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conurbation

Tnx Daily Mail, learned a new word today.

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area.

--Wikipedia

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cities, large towns

I have driven through Gila Bend many times and calling it a city or even a large town is a gross exaggeration. Maybe if you throw in Phoenix but it's a good 70 miles as the buzzard flies from GB to the edge of Phx.