lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square625linkfedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down114
arrow-up1501arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square625linkfedilink
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 years agoThe world’s two largest cities by area are both on Greenland. https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/largest-city-in-the-world-by-area
minus-squareGnubeutel@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThat would be a diameter of about 800 km. Don’t they have multiple centers that could be called towns? With churches, administration and schools? They just can’t be bothered to split it up.
minus-squareZebov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoHard sell to consider towns of 20k and 10k people are cities. I grew up in rural Midwest with higher population densities than that.
minus-squareraubarno 🇱🇹@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIn Lithuania, the smallest city (i.e. settlement with a city status), Panemunė, has a population of ~300. Source: Wikipedia
The world’s two largest cities by area are both on Greenland.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/largest-city-in-the-world-by-area
That would be a diameter of about 800 km. Don’t they have multiple centers that could be called towns? With churches, administration and schools? They just can’t be bothered to split it up.
Hard sell to consider towns of 20k and 10k people are cities. I grew up in rural Midwest with higher population densities than that.
In Lithuania, the smallest city (i.e. settlement with a city status), Panemunė, has a population of ~300. Source: Wikipedia