Wild North America 1846

Chapter 686 Ranking of the Top 20 Cities

end of 1886
The urbanization rate of the Tang Empire reached 59.62%, with a population of about 7720 million distributed in 681 large and small cities across the country. The urbanization rate ranked behind the United States, Britain, Germany, Hebidan and other countries, at the same level as France, and higher than the level of the Austrian Empire .

The newly conquered new Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Luzon Islands in the past 10 years, together with new provinces such as Zhongzhou Province (formerly Ecuador) and Fuyuan Province (Ceded by Peru), have greatly reduced the urbanization ratio of the Tang Empire up 5.3%.

The largest city in the empire is still the imperial capital Chang'an, with a population of 366 million residents at the end of the period, ranking among the second largest cities in the world.

The smallest city is Ice City in the high latitudes north of the northern Yukon Province. It is covered with snow and ice for most of the year and has a total population of only 831 residents.

With the publication of the final statistics in 1886, the ranking of the twenty largest cities in the empire was finally determined.

The first place is Chang'an, the imperial capital, with a total population of 1 million.

The second place is Los Angeles, with a total population of 2 million.

No. 3, Chicago, with a total population of 227.5 million.

The fourth place is Mexico City, with a total population of 4 million.

No. 5, New Xi'an, with a total population of 162.8 million

No. 6, Taoyuan, with a total population of 151.2 million

No. 7, Salem, with a total population of 139 million

No. 8, Detroit, with a total population of 131.7 million

No. 9, Seattle, with a total population of 118.43 million

The 10th place is Portland, with a total population of 107.2 million.

The 11th place is Donggang City, with a total population of 105.9 million.

No. 12, Gallup, with a total population of 101.33 million.

The 13th place is Houston, with a total population of 93.2.

No. 14, Chihuahua, with a total population of 90.5

No. 15, Dallas, with a total population of 82.3.

No. 16, Sacramento, with a total population of 75.56

No. 17, Salt Lake City, with a total population of 72.7.

18th place, Panama, with a total population of 67.9

The 19th place, Glory City (South America) has a total population of 62.4.

No. 20, Lake Bay City (Central America) has a total population of 58.6.

It can be seen from the ranking of the above cities;
The urban center of the Tang Empire is still the urban agglomeration dominated by the west coast of the United States and the United States, including the largest city Chang'an, the second largest city Los Angeles, the seventh largest city Salem, the ninth largest city Seattle, and the tenth largest city Portland, five of the top ten cities are West Coast cities, accounting for a full half.

Among the top ten cities, except for New Xi'an, which is No. 5, the others are all North American cities. It can be seen that the economic development center and industrial center of the Datang Empire converge in North America, presenting a clear distribution belt of industrial clusters.

There are three main industrial belts. One is the West Coast Industrial Belt. This area includes the imperial capital Chang'an, Los Angeles, Salem, Portland and Seattle. It brings together up to [-]% of the industrial output of the Datang Empire. It is the most important industrial belt.

The region has a large number of universities and some world-class research institutions, with a high level of industrialization.The supporting system of the heavy and chemical industry is complete, and there are many factories and mines, forming a light and heavy industry belt stretching thousands of kilometers.

The second is the Great Lakes heavy industry region.

With Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Davenport and other large and medium-sized industrial cities as the mainstays, and dozens of small and medium-sized cities around the Great Lakes as supplementary, it has formed a city centered on steel, machinery manufacturing, agricultural machinery, automobiles, and petrochemical products. The main industrial system is mainly for North American countries and European export markets.

The third is the central industrial belt.

The northernmost end of the Central Industrial Belt originates from Taoyuan City, extends southward to Gallup City, known as a treasure house of resources, continues southward through Chihuahua, the center of the textile industry, and finally arrives in Mexico City.

This industrial belt is dominated by light industry, food processing, sugar and flue-cured tobacco, wine and oil pressing, clothing and other light industries, forming a characteristic industrial belt.

Among the top 20 big cities, Xin'an and Donggang from Paradise Island rank fifth and No.11 respectively, which is an outstanding performance among overseas provinces.

Thanks to geographical factors, it is closer to mainland China. After 35 years of persistent development, Paradise Island (New Guinea Island) has grown to more than 633 million residents, and its total population is more than two and a half times that of British Australia in the south. Son.

Australia's largest city, Melbourne, has a population of only 43. New Xi'an is almost four times that of the former, and has developed into the largest metropolis and regional economic center in the Western Pacific region.

After the rise of the Melbourne Gold Rush in 1851, the population of Australia reached more than 20 million in just over 170 years. By 1885, the total population had reached more than 240 million.

Among them, there are about 85 to 90 Chinese, which is the second largest ethnic group in the region, second only to whites.

Chinese immigrants from Paradise Island to Australia account for more than half. Donggang City is only 330 kilometers away from Darwin by sea, and it can be reached by boat in a day and a night.

There is a regular flight from Donggang to Melbourne, with a liner sailing every Monday and Friday. The whole journey takes about 10 to 11 days and stops in Sydney halfway.

Speaking of the experience of the Chinese in Australia, there are still some twists and turns.

The earliest was a carpenter surnamed Mai, who arrived in Melbourne in 1811 and married two white wives here, and finally died of illness here in 1880.

In 1825, Australia as a whole had a population of just over 7, mainly white criminals exiled from the United Kingdom, and most of them lived around cities such as Sydney and Melbourne.

The real explosive population growth was after the discovery of gold mines in Melbourne in 1851. The early British colonial government welcomed the arrival of Chinese immigrants due to manpower shortage.

But more than 10 years later, seeing more and more Chinese immigrants like a tide, this caused considerable panic among the local white gold mine owners.

Together with the British colonial government, they issued a number of local bills aimed at restricting Chinese immigration and setting up many obstacles.

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Unwilling to be oppressed, the Hongmen-based Chinese gangs took up arms to resist, forming a chaotic situation of urban riots and horse bandits everywhere, causing British and white gold mine owners to suffer.

The chaos lasted for many years and attracted the great attention of the Tang Empire, expressing;
If the situation of Chinese immigrants cannot be fundamentally improved, the Tang Empire will support the just struggle of Chinese immigrants until the final victory is achieved.

Under heavy pressure, the British colonial authorities had to make concessions, and successively banned a series of unequal policies, allowing Chinese to enjoy equal treatment as colonial citizens.

But at the same time, immigration policies have been further tightened, especially for mainland immigrants.

The Tang Empire also acquiesced to the British approach. After all, it was their territory and had the right to formulate immigration introduction policies suitable for Australia.

If it were not for various restrictions, the Chinese population in Australia would probably have broken through half.

Paradise Island is the most economically developed area in the Overseas Province, and it is also the model area that the Colonial Department is most proud of. Its population and economy have grown steadily over the years.

After the Tang Empire took the Luzon Islands into its pocket, more than 10,000 residents of Paradise Island followed the conquest army into the Luzon Islands and became the backbone of the local restoration of production.

They brought advanced planting experience, showed their talents in the fields of urban construction and commerce, transportation, agricultural and animal husbandry production, and became good helpers for the development of the empire's colonization.

(End of this chapter)