What is the difference between a metropolitan area and a city.

A metropolitan area includes a core city as well as nearby communities, making it a larger settlement of people.A city is any urban settlement that is larger than a town and can function on its own with a government and other public services.

A multicity area with more than 10 million people is called a megalpolis.

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They are probably the same...The metropolitan area is an extremely large and densely populated area while the city is a small town with less population than it.

A metropolitan area is a city plus all of its suburbs.The city can mean one of two things.The heart of the metropolitan area is the central municipality.

The older part of the metropolitan area has been urbanized.