Kyrgyz town of Kara-Suu is a highly important center of import of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qorasuv
Qorasuv (also ''Korasuv'', ''Karasu''; ) is a city in Qoʻrgʻontepa District of Andijan Region in eastern Uzbekistan, about 50 km from the district capital of Andijan. The town's name means "black water" in Uzbek (''qora'' - black, ''suv'' - water). It lies in the politically volatile and religiously conservative Fergana Valley, along the border with Kyrgyzstan. Its population is 33,000 (2016). It is essentially one town with Kara-Suu in Kyrgyzstan, but is separated from the latter by a Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...-era border which today is tightly controlled by Uzbekistan. Qorasuv was the second town in Uzbekistan to be sealed off during the Andijan massacre in spring 2005, when some 6,000 people fled across the border. A border town, it is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyzyl-Kiya
Kyzyl-Kyya, also spelt Kyzyl-Kyia (, ) and Kyzyl-Kiya (, ), is a city in Batken Region, in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. It is a city of regional significance, not part of a district, and consists of the town proper and the villages Karavan, Ak-Bulak and Jin-Jigen. Its area is , and its resident population was 56,819 in 2021 (both including the villages Karavan, Ak-Bulak and Jin-Jigen). It is situated on the southern edge of the Fergana Valley, 32 km southeast of Fergana, and 65 km southwest of Osh. The town is one of the oldest centers of the coal mining industry in Kyrgyzstan. Population Geography Climate Kyzyl-Kyya has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''BSk''). The average annual temperature is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) and the coolest month is January with an average temperature of -3.4 °C (25.9 °F). The average annual precipitation is 295 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergana
Fergana ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Fargʻona, Фарғона, ), () or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 320 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km southwest of Andijan, and less than 20 km from the Kyrgyzstan border. The modern city was founded in 1876. History Fergana first appears in written records in the 5th-century. However, archeological evidence demonstrates that the city had been populated since the Chalcolithic period. Like many other Central Asian places in the sixth and seventh-centuries, Fergana was ruled by the Western Turkic Khaganate. Although it was still predominantly inhabited by eastern Iranians, many Turks had also started to settle there. The city of Fergana was refounded in 1876 as a garrison town and colonial appendage to Margilan ( to the northwest) by the Russian Empire. Fergana Region is one of the centers of ancient culture in Uzbekistan. Photographs of Stone Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saryagash
Saryagash (, ''Saryağaş'') is a town and the administrative center of Saryagash District in Turkistan Region of southern Kazakhstan. Population: It is located on the border with Uzbekistan, and is roughly from Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I .... References Populated places in Turkistan Region {{TurkistanRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkent
Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Before the influence of Islam in the mid-8th century AD, Sogdian people, Sogdian and Turkic people, Turkic culture was predominant. After Genghis Khan destroyed the city in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from its location on the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th centuries, the city became an Tashkent (1784), independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; as a result, it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet Union, Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to Population transfer in the Soviet Union, forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manama
Manama ( ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and List of cities in Bahrain, largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a diverse population. After periods of Portuguese Empire, Portuguese and Persian control and a short invasion from the ruling dynasty of House of Saud, Saudi Arabia, followed by a longer invasion by Oman, Bahrain established itself as an sovereign state, independent nation in 1971 following a period of British hegemony. Manama has a history that spans over several centuries. First mentioned in Islamic texts as early as the 14th century, Manama remained a small trading port until it came under Portuguese Empire, Portuguese control in the early 1500s. In 1602, the Safavid dynasty, Safavid Persians expelled the Portuguese, and Manama became a regional center for commerce and Pearl#Pearl_farming, pearling. By the late 19th century, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubail
Jubail (, ''Al Jubayl'') is a city in the Eastern province on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, with a total population of 474,679 as of 2022. It is home to one of the largest industrial cities in the world. It is also home to the Middle East's largest and world's fourth largest petrochemical company SABIC. It has the world's largest IWPP (Independent Water and Power Project) producing 2743.6 MW of electricity and 800,000 m3 of water daily. Jubail comprises the Old Town of Al Jubail (Jubail Balad), which was a small fishing village until 1975, and the Industrial Area. Jubail Industrial City is the largest civil engineering project in the world today. In 1975, the Saudi government designated Jubail as the site for new industrial city, with rapid expansion and industrialization arising. The new industrial and residential areas were named Madīnat al Jubayl aṣ Ṣinā`īyah (Jubail Industrial City). The 2005 Census Report for Jubail Industrial City estimates the populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhahran
Dhahran (, ) is a city located in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. With a total population of 143,936 as of 2022, it is a major administrative center for the History of the oil industry in Saudi Arabia, Saudi oil industry. Together with the nearby cities of Dammam and Al Khobar, Khobar, Dhahran forms part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area, which is commonly known as greater Dammam and has an estimated population of 2.2 million as of 2022. A Concession Agreement to search for oil was signed in Jeddah on May 29, 1933, between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Standard Oil of California. However, it was not until five years later, in 1938, that the first oil in commercial quantities was produced. Standard Oil later established a subsidiary in Saudi Arabia called Saudi Aramco, the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), now owned by the Government of Saudi Arabia, Saudi government and known as Saudi Aramco. Dhahran has been the home of Saudi Aramco's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
