A border town is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions. Usually the term implies that the nearness to the border is one of the things the place is most famous for. With close proximities to a different country, diverse cultural traditions can have certain influence to the place. Border towns can have highly cosmopolitan communities, a feature they share with port cities, as traveling and trading often go through the town. They can also be flashpoints for international conflicts, especially when the two countries have territorial disputes.
Transcontinental
[edit]Border towns | Country | Bordering continents |
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El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya | ![]() |
Africa/Asia |
Istanbul | ![]() |
Europe/Asia |
Atyrau | ![]() | |
Oral | ||
Magnitogorsk | ![]() |
List of international border towns and cities
[edit]Africa
[edit]Asia
[edit]Europe
[edit]Disputed City
[edit]Border towns | Notes |
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Nicosia/North Nicosia | ![]() |
North America
[edit]Oceania
[edit]Border towns | Bordering countries |
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Jayapura, Papua (province) | ![]() ![]() |
Vanimo |
South America
[edit]List of internal border towns and cities
[edit]Australia
[edit]Border towns | Bordering states and territories |
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Albury and Wodonga (Albury–Wodonga) | ![]() ![]() |
Bordertown | ![]() ![]() |
Canberra and Queanbeyan | ![]() ![]() |
Corowa and Wahgunyah | ![]() ![]() |
Echuca and Moama | |
Mildura and Buronga | |
Mulwala and Yarrawonga | |
Tweed Heads and Gold Coast | ![]() ![]() |
Mungindi | |
Wallangarra, Jennings |
Canada
[edit]Border towns | Bordering states and territories |
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Lloydminster | ![]() ![]() |
Flin Flon, Creighton, and Flin Flon | ![]() ![]() |
Ottawa and Gatineau | ![]() ![]() |
Colombia
[edit]Border towns | Bordering Departments |
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Soacha | ![]() ![]() |
Yondó and Antioquía | ![]() ![]() |
Puerto Triunfo and Puerto Boyacá | ![]() ![]() |
Cartago, Pereira and Puerto Caldas | ![]() ![]() |
Palermo Sitionuevo and Barranquilla | ![]() ![]() |
Girardot, Flandes and Ricaurte | ![]() ![]() |
Puerto Salgar, and La Dorada | ![]() ![]() |
Barbosa and Moniquirá | ![]() ![]() |
Puerto Bogotá and Honda | ![]() ![]() |
United Kingdom
[edit]Border towns | Bordering countries |
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Berwick-upon-Tweed | ![]() ![]() |
Carlisle | |
Coldstream | |
Eyemouth | |
Gretna | |
Longtown | |
Bishop's Castle | ![]() ![]() |
Chepstow | |
Chester | |
Chirk | |
Hay-on-Wye | |
Kington | |
Knighton | |
Monmouth | |
Montgomery | |
Oswestry | |
Presteigne | |
Saltney | |
Whitchurch | |
Wrexham |
United States
[edit]See also
[edit]- Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names
- Cross-border town naming
- Divided cities
- Transborder agglomeration
- List of seaports
- List of Mexico–United States border crossings
- List of Canada–United States border crossings
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