Давно миновали те времена, когда абсолютное most people on Earth lived freely in nature: in small villages and villages. Since the end of the XIX century. our planet was captured by universal urbanization. The rapid development of civilization and the equally rapid increase in the population of the earth led to the widespread growth of huge urban settlements. The modern largest cities of the world, probably, would seem to the time traveler, who arrived from the Middle Ages, as huge, unreal, fantastic worlds. However, for residents of small provincial towns, scattered in abundance today across Mother Russia, the huge metropolitan areas also seem surprising and unusual. And there are many such giant world centers on our planet.
The largest cities in the world
Population of the largest cities in the worldjust amazing! Now we will see which localities are the largest in terms of the number of people living in them. Take the top ten leaders.
- 10th place, oddly enough, New York. It is strange that only 10th ... The population of this American metropolis today exceeds 21,500,000 people.
- 9th place is given to Manila, 21,800,000 Filipinos live there.
- The 8th place rightfully belongs to the largest port city of Pakistan Karachi - 22,100,100 residents.
- 7th place is occupied by Indian Delhi - 23,500,000 inhabitants.
- 6th place captured the capital of Mexico, Mexico City - 23,500,000 inhabitants.
- The 5th place belongs to the Korean city of Seoul - 25,600,000 inhabitants.
- The 4th place is occupied by Shanghai - 25,800,000 inhabitants.
And finally, we got to the top three!
3 most populous cities on the planet
Here are the largest cities in the world in numberpopulation (incrementally): 3rd place - Jakarta (25,800,000 inhabitants), 2nd place - Canton (26,300,000 inhabitants) and 1st place - Tokyo (34,600,000 inhabitants). Each of these three cities of the Earth should be described in more detail.
Jakarta
Это столица Индонезии, расположенная на острове Java. Jakarta is the most populous city in all of Southeast Asia. In this place are closely intertwined different cultures of the entire 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 to work of residents from the suburbs. The most numerous ethnic groups that inhabit Jakarta are Javanese, Sunda, Chinese, Madurians, Arabs and Indians.
Although Jakarta is one ofthe largest and most populated cities of the Earth, in order to explore all its attractions, tourists will only need one, maximum - a couple of days. First of all, guests of the capital are advised to visit the so-called old town, which has preserved the ancient architecture and originality. For travelers to South-East Asia, Jakarta is rather a transit point on the road to the beauties of Indonesia.
Canton
The list, which includes the largest cities in the world,Of course, I could not do without one of the megalopolises of China. After all, the Celestial Empire is the most populous and densely populated country in the world. The city of Canton, or, as it is called differently, Guangzhou, is one of the most famous historical cultural Chinese settlements. At the same time, it is a large industrial and commercial center of the DPRK, as well as a commercial port of the country.
Canton (or Guangzhou) is called the city of flowers:thanks to a subtropical wet climate, this place is literally immersed in luxurious greenery all year round. The history of Guangzhou has more than two thousand years. Once, the famous Silk Road took its origin here.
Tokyo
Well, our story about the largest cities in the worldnearing the end and concludes with a small description of the absolute champion in population size - the Japanese capital Tokyo. So far this is the only metropolis on the planet in which the number of inhabitants has exceeded the figure of 30 million. True, Tokyo can not be considered a city in the usual sense of the word. This is a prefecture consisting of 26 individual cities, 7 villages and 8 villages. It is surprising that the area of Tokyo is not at all large - only 2156.8 square meters. km, which makes this place of the earth the most populous.
In the largest city of the planet awesomethe image combines with each other modernity, packed with electronic novelties, multi-tiered car overpasses and fantastic skyscrapers, and the old days with ancient Buddhist temples, beautiful rotunda and traditional gardens and squares. At any time of the year here is full of tourists. So, among the permanent locals, you can also add a noisy crowd of different-voiced travelers who arrive in Tokyo every day from all over the world.
According to scientists, the population of the largestcities of the world will continue to grow in the future, as, indeed, the population of our entire planet. Forbes magazine recently published research results that say that by 2025, Tokyo will retain its leading position as the largest city in terms of population.
