What determines what 'region' a locality is in?
Stephen Osborn wrote:
De facto a continuous built up area is a single _something_, the only
question is what. The phrase Metropolitan Area is used because these
somethings are relatively new and contain a number of things already called
cities.
The word you're looking for is conurbation. Or if it contains a number
of things already called cities, it's a megalopolis.
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