|
[[Berkas:Ayuntamiento, vistas panorámicas desde Toompea, Tallin, Estonia, 2012-08-05, DD 21.JPG|jmpl|ka|[[Tallinn]], kota primata [[Estonia]].]]
''Hukum kota prima'' pertama kali diajukankan oleh [[ahli geografi]] Mark Jefferson pada tahun 1939.<ref name="about.com">[{{Cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/primatecities.htm |title=The Law of the Primate City and the Rank-Size Rule, by Matt Rosenberg] |access-date=2019-08-20 |archive-date=2016-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216064048/http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/primatecities.htm |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Ia mendefinisikan kota prima sebagai "setidaknya berukuran dua kali lipat lebih besar dari kota terbesar berikutnya, dan lebih dari dua kali lebih penting."<ref name="Jefferson 1939">Jefferson. "The Law of the Primate City", in Geographical Review 29 (April 1939)</ref> Di samping karena ukuran dan pengaruh ekonominya, kota prima biasanya diutamakan dalam segala aspek kehidupan masyarakat di negara tersebut; seperti menjadi pusat politik, pusat kantor media nasional, pusat kebudayaan dan pendidikan, serta menjadi tujuan bagi sebagian besar migrasi internal di negara tersebut.
== Makna ==
* [[Bissau]], [[Guinea-Bissau]]
* [[Bujumbura]], [[Burundi]]
* [[Kairo]],<ref name="Hobbs2009"/> [[Mesir]]
* [[Kairo]],<ref name="Hobbs2009">{{Cite book|last=Joseph John Hobbs|title=World Regional Geography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAgGHnENHjoC&pg=PA111|year=2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-495-38950-7|pages=109–}}</ref> [[Mesir]]
* [[Conakry]],<ref name="WorldUrbanization"/> [[Guinea]]
* [[Conakry]],<ref name="WorldUrbanization">{{Cite book|title=World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxOAckK2stYC&pg=PA97|date=1 January 2004|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-151396-7|pages=97–102}}</ref> [[Guinea]]
* [[Dakar]],<ref name="WorldUrbanization" /> [[Senegal]]
* [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]
|
|-
|[[Bangkok]]<ref name="Hobbs2009">{{Cite book|last=Joseph John Hobbs|title=World Regional Geography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAgGHnENHjoC&pg=PA111|year=2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-495-38950-7|pages=109–}}</ref><ref name="Pacione2009">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3rAuvR-o-gC&pg=PT82|title=Urban Geography: A Global Perspective|last=Michael Pacione|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2009|isbn=978-0-415-46201-3|page=79}}</ref><ref name="Swanson2012">{{Cite book|last=Kelly Swanson|title=Kaplan AP Human Geography 2013-2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDaYvgTEJLYC&pg=PA357|date=7 August 2012|publisher=Kaplan Publishing|isbn=978-1-60978-694-6}}</ref>
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|14,626,225
|131,000
|-
|[[Baku]]<ref name="WorldUrbanization"/>
|[[Baku]]<ref name="WorldUrbanization">{{Cite book|title=World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxOAckK2stYC&pg=PA97|date=1 January 2004|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-151396-7|pages=97–102}}</ref>
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|4,670,740
|95,881
|-
|[[London]] <ref name="Swanson2012">{{Cite book|last=Kelly Swanson|title=Kaplan AP Human Geography 2013-2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDaYvgTEJLYC&pg=PA357|date=7 August 2012|publisher=Kaplan Publishing|isbn=978-1-60978-694-6}}</ref><ref name="Kent2006" />
|{{GBR}}
|13,879,757
|420,000
|-
|[[Paris]] <ref name="Hobbs2009" /><ref name="Pacione2009">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3rAuvR-o-gC&pg=PT82|title=Urban Geography: A Global Perspective|last=Michael Pacione|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2009|isbn=978-0-415-46201-3|page=79}}</ref><ref name="Swanson2012" /><ref name="Kent2006" />
|{{FRA}}
|12,405,426
| 2.908.607
|-
| Wilayah metropolitan Guatemala City <ref name="Hobbs2009"/><ref name="Kent2006"/>
| Wilayah metropolitan Guatemala City <ref name="Hobbs2009">{{Cite book|last=Joseph John Hobbs|title=World Regional Geography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAgGHnENHjoC&pg=PA111|year=2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-495-38950-7|pages=109–}}</ref><ref name="Kent2006">{{Cite book|last=Robert B. Kent|title=Latin America: Regions and People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jWsD_Yk8YHQC&pg=PA261|date=January 2006|publisher=Guilford Press|isbn=978-1-57230-909-8|pages=144–}}</ref>
|{{GTM}}
| 2,749,161
| 2.560.789
|-
| [[Kota Meksiko|Mexico City]] <ref name="Hobbs2009" /><ref name="Swanson2012">{{Cite book|last=Kelly Swanson|title=Kaplan AP Human Geography 2013-2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDaYvgTEJLYC&pg=PA357|date=7 August 2012|publisher=Kaplan Publishing|isbn=978-1-60978-694-6}}</ref><ref name="Kent2006" />
|{{MEX}}
| 20.400.000
| 274.400
|-
| [[Kota Panama|Panama City]] <ref name="WorldUrbanization">{{Cite book|title=World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxOAckK2stYC&pg=PA97|date=1 January 2004|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-151396-7|pages=97–102}}</ref>
|{{PAN}}
| 880.691
!Jumlah penduduk
|-
| Gran Asunción <ref name="WorldUrbanization"/>
| Gran Asunción <ref name="WorldUrbanization">{{Cite book|title=World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxOAckK2stYC&pg=PA97|date=1 January 2004|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-151396-7|pages=97–102}}</ref>
|{{PRY}}
| 2,698,401
| 293.817
|-
| [[Buenos Aires]] <ref name="Swanson2012"/><ref name="Kent2006"/>
| [[Buenos Aires]] <ref name="Swanson2012">{{Cite book|last=Kelly Swanson|title=Kaplan AP Human Geography 2013-2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDaYvgTEJLYC&pg=PA357|date=7 August 2012|publisher=Kaplan Publishing|isbn=978-1-60978-694-6}}</ref><ref name="Kent2006">{{Cite book|last=Robert B. Kent|title=Latin America: Regions and People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jWsD_Yk8YHQC&pg=PA261|date=January 2006|publisher=Guilford Press|isbn=978-1-57230-909-8|pages=144–}}</ref>
| {{ARG}}
| 12.741.364
| 