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conurbation

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an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

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London had vanished. In place of the lively, thrusting metropolitan conurbation was an empty rural wilderness of damp brown fields under low autumnal skies. Stephen R. Lawhead

Greater Penang (conurbation of George Town) The National Physical Plan of Malaysia envisages a Conurbation of George Town encompassing George Town and surrounding areas. Source: Internet

Legnica is the largest city of the Legnicko-Głogowski Okręg Miedziowy conurbation. Source: Internet

As the airport is west of London and as its runways run east–west, an airliner's landing approach is usually directly over the conurbation of London when the wind is from the west. Source: Internet

However, Milan's conurbation extends well beyond the limits of its administrative area and was home to 5,270,000 people in 2015, while its wider metropolitan area has a population of between 7 and 10 million depending on the definition used. Source: Internet

In 1815 the Worcester and Birmingham Canal opened, allowing Worcester goods to be transported to a larger conurbation. Source: Internet

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