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For other uses, see Metroplex (disambiguation).

A metroplex is an area of a few very close statistical metropolitan areas that converge upon one another. <ref>Dictionary.com. Definition of "metroplex". Retrieved on 27 June, 2006.</ref> The term was first applied to, and is still commonly used to describe, the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. <ref>North Texas Commission (1 Jan 2002). "Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex" brand serves region well. Retrieved on 27 June, 2006.</ref>

The most common use of the word metroplex in the United States is for:

• Dallas - Fort Worth, sometimes called DFW; the area around Dallas and Fort Worth is regularly referred to as simply "The Metroplex" in print and television media inside the state of Texas, unlike the other metropolitan areas listed.

Some other areas in the U.S. that meet the definition of metroplex:

• Southern California (sometimes referred to as the Southland or SoCal), comprising Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, and San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
• Northern California or NorCal, centered on the San Francisco Bay Area of San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland, extending north and south to Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Vallejo-Fairfield and Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Salinas, and inland to merge with the Central Valley areas of Yuba City, Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Stockton, Modesto, Merced.
• Northeast Ohio/Western Pennsylvania, with the focal points of the metroplex in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and extending out to such cities as Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and Erie, and all of the smaller cities and towns in between.
• Oklahoma City Metroplex, although not as big as the neighboring DFW Metroplex, the OKC Metroplex comprises the cities of Oklahoma City, Norman, Shawnee, Guthrie, and surrounding suburbs. This region is well known and admired for its efficient freeway system, contributing to its lower level of traffic congestion compared to other major cities across the nation.

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• Amalgamation (politics)
• Combined Statistical Area
• Conurbation
• Consolidated city-county
• Ecumenopolis
• Ekistics
• Megacity
• Megalopolis (term)
• Metropolitan area
• Metropolisde:Metropolkomplex