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A Megalopolis is a chain of adjacent metropolitan areas or single city with a population of ten million or more. There are two possible sources for the term megalopolis. Either it comes from the actual city of Megalopolis in the Greek province of Achaea or the literal meaning of the word itself, which is Great City. The city by this name was given the title for irony's sake as the city was one of the smallest municipalities in the Roman Empire. Whatever the origin, the term Megalopolis has entered international vernacular as a description for a great urban area.

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  • Megalopolis (Superpowers)
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  • A Megalopolis is a chain of adjacent metropolitan areas or single city with a population of ten million or more. There are two possible sources for the term megalopolis. Either it comes from the actual city of Megalopolis in the Greek province of Achaea or the literal meaning of the word itself, which is Great City. The city by this name was given the title for irony's sake as the city was one of the smallest municipalities in the Roman Empire. Whatever the origin, the term Megalopolis has entered international vernacular as a description for a great urban area.
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  • A Megalopolis is a chain of adjacent metropolitan areas or single city with a population of ten million or more. There are two possible sources for the term megalopolis. Either it comes from the actual city of Megalopolis in the Greek province of Achaea or the literal meaning of the word itself, which is Great City. The city by this name was given the title for irony's sake as the city was one of the smallest municipalities in the Roman Empire. Whatever the origin, the term Megalopolis has entered international vernacular as a description for a great urban area. Most large western cities, including those in Europe and Columbia, are kept within the confines of a city wall with the necessary accessories of an urban area, such as airports, graveyards and military bases, located nearby. Suburbs only emerged around Asian cities in China, Japan and Cambodia, though Roman India featured them at one time as well. For this reason, though Asian metropolitan areas come closer to the definition of a megalopolis, agglomerations of western cities also qualify for description by the term.
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