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cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Cities proper

List of largest cities The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metrop ...

Lists of cities by country This is a list of lists on the city, cities of present-day nations, states and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized ...

* Lists of cities by continent (or continental region) ** Lists of cities in Africa ** Lists of cities in Asia ** Lists of cities in Central America ** Lists of cities in Europe **

List of cities in North America This is a list of cities in North America. For the most populous cities in North America, see List of North American cities by population. Antigua and Barbuda Aruba *Oranjestad, Aruba, Oranjestad Bahamas *Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau *Fre ...

** Lists of cities in Oceania **

List of cities in South America This is a list of cities in South America. Largest cities This list includes the fifty largest cities in South America by population city proper, within city limits, based on the most recent official census results, estimates, or short-term project ...

** Territorial claims in Antarctica * List of cities surrounded by another city *

List of cities by GDP This is a list of cities in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP). The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities may be classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the citi ...

* List of cities by elevation * List of cities by time of continuous habitation *

List of cities proper by population The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metrop ...

* List of cities by Köppen climate classification *

List of cities with the most skyscrapers The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. For the purposes of this article, a skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that is taller than . Historically, ...

List of cities with more than one commercial airport Many cities are served by more than one airport, typically to avoid congestion, and where there may be factors preventing expansion of existing airports. In other cities, multiple airports may be built to cater for different uses, such as internati ...

* List of city name changes *

List of largest cities throughout history This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,00 ...

List of national capitals This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The capitals included on this list are those associate ...

* List of ghost towns by country * List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants * Lists of city flags * World's most livable cities *

Global city A global city (also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center) is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that glo ...

Metropolitan areas

List of metropolitan areas by population The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metrop ...

List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East This is a list of metropolitan areas in the Middle East, with their population according to different sources. The list includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1.5 million. List See also *List of cities of the ancien ...

** List of metropolitan areas in Africa **

List of metropolitan areas in Asia Asia is one of the world's fastest-growing continents, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities. Tokyo, in Japan, is the world's largest metropolitan area by population. The populations of the given cities are obtained from ...

List of metropolitan areas in Europe This list ranks metropolitan areas in Europe by their population according to three different sources; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million. Sources List includes metropolitan areas according only to the stud ...

List of metropolitan areas in the Americas The list of metropolitan areas in the Americas has the top 50 most populous as of the most recent census results or projections. It is impossible to definitively compare and rank areas because each country may set its own definition of metropolita ...

** List of metropolitan areas in Northern America **

List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in the is insular Caribbean, based on the latest official population estimates or projections. See also * List of Caribbean countries by population * List of populated places in the Caribbean ...

** List of metropolitan areas in Oceania *

List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP A metropolitan region's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to gross domestic product, GDP, gross metropolitan product, GMP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services ...

* List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries * List of metropolitan areas by intentional homicide

Urban areas

* Historical urban community sizes * List of the largest urban agglomerations in North America *

List of urban agglomerations in Asia This is a list of urban agglomerations in Asia by population. An urban area (built-up urban area or urban agglomeration) is fundamentally different from a metropolitan area. A metropolitan area is a labor market (and a housing market). It includes ...

List of urban areas by population The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metrop ...

** List of urban areas in Africa by population **

List of urban areas in the European Union This is a list of urban areas in the European Union with over 500,000 inhabitants as of 2022. The data comes from Demographia and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.UN's report on The World’s Cities in 2018' Demographia ...

List of urban areas in the Nordic countries This is a list of urban areas in the Nordic countries by population. Urban areas in the Nordic countries are measured at national level, independently by each country's statistical office. Statistics Sweden uses the term ''tätort'' (urban settle ...

List of the largest population centres in Canada A population centre, in the context of a Canadian census, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a popul ...

List of United States urban areas This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2020 United States Census, 2020 census populations. An urban area is defined by the Census Bureau as a contiguous set ...