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In Germany, Munich (city proper population ca 1.5 million, with surrounding Landkreise ~3 million) is the primate city of the state of Bavaria, having nearly three times the population than the state's second largest, Nuremberg (ca 500,000 people, metro area ~1.35 million).
Oct 1, 2020 · For example in the African cities Kinshasa, Addis Ababa, and Cairo, where the primary metropolitan area generates up to two-thirds of the national economy. Regardless of how urban primacy came...
Jul 10, 2014 · Any smaller cities could potentially be primate cities, but would likely not be large enough to have major significance outside their nations. Any city that had a population at least three times as large as its counterpart was deemed a “primate city”.
Jun 12, 2015 · Germany is unique in that Berlin is a former primate city, serving that function between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the end World War II, that subsequently lost its standing.
Nov 1, 2019 · Two countries that have never possessed a full and indisputable primate city, Germany and the United States, have each a long tradition of reflection on the cultural benefits and disadvantages of that condition (see, e.g., Daum Citation 2005; Elkins and McKitrick Citation 1993, Chapter IV).
- William B. Meyer
- 2019
Ex. New York City is only 1.3times larger than Los Angeles. Some countries are dominated by Primate cities so the changes are larger than expected. Ex. Kinshasa is 8times larger than the next largest city Lubumbashi. Rank Size Rule Correlation in Germany. Berlin. Hamburg.
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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.
