College (1918), and the Health Science Center of theUniversity of Florida. Inc. 1832. Pop. (2010) 821,784; Jacksonville Metro Area, 1,345,596; (2020) 949,611; Jacksonville Metro Area, 1,605,848. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica...
Wichita, city, seat (1870) of Sedgwick county, south-central Kansas, U.S. It lies on the Arkansas River near the mouth of the Little Arkansas, about 140 miles (225 km) southwest of Topeka. The city site is a gently rolling plain at an elevation of about
2 of 3 United States: southern Mountain regionThe southern Mountain region. 3 of 3 Nevada: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation AreaThe desert landscape of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas. Most of Nevada lies within theGreat Basinsection of theBasin and Range Province...
Dallas, city in north-central Texas, the third most populous in the state and the metropolis of the sprawling Dallas–Fort Worth urban area, known as the Metroplex. Dallas lies along the Trinity River near the junction of that river’s three forks, in a
miles (800 km) off the coast ofVietnam.Manilais the capital, but nearbyQuezon Cityis the country’s most-populous city. Both are part of the National Capital Region (Metro Manila), located onLuzon, the largest island. The second largest island of the Philippines isMindanao, in the ...
Pop. (2010) 620,961; Baltimore-Towson Metro Area, 2,710,489; (2020) 585,708; Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metro Area, 2,844,510. History Baltimore was established in 1729 and named for the Irish barony of Baltimore (seat of the Calvert family, proprietors of the colony of Maryland). It...
Nevertheless, this standardised definition may have different geographic boundaries when referring to different scales, such as the city proper, the metropolitan area, or the urban agglomeration. As for the inhabitants targeted by the indicator, since most of the population lives in urban areas, it ...