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primate cities  

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  • A primate city is the dominant city among a country's urban areas. Countries have urban hierarchies comprising large and small cities in terms of their population sizes, spatial extent, or territorial size and the importance of their economies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Primate Cities]

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