Home › Entities › urban area › megalopolis

megalopolis

extensive urban agglomeration of multiple large cities to form something larger than a metropolis
Class type of: urban area Q471822
megalopolis
Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
classification of human settlements
Subclass of
urban area[2]
Facet of
ekistics[5]
Different from
megacity, metropolitan area, urban agglomeration[8][9][10]
Has part(s) of the class
metropolitan area[11]
Official name
megaregion, mégarégion[6][7]
Said to be the same as
polycentric metropolitan area, Megaregion[3][4]
🏷️ Also known as
en supercity en megaregion en megalopolis en megapolis en megacity ar مدينة ضخمة ar ميجاريجيون cs megapolis cs megalopole cs megapole cs megalopolis de Megalopolisierung es megalópoli es megaciudad es ciudad-región es megápolis es Megalopolis es megapolis es megápoli es megalópolis
🔖 Identifiers · 15
OpenAlex ID
C2777967926
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300008402
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3hLdUX
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
493587
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/megalopolis-urbanization
EuroVoc ID
1861
Freebase ID
/m/0d_6j2
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11b6gnqj_q
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2196748
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
megalopolis-2af100
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777967926
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1328584
Show all 15 identifiers +3
Topic's main category
Category:Megalopolises
Treccani ID
megalopoli
Vikidia article ID
fr:Mégalopole

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Examples 7
Blue Banana, National Capital Region, Taiheiyō Belt, Jing-Jin-Ji, California megapolitan areas, Great Lakes Megalopolis, Mexico City megalopolis
Different from 3
metropolitan area, urban agglomeration, megacity
← Different from 3
metropolitan area, urban agglomeration, megacity
Has part(s) of the class 1
metropolitan area
Subclass of 1
urban area
Topic's main category 1
Category:Megalopolises
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Megalopolises
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

megalopolis is a classification of human settlements[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Ekistics, the Science of Human Settlements. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . pm.gc.ca. pm.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . pm.gc.ca. pm.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). megalopolis. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/megalopolis-q471822
MLA “megalopolis.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/megalopolis-q471822.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_megalopolis-q471822_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{megalopolis}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/megalopolis-q471822}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): megalopolis — https://4ort.xyz/entity/megalopolis-q471822 (retrieved 2026-11-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/megalopolis-q471822 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → classification of human settlements
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3hLdUX
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 20w ago · Huntster · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Megalopolises
    Said to be the same as → polycentric metropolitan area, Megaregion
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 2196748
    Different from → megacity, metropolitan area, urban agglomeration
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Facet of: ekistics, Copying from ecumenopolis"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.