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Urban area with a total population in excess of ten million people
A megacity is a very large city, typically with a population of more than 10 million people. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Megacity
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up megacity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A megacity is a very large city metropolitan area, typically with a population of more than 10 million
Megacity_(disambiguation)
Megaregion of the United States
41°N 74°W / 41°N 74°W / 41; -74 The Northeast megalopolis, also known as the Northeast Corridor, Acela Corridor, Boston–Washington corridor, BosWash
Northeast_megalopolis
Group of settlements linked by continuous urban area
merged. The region structure should also be contrasted with a megacity, as a megacity is hierarchical with a dominant urban core, whereas a conurbation
Conurbation
2011 mobile video game
the perfect city." "MegaCity HD". ColePowered. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014. "Megacity HD for iPhone/iPad Reviews"
Megacity_(video_game)
Chief city in the Judge Dredd universe
a holiday resort, and spread west into Ohio and/or West Virginia. The megacity was built over the top of the old cities and the polluted Ohio River, creating
Mega-City_One
Most populous city in Nigeria
boundaries and attained a megacity status. This much larger area is referred to as "Greater Metropolitan Lagos" or "Lagos Megacity Region", which is a continuously
Lagos
Region of northwestern North America
The Pacific Northwest (PNW; French: Nord-Ouest Pacifique), also referred to as Cascadia, is a bi-national geographic and cultural region in Western North
Pacific_Northwest
Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
Baikal. Moscow, the nation's cosmopolitan capital and historic core, is a megacity; it retains classical and Soviet-era architecture while boasting high art
Russia
Continent
All have over 10 million residents, and as such have been described as megacities. While Istanbul has the highest total city population, it lies partly
Europe
403 million) and Guangzhou (18.827 million). As of 2024, there are 18 megacities (cities with a population of over 10 million), including Chongqing, Shanghai
List of cities in China by population
List_of_cities_in_China_by_population
Most populous city in Canada
and formed into a single-tier City of Toronto (colloquially dubbed the "megacity"), replacing all six governments. The merger was proposed as a cost-saving
Toronto
Most populous city in California, U.S.
Los Angeles, also known as L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern
Los_Angeles
population of more than 10,000,000 is defined by the bureau as a megacity. Dhaka is the only megacity in Bangladesh according to this definition. Together, Dhaka
List of cities and towns in Bangladesh
List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Bangladesh
Large permanent human settlement
adjectivals and demonyms for cities Compact city Eco-cities Lost city Megacity Metropolis Settlement hierarchy Urbanization Walking city Intellectuals
City
Proposal for a planned city in Turkey
Turkey, Hub Turkey or Central Turkey) project is a proposal for a planned megacity put forward by Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP)
Merkez_Türkiye
original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015. "KL on track to megacity status". Focus Malaysia. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014
List_of_largest_cities
2009 book by Sam Miller
Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity is a 2009 book by British-born, Indian-based writer Sam Miller. Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity is a portrayal of one of
Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity
Delhi:_Adventures_in_a_Megacity
Overview of music traditions in Los Angeles, California, United States
As well as being one of the most important cities in the world in the film industry, Los Angeles, California, is also one of the most important places
Music_of_Los_Angeles
Capital and largest city of France
Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts held in Paris in 1925 Megacity Outline of France Outline of Paris Paris syndrome Parish and Civil Registers
Paris
Port in Shanghai, China
of only four port-cities in the world to be categorised as a large-port Megacity, due to its high volumes of port traffic and large urban population. The
Port_of_Shanghai
Sites in Kolkata frequently visited by tourists
Kolkata (also known as Calcutta) is currently the second-most populous megacity in India after Delhi. It has many placed to visit which are of interest
List of tourist attractions in Kolkata
List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Kolkata
Nigerian actor
years ago. He is currently a brand ambassador for Airtel and Numatville Megacity. Lateef Adedimeji was born on 1 February 1984 in Isolo, Lagos State, southwestern
Lateef_Adedimeji
Megacity and union territory of India
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a megacity and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India
Delhi
School society in India
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).[citation needed] Delhi Public School Megacity was established in 2004, with the first classes starting on April 25, 2004
List of Delhi Public School Society schools
List_of_Delhi_Public_School_Society_schools
Metropolitan Area in Maharashtra, India
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa Greater Mumbai (MMR) Megacity and Metropolitan Area From top, left to right: Mumbai, the centre of MMR
Mumbai_Metropolitan_Region
by Statistics Indonesia (BPS). Jakarta is the largest city and the only megacity in Indonesia, with a population of 10.70 million. As a primate city, Jakarta
List of Indonesian cities by population
List_of_Indonesian_cities_by_population
Capital of England and the United Kingdom
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile
London
Localized community within a larger area
Neighborhood Village Town City Conurbation Metropolis Metropolitan area Megacity Megalopolis Theories Central place theory (Christaller) Ekistics (Doxiadis)
Neighbourhood
