Describe the concept of a primate city

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• The primate city is at least twice the population as large then the next big city. 
• Primate city must have twice significance ( i.e. Population, politically, economically) as compared to the next big city.

Primate city at the global level

• Largest city: 
• Tokyo (38 million) 
• Second largest: 
• Delhi-NCR( 25 million) 
• Third largest: 
• Shanghai (23 million)

Primate city at the National Level

• France:
• Paris (9.7 million population) as compared to next big city Marseilles( 1.3 million)
• The United Kingdom:
• London( 7 million population) is seven times larger in population as compared to Liverpool( 1 million).
• Mexico:
• Mexico City (8.6 million) is five times larger in population as compared to Guadalajara( 1.6 million)
• Japan:
• Tokyo has more than twice the population as compared to Yokohama.
• Thailand:
• Bangkok( 7.6 million population) as compared to next big city Nothaburi( 0.5 million)

• India
• China,
• Canada,
• Germany
• Brazil,
• Russia
• USA

In India, no primate city at the national level, but state-level we do have many primate cities. 

• In Maharastra state, 
• Mumbai is 5 times larger than Pune. 
• In Tamil Nadu, 
• Chennai is 5 times larger than Coimbatore 
• In Karnataka, 
• Bangalore is 6 times larger than Hubli
• In West Bengal, 
• Calcutta is 25 times larger than Asansol

How and where primate city developed?

• Historical: Colonial era, more focused on a particular location.
• Administrative: Small territorial extent of the country also responsible for primate city development, for example, in South Korea, Seoul City.
• Overdependence on agriculture & low income

• Primate city dominates the country's influence due to large size, it has strong pull factors leads to the city become even larger as compared to other cities. 
• Having a large population means a huge brain, ideas, and flow of information. 
• Agglomeration of economic activities 
• Large markets of goods and services attract FDI, capital, and the brain from the surrounding region. 
• Ability to provide high-end goods and services and able to compete on a global scale 
• Advantage of large & cheap way of communication and transportation network 

Dis-advantage of having primate city: 

• Brain drain, migration, huge sucking of capital from the surrounding region leads to unequal economic, political, and resource development. 

  What is a primate city in AP Human geography?

  Explanation: A “primate city” is a city that serves as by far the biggest city in the country that it inhabits. It's population is exponentially greater than the population of the next largest city in that country.

  What is an example of a primate city?

  Mexico City is an example of a primate city because it is disproportionately larger than other Mexican cities and dominates the country.

  Who has given concept of primate city?

  Geographer Mark Jefferson coined the term in the 1930s and defined a primate city as one that is twice as large as the next largest city in the urban hierarchy of a country and twice as significant economically.

  What is a primate city in a country quizlet?

  Primate City. the largest and most important city in a country. A primate city has at least twice the population of the next largest city. It is a center of economic power and national culture.