border city
Edge settlement location
A border city sits at or near the boundary between two countries or other political divisions, often developing distinct characteristics from cross-cultural exchange and trade.
El Paso, Detroit, and Tijuana are border cities.
Such cities frequently share economic and social ties with their counterparts across the line: The border city thrives on cross-border commerce.
- frontierEdge of settlement
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- checkpointInspection station on route
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
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- Northern MexicoChihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, Juarez, Sierra Madre, Sonora
- borderlandsborderland, borderlands, frontier, frontier region, marchland
- bordersboundary, boundary line, boundary lines, boundary markers, boundary stones
- CarlisleCumbria, Guildhall, civic center, medieval walls, old walls
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