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Urban area

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An urban area is a big place.

Northeast megalopolis at night.jpg
Northeast megalopolis at night.jpg
It has many buildings. Many people live close together here. These places can be towns or cities. Most people in the world live in cities now. Do you live in a city?

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Seoul (175734251) (cropped).jpg
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Adelaide DougBarber.jpg
File:Northeast megalopolis at night.jpg
Northeast megalopolis at night.jpg
File:ISS-67_City_lights_of_São_Paulo,_Brazil.jpg
ISS-67_City_lights_of_São_Paulo,_Brazil.jpg
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Aglomeracja warszawska wg Swianiewicza.png
File:Global land use for food production, OWID statistic.png
Global land use for food production, OWID...
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Urban land area (km²), OWID.svg
File:Cities with 1M People in 2025.png
Cities with 1M People in 2025.png
File:Aerial View of Cape Town (iau2305a).jpg
Aerial View of Cape Town (iau2305a).jpg
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Taajama kyltti Vimpelissä.jpg
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Business Centre of Moscow 2.jpg
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