what is the?

based on land area ( size, not population)
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA !!!!!!!!

i can hear you all laughing at me.

"Since 1968, the city has shared a consolidated government with the county, making it the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States and the eleventh largest in the world."

2006-08-07 09:48:27 · answer #1 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

New York City

2006-08-07 16:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by longhats 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Gotham City

2006-08-07 16:45:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

New York City and then probably Los Angeles.

2006-08-07 16:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by Major Tom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

New York City. Duh. Largest city in the world in terms of number of people.

London is the largest city in the world in terms of land area.

2006-08-07 16:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by pooh8402 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Rank Urban Pop [UN estimate] Urban area/City Country City Pop.

1 18,252,339 New York United States of America 8,158,957
2 12,018,068 Los Angeles United States of America 3,866,382
3 8,567,571 Chicago United States of America 2,871,499
4 7,619,014 London United Kingdom 7,287,555
5 5,260,635 Philadelphia United States of America 1,465,762
6 5,215,986 Miami United States of America 380,540
7 4,445,561 Dallas-Fort Worth United States of America 1,228,127
8 4,212,389 Boston United States of America 581,046
9 4,117,892 Houston United States of America 2,049,949
10 4,098,329 Washington, D.C. United States of America 558,891
11 3,998,529 Atlanta United States of America 426,338
12 3,950,668 Detroit United States of America 897,157
13 3,300,102 San Francisco-Oakland United States of America 750,040
14 3,217,573 Phoenix-Mesa United States of America 1,435,968
15 2,870,305 Seattle United States of America 574,211
16 2,765,908 San Diego United States of America 1,286,369
17 2,476,380 Minneapolis-St. Paul United States of America 372,092
18 2,223,721 Birmingham United Kingdom 963,234
19 2,202,565 Manchester United Kingdom 386,849
20 2,168,427 Tampa-St. Petersburg United States of America 322,999
21 2,141,076 Baltimore United States of America 617,808
22 2,134,687 Denver-Aurora United States of America 565,393
23 2,110,187 St. Louis United States of America 325,438
24 1,813,683 Cleveland United States of America 455,566
25 1,769,849 Pittsburgh United States of America 320,789
26 1,718,471 Portland United States of America 546,150
27 1,613,806 Riverside-San Bernardino United States of America 290,619
28 1,584,329 San Jose United States of America 908,317
29 1,567,716 Las Vegas United States of America 551,596
30 1,551,602 Cincinnati United States of America 311,996
31 1,486,805 Sacramento United States of America 458,078
32 1,423,615 Virginia Beach United States of America 445,474
33 1,406,442 Leeds United Kingdom 442,921
34 1,397,819 Kansas City United States of America 443,569
35 1,385,939 San Antonio United States of America 1,248,099
36 1,329,782 Milwaukee United States of America 582,392
37 1,318,298 Indianapolis United States of America 787,751
38 1,244,416 Orlando United States of America 203,601
39 1,211,130 Providence United States of America 173,618
40 1,189,660 Columbus, Ohio United States of America 738,940
41 1,031,109 Tyneside (Newcastle) United Kingdom 188,226
42 1,028,200 Austin United States of America 692,724
43 1,015,599 Memphis United States of America 647,439
44 1,005,211 New Orleans United States of America 464,622

Source: US Census-2000

2006-08-07 16:49:35 · answer #6 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

new york city

2006-08-07 16:45:26 · answer #7 · answered by dishwasher67 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

in terms of populace it is New York, in terms of land, I believe Houston has that one. In terms of the world: Tokyo, followed by beijing.

2006-08-07 16:48:32 · answer #8 · answered by raiderking69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Number of inhabitants: New York.
Extension: Los Angeles (I think).

2006-08-07 16:47:57 · answer #9 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

if you mean population, it is New York, if you mean area, I think it is L.A. but I am not sure about that.

2006-08-07 16:46:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

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