metropolitan area

Noun

 * 1) An area of population usually with a central or core city and surrounding towns or suburbs.
 * 2) * 1911 — Encyclopædia Britannica, "Brisbane"
 * The population of the metropolitan area in 1901 was 119,907; of the city proper, 28,953; of South Brisbane, 25,481.
 * 1) * 1949 — , Part IX A (c) Article 243P Definitions
 * "Metropolitan area" means an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area for the purposes of this Part;
 * 1) * 1987 — UN World Commission on Environment and Development, , sxn A/42/427
 * The metropolitan area of Lima accounts for 43 per cent of gross domestic product, for four-fifths of bank credit and consumer goods production.
 * 1) * 1987 — UN World Commission on Environment and Development, , sxn A/42/427
 * The metropolitan area of Lima accounts for 43 per cent of gross domestic product, for four-fifths of bank credit and consumer goods production.

Translations

 * Danish: storbyområde
 * Finnish: metropolialue
 * Hungarian:, nagyvárosi terület
 * Korean: 도시권(都市圈), 대도시권(大都市圈)
 * Persian: منطقه کلان‌شهری
 * Portuguese: area metropolitana
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: