Alpha Cities / Alpha− tier

Alpha− cities

Cities completing the GaWC Alpha classification.

22 cities in this tier

01 · Alpha-

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

~670,000
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

02 · Alpha-

Taipei

Taiwan

~7,000,000
Taipei-Keelung metro

03 · Alpha-

Shenzhen

China

~17,500,000
Shenzhen Municipality

04 · Alpha-

Brussels

Belgium

~1,250,000
Brussels-Capital Region

05 · Alpha-

Zurich

Switzerland

~1,900,000
Zurich metropolitan area

06 · Alpha-

Buenos Aires

Argentina

~15,500,000
Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires

07 · Alpha-

Melbourne

Australia

~5,200,000
Greater Melbourne

08 · Alpha-

San Francisco

United States

~7,600,000
San Francisco Bay Area

09 · Alpha-

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

~7,700,000
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia

10 · Alpha-

Santiago

Chile

~7,000,000
Greater Santiago

11 · Alpha-

Düsseldorf

Germany

~10,000,000
Rhine-Ruhr region

12 · Alpha-

Stockholm

Sweden

~2,400,000
Stockholm County

13 · Alpha-

Washington

United States

~6,400,000
Washington metropolitan area

14 · Alpha-

Vienna

Austria

~2,800,000
Vienna and its region

15 · Alpha-

Lisbon

Portugal

~2,900,000
Área Metropolitana de Lisboa

16 · Alpha-

Munich

Germany

~3,000,000
Munich metropolitan region

17 · Alpha-

Dublin

Ireland

~2,100,000
Greater Dublin Area

18 · Alpha-

Houston

United States

~7,500,000
Houston metropolitan area

19 · Alpha-

Berlin

Germany

~3,800,000
Berlin

20 · Alpha-

Johannesburg

South Africa

~16,000,000
Gauteng city-region

21 · Alpha-

Boston

United States

~4,900,000
Boston metropolitan area

22 · Alpha-

New Delhi

India

~33,000,000
National Capital Region

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