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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Central_city_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Central city (disambiguation)">Central city (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Core cities (disambiguation)">Core cities (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff/lossless-page1-350px-NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff/lossless-page1-525px-NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff/lossless-page1-700px-NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff.png 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="204" /></a><figcaption>The skyline of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> as seen from <a href="/wiki/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson County, New Jersey</a> in March 2014. <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> is the core city of <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York metropolitan area</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Urban_planning" title="Urban planning">urban planning</a>, a <b>historic core city</b> or <b>central city</b> is the municipality with the largest 1940 population in the present metropolitan area (metropolitan statistical area).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This term was retired by the US census bureau and replaced by the term <a href="/wiki/Principal_city" title="Principal city">principal city</a>, which can include historic core cities and post-WWII cities. Metropolitan areas were no longer considered monocentric, but polycentric due to <a href="/wiki/Suburbanization" title="Suburbanization">suburbanization</a> of employment.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A historic core city is not to be confused with the core of a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> which is defined as an <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a> with a population of over 50,000 by the US census bureau.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historic core <a href="/wiki/Cities_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities in the United States">cites in the United States</a> often have higher detached <a href="/wiki/Single_family_housing" class="mw-redirect" title="Single family housing">single family housing</a> rates, lower density, and fewer jobs than surrounding <a href="/wiki/Satellite_city" title="Satellite city">satellite cities</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suburb" title="Suburb">suburbs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A central city is usually the first <a href="/wiki/Settlement_(community)" class="mw-redirect" title="Settlement (community)">settlement</a> established in an urban region, years before the outlying districts came into existence. These cities typically contain less economic activity and more crime than their surrounding areas.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Central cities often form the regional <a href="/wiki/Downtown" title="Downtown">downtowns</a> of metro areas. The term is used mainly in US context, although since the 1970s it has also become relatively common in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and, to a lesser extent, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Core_city&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metropolitan_areas_with_one_core_city">Metropolitan areas with one core city</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Core_city&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Metropolitan areas with one core city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The followings are the core city of the five largest metropolitan areas in the world. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metropolitan area</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Core city </th> <th rowspan="2">Country </th> <th rowspan="2">Metropolitan<br />population </th></tr> <tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Location </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Area</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a>) </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=35_41_23_N_139_41_32_E_&title=Tokyo"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°41′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">139°41′32″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.68972°N 139.69222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.68972; 139.69222</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tokyo</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007372740000000000♠">37,274,000</span><sup id="cite_ref-japan2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japan2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jakarta_metropolitan_area" title="Jakarta metropolitan area">Jakarta metropolitan area</a><br />(Jabodetabekpunjur) </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=6_10_30_S_106_49_43_E_&title=Jakarta"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°10′30″S</span> <span class="longitude">106°49′43″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.17500°S 106.82861°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-6.17500; 106.82861</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Jakarta</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007334302850000000♠">33,430,285</span><sup id="cite_ref-JakartaMetro_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JakartaMetro-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Capital_Region_(India)#Central_National_Capital_Region" title="National Capital Region (India)">Central National Capital Region</a><br />(Delhi Metropolitan Area) </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=28_36_36_N_77_13_48_E_&title=Delhi"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°36′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°13′48″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.61000°N 77.23000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.61000; 77.23000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Delhi</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007290000000000000♠">29,000,000</span><sup id="cite_ref-delhi_metro_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delhi_metro-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Seoul_Capital_Area" title="Seoul Capital Area">Seoul Capital Area</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Gyeonggi_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyeonggi region">Sudogwon region</a>) </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=37_34_N_126_58_E_&title=Seoul"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°34′N</span> <span class="longitude">126°58′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.567°N 126.967°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.567; 126.967</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Seoul</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007255140000000000♠">25,514,000</span><sup id="cite_ref-korea1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-korea1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Metropolitan_Region" title="Mumbai Metropolitan Region">Mumbai Metropolitan Region</a> <p>(मुंबई महानगर प्रदेश) </p> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=18_58_30_N_72_49_33_E_&title=Mumbai"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°58′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">72°49′33″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">18.97500°N 72.82583°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">18.97500; 72.82583</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mumbai</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007244000000000000♠">24,400,000</span><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metropolitan_areas_with_more_than_one_core_city">Metropolitan areas with more than one core city</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Core_city&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Metropolitan areas with more than one core city"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metropolitan area</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Core cities </th> <th rowspan="2">Country </th> <th rowspan="2">Metropolitan<br />population </th></tr> <tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Location </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_metroplex" title="Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</a> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=32_46_45_N_96_48_32_W_&title=Dallas"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°46′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">96°48′32″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.77917°N 96.80889°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.77917; -96.80889</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Dallas</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7006747015800000000♠">7,470,158</span><sup id="cite_ref-DFW_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFW-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Worth">Fort Worth</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=32_45_N_97_20_W_&title=Fort+Worth"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°45′N</span> <span class="longitude">97°20′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.750°N 97.333°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.750; -97.333</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Fort Worth</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rhine-Ruhr_metropolitan_region" title="Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region">Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region</a> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Essen" title="Essen">Essen</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=51_27_3_N_7_0_47_E_&title=Essen"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°27′3″N</span> <span class="longitude">7°0′47″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.45083°N 7.01306°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.45083; 7.01306</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Essen</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7006155598500000000♠">1,555,985</span><sup id="cite_ref-eurostat_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurostat-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=51_14_N_6_47_E_&title=D%C3%BCsseldorf"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°14′N</span> <span class="longitude">6°47′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.233°N 6.783°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.233; 6.783</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Düsseldorf</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Islamabad%E2%80%93Rawalpindi_metropolitan_area" title="Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area">Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area</a> </td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=33_41_35_N_73_03_50_E_&title=Islamabad"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°41′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">73°03′50″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.69306°N 73.06389°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.69306; 73.06389</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Islamabad</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7006450000000000000♠">4,500,000</span><sup id="cite_ref-Islamabad-Rawalpindi_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Islamabad-Rawalpindi-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi" title="Rawalpindi">Rawalpindi</a></b> </td> <td><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Core_city&params=33_36_N_73_02_E_&title=Rawalpindi"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°36′N</span> <span class="longitude">73°02′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.600°N 73.033°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.600; 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