city proper
Central incorporated area
City proper refers to the central, officially incorporated area of a city, excluding suburbs and surrounding metropolitan regions.
The distinction matters when comparing populations: Tokyo's city proper has about 14 million people, but its greater metropolitan area exceeds 37 million.
The festival takes place in the city proper, not the outlying districts.
- municipalityLocal governing district
- downtownCentral business district
- town centerMunicipal gathering area
- urbanPertaining to cities
- urban coreCentral metropolitan area
metropolis · boundaries · limits · incorporated · central · core · jurisdiction · population · density · census tract · civic · town · borough · precinct · district · zoning · census · metropolitan
- municipalitiesmunicipality, town, towns, village, villages
- city limitsboundary lines, boundary marker, demarcation, district lines
- city areasdowntown, urban core, business district, financial district, town center
- population termsbillion, million, thousand, hundred, census
- settlementsvillage, hamlet, towns, town, villages
city propermetropolitan area
City plus linked suburbs
metro area · suburbs · urban agglomeration · commuter belt · exurbs
city propercountryside
Rural area beyond towns
rural area · hinterland · outskirts · periphery · backcountry
city, proper, cities, citywide, cityscape, citizen, citizenship, citizenry, civility