long gone are the days when the vast majority of people on Earth live freely in nature: in small towns and country.Since the end of the XIX century.our planet captured the general urbanization.The rapid development of civilization and not less rapid increase in world population have led to the widespread growth of huge urban settlements.Large modern cities in the world, probably, would have seemed like a time traveler who came from the Middle Ages, huge, surreal, fantastic worlds.However, for residents of small provincial towns, scattered in abundance today is Mother Russia, too, the vast metropolis seem surprising and unusual.And there are a lot of huge world centers on the planet.
largest largest city in the world
population of the largest cities in the world is just incredible!Now we see what settlements are the largest number of people living in them.Take the top ten leaders.
- 10th place is, oddly enough, New York.It is strange that only 10 th ... The population of American cities now exceeds 21.5 million people.
- 9th place given to Manila, there lives 21.8 million Filipinos.
- 8th place rightfully belongs to the largest port city of Karachi, Pakistan - 22,100,100 inhabitants.
- 7th place takes Indian Delhi - 23.5 million inhabitants.
- 6th captured the capital of Mexico - 23.5 million inhabitants.
- 5th place belongs to the Korean city of Seoul - 25.6 million inhabitants.
- 4th place is occupied Shanghai - 25.8 million inhabitants.
Finally, we reached the top three!
three most populous city of the planet
Here are the world's largest cities by population (incremental): 3rd place - Jakarta (25.8 million inhabitants), 2nd place - Canton (26.3 million inhabitants)1st place - Tokyo (34.6 million people).On each of these three metropolises of the Earth is worth discussing in detail.
Jakarta
It is the capital of Indonesia, located on the island of Java.Jakarta is the most populous city throughout Southeast Asia.At this point, closely intertwined cultures of all the Indonesian archipelago.An interesting fact is that during the day the number of inhabitants of the capital increases by several million, due to the arrival of the residents to work from the suburbs.The most numerous ethnic groups in Jakarta are Javanese, Sunda, Chinese madurtsy, Arabs and Indians.
Although Jakarta is one of the largest and most densely populated cities of the Earth, in order to explore all of its attractions, tourists will be enough of one, maximum - a couple of days.First of all guests are encouraged to visit the capital of the so-called Old Town, preserving the ancient architecture and identity.For travelers on the South-East Asia, Jakarta likely transit point on the way to the beauty of Indonesia.
Canton
List, which includes the world's largest cities, of course, could not do without one of China's mega-cities.After all, the Middle Kingdom - is the most populous and densely populated country in the world.City of Canton, or as it is called differently, Guangzhou, is one of the most famous Chinese historical and cultural settlements.However, it is a major industrial and commercial center of North Korea, as well as the commercial port of the country.
Canton (or Guangzhou) called the city of flowers: thanks to the subtropical humid climate, this place all year literally surrounded by lush vegetation.Guangzhou history goes back more than two thousand years.Once it took its beginning here the famous Silk Road.
Tokyo
Well, our story about the largest cities in the world coming to an end, and ends a little description of the absolute champion in number of population - the Japanese capital Tokyo.As long as this is the only metropolis in the world in which the number of residents exceeded the figure of 30 million.However, Tokyo can not be considered a city in the usual sense of the word.This prefecture, consisting of 26 individual cities, 7 towns and 8 villages.What is surprising is that the area of Tokyo was not great - just 2156.8 square meters.km, making it the most densely populated places on Earth.
in the largest city of the planet surprising combination between a modern, packed with electronic gadgets, multi-storey car racks and fantastic skyscrapers and old with ancient Buddhist temples, beautiful rotundas and traditional gardens and squares.At any time of the year is full of tourists.So among the permanent local residents and can even add on a noisy crowd discordant travelers arriving daily to Tokyo from all over the globe.
Scientists predict that the population of the largest cities in the world will continue to grow in the future, as, indeed, and the population of our planet.Forbes magazine recently published the results of studies that say to the 2025 Tokyo will maintain its leading position in the largest city by population.
