“China’s Pearl River Delta is swallowing up nearby cities.  As the largest urban area in the world, the region features a population of roughly 42 million housed inside a 2,700-square-mile perimeter.  The Pearl River Delta is made up of nine cities, each boasting populations above 1 million. And China is combining them all into one giant megacity.  It’s bigger than Canada (pop: 35 million), Australia (pop: 23 million), and Argentina (pop: 41 million).  The PRD began as a rural region with an agriculture-based economy. Urbanization didn’t take off until the early 1990s, when factories and big business flocked to the region and brought with them millions of new residents.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-mega-city-has-more-people-than-canada-argentina-or-australia-2015-7

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