urban area

noun

1. (in population censuses) a city area considered as the inner city plus built-up environs, irrespective of local body administrative boundaries

Example Sentences

Military drones, with ominous code names like Gorgon Stare and Constant Hawk, can monitor movement across an entire urban area.

From The Daily Beast

Even in the middle of a big urban area, the river valleys had a wildness that reminded him of home in Alabama.

From The Daily Beast

And the San Fernando earthquake in 1971, was only a moderate shock that struck on the fringe of a large urban area.

From Project Gutenberg

The estate is divided into a central urban area of 1200 and a surrounding agricultural belt of 2600 acres.

From Project Gutenberg

Existing damages in the whole urban area are estimated to average $1.4 million each year.

From Project Gutenberg