which is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. This list ranks
List of tallest buildings in Johannesburg
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Johannesburg
Places where people live and organize society
where multiple urban centres are functionally and spatially connected. A megacity is a very large urban agglomeration typically defined by a population threshold
Human_settlement
Large city or conurbation
Census of 160,991). Megalopolis Metropole Metropolitan area Global city Megacity List of largest cities New Urbanism Smart growth Transit-oriented development
Metropolis
Place in Peru
population in 2006. The Lima metropolitan area has become an unofficial megacity (a metropolitan area of more than ten million people) as of 2017. It was
Lima_metropolitan_area
Country in East Asia
has over 160 cities with a population of over one million, including 18 megacities (cities with a population of over 10 million). Shanghai is China's most
China
Megalopolis in South China
densely populated and urbanized regions in the world, and is considered a megacity by numerous scholars. It is currently the wealthiest region in Southern
Pearl_River_Delta
District of Tamil Nadu in India
grown much since then. The district consists of two civic bodies, the megacity of Chennai and Kovilabakkam rural village panchayat wards 3, 4 and 5 (Madipakkam-B
Chennai_district
Most populous city in Brazil
São Paulo (/ˌsaʊ(m) ˈpaʊloʊ/; Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the capital city of the state of the same name, as well as the
São_Paulo
Dhaka Metropolitan area
flood-prone river delta. This urban area now contains the 2nd most populated megacity in the world. The area of Dhaka Statistical Metropolitan Area was 1,353
Greater_Dhaka
Slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh
April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2025. "Climate Migration Pushes Bangladesh's Megacity to the Brink". Bloomberg News. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2025. Al-Mahmood
Korail_slum
Project to construct a linear smart city in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Financial Times. Williams, Adam (17 October 2024). "Saudi Arabia's Line megacity is using 20% of the world's available steel". New Atlas. Retrieved 22 October
The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia
Megacity and Metropolitan Area in West Bengal, India
Kolkata Metropolitan Area Greater Kolkata Megacity and Metropolitan Area Kolkata skyline along Hooghly river Biswa Bangla Gate at New Town EM Bypass Kolkata
Kolkata_metropolitan_area
Supranational political and economic union
of over 13 million, Paris is the largest metropolitan area and the only megacity in the EU. Paris is followed by Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, the Ruhr, Milan
European_Union
City important to the world economy
sociologist and geographer Patrick Geddes used the term in 1915. The term 'megacity' entered common use in the late 19th or early 20th century, the earliest
Global_city
Grouping of neighbouring metropolises
sprawl. It has been enclosed in several geodesic domes and merged into one megacity. The city has become a separate world with its own climate, no real night/day
Megalopolis
Social games developer
promove interatividade no MegaCity | EXAME.com". Retrieved 2015-05-05. Sousa, Isa. "Walmart estreia loja virtual no jogo Megacity | EXAME.com". Retrieved
Vostu
Capital and largest city of Bangladesh
on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016. "Dhaka: fastest growing megacity in the world". The World from PRX. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original
Dhaka
excellence in Vilnius, Lithuania. Major Thymmons proposed that the successful megacity counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns of the twenty-first century will depend
Expeditionary energy economics
Expeditionary_energy_economics
Country in West Africa
globally out of 172 countries. Pollution Waste management poses problems in a megacity like Lagos and other major Nigerian cities, which are linked to economic
Nigeria
District in Delhi, India
located within its borders, and is in its entirety a part of the Delhi megacity. The district was founded in 1997, but its borders significantly changed
New_Delhi_district
Planned city in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
portal List of Saudi Vision 2030 Projects Neom SC Ecological urbanism Megacity King Abdullah Economic City The Red Sea Destination Masdar City Qiddiya
Neom
facilities. India faces challenges ranging from sourcing water for its megacities to its distribution network which is intermittent in rural areas with
Economy_of_India
Capital and most populous city of Russia
Federation and has experienced continued growth. The northernmost and coldest megacity in the world, Moscow is governed as a federal city, where it serves as
Moscow
British joint-stock company (1600–1858)
the indifferent patronage of the Mughal Empire, whose cities were "the megacities of their time" and whose wealth was unrivalled outside of Asia in the
East_India_Company
Most populous city in the United States
metropolitan area surpassed 10 million in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity. The Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia
New_York_City
Administrative division in some English-speaking countries
Neighborhood Village Town City Conurbation Metropolis Metropolitan area Megacity Megalopolis Theories Central place theory (Christaller) Ekistics (Doxiadis)
Borough
Classification system for human settlements
million or more people. Larger types at this level would be: Megalopolis or Megacity – contains more than ten million residents in total and is often a conurbation
Settlement_hierarchy
Thana in Dhaka South City Corporation, Bangladesh
যাত্রাবাড়ী থানা) is a Metropolitan thana and Neighbourhood within the megacity of Dhaka in central Bangladesh. It is known for its steel furniture industry
Jatrabari_Thana
Political office
were amalgamated into a single City of Toronto (colloquially dubbed the "megacity") by an act of the provincial government. The newly created position of
Mayor_of_Toronto
Core region of the African continent
Kinshasa is a megacity with more than 15 million inhabitants.
