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A primate city distribution is a rank-size distribution that has one very large city with many much smaller cities and towns and no intermediate-sized urban centers, creating a statistical king effect. [3] The law of the primate city was first proposed by the geographer Mark Jefferson in 1939. [4]
Jul 10, 2014 · According to the definition of a primate city as three times larger than its next largest counterpart, 31 of the 50 cities studied were deemed ‘primate cities’. Of these 31 cities, 11 are in Africa, 12 are in Asia, 4 are in Europe, 1 is in North America, and 3 are in South America.
The trade in live baby primates is a by-product of the roaring illegal bushmeat trade, whose epicentre remains Kinshasa. Retailing at an average of US$1.50 per kilogram, gorilla meat is much cheaper than its beef and chicken alternatives, which sell for as much as $5.00 per kilogram around Kinshasa.
Dec 26, 2019 · This is an accurate estimate of the real evolution of some primate cities in SSA. According to WB data, Kinshasa, for instance, went from around 4 million inhabitants in the mid-1990s to more than 11 million in 2015.
- David Castells-Quintana, Hugh Wenban-Smith
- 2020
cities—Sukhotai, Swahankhalok, and Kampaeng Phet, at the head of the central plains—and it seems clear that the tradition of a large, dominant capital city far antedates the modern period of colonialism.
Oct 30, 2019 · Several African cities have become veritable urban giants. Lagos and Cairo are each home to more than 20 million people, while others like Kinshasa, Luanda, and Dar es Salaam continue to grow at breakneck speed.
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Behold the city of art. Kinshasa seethes like primordial ooze across a 250-square-mile patch of tropics on the south bank of the Congo River.
