Jan 20, 2022
3 min read
The One Minute Geographer: Providence and the Primate City
Geographers talk about primate cities. It has nothing to do with Jane Goodall and her chimps. Primate in this sense simply means the primary or dominant city (or metropolitan area) for a state or country. As a rule of thumb, if at least 20% or so of a state’s population resides in one metropolitan area, it is considered a primate city.