Central_Africa
2015 video game
Windows and OS X and in September 2016 for iOS. The game is the successor to MegaCity. Concrete Jungle is card-based city-building game in which the player must
Concrete_Jungle_(video_game)
"old" City of Hamilton was made up of 100 neighbourhoods. Today in the new megacity, there are over 200 designated neighbourhoods. The first four neighbourhoods
List of neighbourhoods in Hamilton, Ontario
List_of_neighbourhoods_in_Hamilton,_Ontario
Capital city of India
and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part within the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region is an even larger entity, comprising
New_Delhi
Largest city in Turkey
(Çatalca+Silivri+Şile)] *According to the size of the population and the status of megacity, the limits of the Istanbul city correspond to the limits of the province
Istanbul
City in Dhaka, Bangladesh
is also a part of the Greater Dhaka conurbation which forms the Dhaka megacity. About 380,000 people live here which makes this city the second most populous
Savar
Metropolitan area in Quebec, Canada
Mille-Îles River, those on the South Shore that were never included in the megacity of Longueuil, and those on the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula.[citation
Greater_Montreal
Capital and largest city of South Korea
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea. The broader
Seoul
Capital and largest city of Egypt
severe that in 2017, Cairo was named by one poll as the most dangerous megacity for women in the world. In 2020, the social media account "Assault Police"
Cairo
German silent science-fiction film
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang
Metropolis_(1927_film)
Metropolitan area in California, United States
metropolitan area in the country, behind New York, as well as one of the largest megacities in the world. In addition to being the nexus of the global entertainment
Greater_Los_Angeles
School education board in India
Change and Awareness Raising Strategies for Junior Colleges in the Emerging Megacity of Hyderabad. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-86741-826-3. Dutt
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Council_for_the_Indian_School_Certificate_Examinations
Mohsen; Toros, Hüseyin; Memarian, Hadi (2019). "Analysis of Climate in the Megacity of Istanbul Based on Human Bioclimatic Comfort Index". Journal of Research
Climate_of_Istanbul
Capital and largest city of Colombia
December 2015. "Bright lights, big cities. Urbanisation and the rise of the megacity". The Economist. economist.com. Archived from the original on 14 December
Bogotá
Evolution of the current city of Toronto, Ontario
Metropolitan Toronto and its constituent municipalities, and created the current "megacity" of Toronto. 1791: The townships of Etobicoke, York and Scarborough are
Amalgamation_of_Toronto
Climate change organization
cities applying to join the C40 for the first time; all cities applying for Megacity or Innovator membership will initially be admitted as Observers until they
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
C40_Cities_Climate_Leadership_Group
Country in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia
assessments from specialists in women's rights, ranked Cairo as the worst megacity for women, evaluating cities on sexual harassment, healthcare access, harmful
Egypt
Subregion of the Asian continent
Demographia World Urban Areas, the region contains 8 of the world's 35 megacities (urban areas over 10 million population): Ancient migrations into South
South_Asia
Capital and most populous city of Mexico
Mexico City Ciudad de México (Spanish) Co-official names Capital and megacity Skyline of Mexico City with the Torre Latinoamericana Angel of Independence
Mexico_City
Type of design principles for human habitats
Retrieved 2021-01-13. "Saudi Arabia plans 100-mile-long mirrored skyscraper megacity". the Guardian. 27 July 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022
Arcology
Country in South Asia
Dramatic social changes have led to urbanization and the emergence of two megacities: Karachi and Lahore. The country's urban population more than tripled
Pakistan
Indian social activist (born 1954)
public interest litigations including those against Adarsh society, Lavasa Megacity, Hiranandani (Powai) and as well as other builders. In 2000, Medha Patkar
Medha_Patkar
Capital city of Gujarat, India
Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the industrial corridor between the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai. Gandhinagar lies on the west bank of the Sabarmati
Gandhinagar
Dissolved Region in Quebec, Canada
until the end of December 2001. These municipalities were merged into the megacity of Montreal on January 1, 2002. After the partial demergers of 2006, a
Montreal_Urban_Community
While there was only one megacity in the world in 1950, namely New York with a population of 10 million people, 34 megacities have since been created.
