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megacity

very large city with a total population in excess of ten million people
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megacity

Summary

megacity ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month, #429 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • megacity is a type of million city[2].
  • megacity is a type of city or town[3].
  • megacity's Commons category is recorded as Megacities[4].
  • megacity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Megacities[5].
  • megacity's has characteristic is recorded as minimum population[6].
  • megacity's different from is recorded as megalopolis[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include million city[2] and city or town[3].

Why It Matters

megacity ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month, #429 of 77,819).[1] megacity has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] megacity is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Respublik · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → million city, city or town
    Different from → megalopolis
    Has characteristic → minimum population
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P3451]]: Kolkata skyline at night.jpg"
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