What is Core city?
In [[urban planning]], a '''core city''', '''principal city''' '''metropolitan core''', or '''central city''', is the largest or most important city or cities of a [[metropolitan area]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://proximityone.com/principalcities.htm|title = Principal Cities 2012 Demographic Economic Patterns General Demographics}}</ref> A core city is surrounded by smaller [[satellite city|satellite cities]], towns, and [[suburb]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the City|last=Caves|first=R. W.|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|pages=72}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/central-city |title = Central city definition and meaning &#124; Collins English Dictionary}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/central+city|title=Definition of CENTRAL CITY|website=www.merriam-webster.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://proximityone.com/principalcities.htm|title=Principal Cities 2012 Demographic Economic Patterns General Demographics|website=proximityone.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Urban planning]] [[Category:Urban geography]]