- List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries
Here is a list of metroplexes that overlap multiple countries:
Excluded from list is:
*City-state s being part of the overlap. One example of that would beRome sinceVatican City is isolated withinItaly .Between the United States and Canada
This list is from west to east:
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Vancouver, British Columbia - extends intoWhatcom County, Washington
*Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan andSault Ste. Marie, Ontario
*Port Huron, Michigan andSarnia, Ontario areas
*Detroit, Michigan andWindsor, Ontario
*Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area ,New York and St. Catharines-Niagara Falls, Ontario
*Ogdensburg-Massena, New York (St. Lawrence County) and Cornwall-Prescott, Ontario (micropolitan area s)Between the United States and Mexico
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San Diego, California andTijuana, Baja California
*El Centro-Calexico, California andMexicali, Baja California
*Yuma, Arizona andSan Luis Rio Colorado ,Sonora
*Nogales, Arizona andNogales, Sonora
*El Paso, Texas andJuarez, Chihuahua
*Del Rio, Texas andAcuña, Coahuila
*Eagle Pass, Texas andPiedras Negras, Coahuila
*Laredo, Texas andNuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
*McAllen, Texas andReynosa, Tamaulipas
*Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas andMatamoros, Tamaulipas In Europe
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Milan metropolitan area ,Italy extends intoCanton Ticino ,Switzerland
*Basel metropolitan area,Switzerland extends intoFrance andGermany
*MetropolitanBratislava overlapsSlovakia ,Hungary andAustria
*Strasbourg ,France andKehl ,Germany
*Maastricht ,Netherlands andLiège ,Belgium andAachen ,Germany
*Copenhagen ,Denmark andMalmö ,Sweden
*Brăila -Galaţi (Cantemir) Metropolitan Area extends overDanube andPrut , including the Republica Moldova's urban area of Cantemir-Cahul
*Subotica ,Serbia andSzeged ,Hungary - urban sprawl between the 2 close cities
*Lille ,France andMouscron andKortrijk ,Belgium
*MetropolitanGeneva extends intoFrance .
*MetropolitanLuxembourg City extends intoBelgium ,France , andGermany
*Iaşi Metropolitan Area extends overPrut , including cities likeUngheni from Republica Moldova
*Frankfurt/Oder ofGermany andSlubice ofPoland are one city divided by the riverOder
*Görlitz ofGermany andZgorzelec ofPoland are one city divided by the riverNysa
*Cieszyn in SouthernPoland andČeský Těšín in theCzech Republic are one city divided by theOlza River
*Salzburg inAustria extends toGermany
*Gorizia inItaly andNova Gorica inSlovenia
*Komárno inSlovakia andKomárom inHungary
*Saarbrücken metropolitan area,Germany extends intoFrance (Forbach ,Sarreguemines ) .Elsewhere in the world
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Aqaba ,Jordan ;Eilat ,Israel ; and Taba,Egypt
*Rivera ,Uruguay , andSantana do Livramento ,Brazil
*Livingstone, Zambia , andVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe
*The city ofLome , the capital ofTogo , extends over the border toGhana
*The capital ofLaos ,Vientiane , spills over theThai–Lao Friendship Bridge (Saphan Mittaphap) toNong Khai province,Thailand
*Singapore together withJohor Bahru in Malaysia andRiau Islands in Indonesia, also called theSijori Growth Triangle .
*Ciudad del Este inParaguay ,Foz do Iguaçu inBrazil andPuerto Iguazu inArgentina , also called Triple Frontera or the Tri Border.
*TheTres Fronteras metropolitan area ofTabatinga inBrazil , Leticia inColombia , and Santa Rosa inPeru form a metropolitan area of nearly 100,000 people.
*The cities ofTacna, Peru , andArica, Chile , form a combined metropolitan population of over 500,000 people.
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