The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-07
NATIONAL. GEOGRAPHICAL so.
CIETY DISCUSSES RELATIVE
SIZES OF NEW YORK
AND LONDON


AND LONDON
Washington, Oct. 4.-What is the
largest city in the world?
"The question arises again with
the British census announcement
which ascribes "to Greater London
7,47S,168 people," says a bulletin
from the Washington headquarters
sf the National Geographic society.
,4tSince the 1920 census gave New
York City a population Of 5,o60,o4s,
there would seem TO be no question
regarding the relative size Of the
two cities. But if one seeks to know
what is the largest population cen
ter in the world, then New York can
advance tensble claim against Lon
den for the honor. :
Strictly speaking, the municipal
ity Of New York has more people
than the municipality of London.
Fer, legally, as a municipal unit,
London refers only to. the area
wi$Ain the boundaries Of the county
Of London: Thus the municipal Lon
asn, which corresponds to the muni-
.cFal New York, comprises about 116
square miles and in 1911, had a
reputation of 100000. Only the
Greater London figures are carried
in dispatches, but at the rate of
syswth they indicate London proper
sian is under the 100000 mark.
''The Greater London which has
assrly 100000 has an existence as
a metropolitan and police unit. It is
nsnicipal london plus the soealled
teuter Ring The 7,476,168 people
Or Greater London are distributed
ever 693 square miles, an area six
tiAes that of municipal London and
ssre than twice that of municipal
New York.
"In passing it should be noted
HAT not only is there a distinction
between Greater London and plain
.EeRdon.' but that the City of Lon
1sa' is something yet again The
feity of London covers only 675
sores and has a resident population
et fewer than $4,000. The day
stipulation, however, exceeds $780,
eco. The City of London is the
London Of history, with its quaint
government forms, including its lord
mayor which honored ceremony
known as the lord mayors show.
New York of today is an ag-
slsmeration of towns. All have been
analgamated with the original New
Yerk, comprised in what now is the
bsrough Of Manhattan, or the coun-
" of New York. The New York
which includes the boroughs Of
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens
and Richmond, is municipal unit
with an area of 326 square miles
aad population of 5,e20,04s.
t"TAe Greater London includes
all thes uburbs within radius Of Is
siles around Charing Cross. BY this
definition New York also should in
clude Jersey City, Hoboken and
Bayonne, across the Hudson, and
Yenkers, Mt. Vernon and New
Rochelle TO the north.
Suppose New York were to add
to it's present area the aggregate
27s miles Of Hudson, Essex and
Union counties in New Jersey. II
ssi3l would be 100 square miles
susaller than Greater London but
would pass the 100000 mark in
population. We're it then to add por-
tons Of Westehester county (north
Of the BRONX and Of Nassau county
on Long Idand) it would pass Lon
done population well within like
are&
Summing up, then, municipal
New York is larger than municipal
kcndon. A mythical Greater New
York extending as far into its en-
vrons as does Greater London
wsuld be larger than Greater Lon.
don.' Aside from municipal defni.
tsn New York and the territory
about it constitutes a greater popu'
lation center than London.
within so miles Of the city hall,