Urban_science
Capital of the Philippines
container depository is in Santa Mesa. Manila is classified as a Medium-Port Megacity, using the Southampton system for port-city classification. Manufacturers
Manila
1950s Italian-designed microcar
2012). "BMW Megacity Range to Be Called i". autoevolution. Retrieved 26 February 2024. Hamilton, Mike (10 March 2011). "BMW i3 Megacity Vehicle (2013)
Isetta
Chorus in Toronto, Ontario
The MegaCity Chorus is a Toronto, Ontario-based men's chorus of about 60 singers drawn from the Ontario District of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Founded
MegaCity_Chorus
Type of urban hub
medium-size cities as there were in 1990, outnumbering the total number of megacities. According to the World Bank, secondary cities make up almost 40% of the
Secondary_city
original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015. "KL on track to megacity status". Focus Malaysia. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014
List of Asian cities by population within city limits
List_of_Asian_cities_by_population_within_city_limits
Amalgamated offices poll
municipal election was the first election held for offices in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The elections were administered by the old
1997 Toronto municipal election
1997_Toronto_municipal_election
Special administrative region of China
Fragmentation in Macau, China: Island City Development in the Pearl River Delta Megacity Region". Island Studies Journal. 12 (2): 199–212. doi:10.24043/isj.25.
Macau
Designated city in Kansai, Japan
Osaka (Japanese: 大阪市, Hepburn: Ōsaka-shi; pronounced [oː.sa.kaꜜ.ɕi]; commonly just 大阪, Ōsaka [oː.sa.ka] ) is a designated city in the Kansai region of
Osaka
Smart City and satellite city of Kolkata, India
also houses many schools: Narayana School New Town Delhi Public School Megacity Delhi Public School Newtown The Newtown School IEM Public School Bodhicariya
New_Town,_Kolkata
Hypothetical planet-spanning city
same setting. Arcology Artificial planet Conurbation Ecumene Ekistics Megacity Megalopolis Megastructure Merger (politics) Metropolis Principles of intelligent
Ecumenopolis
Software architectural pattern mostly used in video game development
implementation of ECS. In October 2018 the company Unity released its megacity demo that utilized a tech stack built on an ECS. Unity's ECS runs on a
Entity_component_system
Prefecture-level and sub-provincial city in Zhejiang, China
Hangzhou is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang province, China, situated at the intersection of the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and
Hangzhou
Japanese manga series
urban setting, spanning three realms: Hole, an ungoverned human favela megacity, heavily polluted from magic waste; the sorcerers' world, an ethereal,
Dorohedoro
President of Egypt since 2014
Arabia, making these two islands included in Mohammed Bin Salman's NEOM megacity. In November 2016, Sisi said that he supported the presidency of Bashar
Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi
2008 video game
Mirror's Edge is a 2008 first-person action-adventure platform game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for PlayStation
Mirror's_Edge
Chinese former police chief (born 1959)
Chinese former police chief. He served as vice-mayor and police chief of the megacity of Chongqing. Wang is ethnically Mongol and was born in Arxan, Inner Mongolia
Wang_Lijun
Largest city in South Africa
as 15,026,000 in 2025 by Demographia (which thusly classifies it as a megacity). Johannesburg's suburbs are the product of urban sprawl and are regionalised
Johannesburg
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The king of his kundli
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Chief or leader or judge, Conqueror
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Teutonic
Divine helmet.
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Believer
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English
English : variant spelling of Guilford.
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Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Possessor of Many Attendants
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Tulip; Indian Basil; Goddess Tulsi
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Japanese
(é“) Japanese unisex name MICHI means "pathway."
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