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What is the geographic entity with the largest population that does not have a TLD?
The Tokyo agglomeration with 34,200,000 residents. This includes the Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama. The following round out the top 20 entities without TLDs according to City Populations (http://www.citypopulation.de/World.html).
* Mexico City 22,800,000 includes Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan
* Seoul 22,300,000 includes Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suweon
* New York 21,900,000 includes Newark, Paterson
* Sao Paulo 20,200,000 includes Guarulhos
* Bombay 19,850,000 includes Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar
* Delhi 19,700,000 includes Faridabad, Ghaziabad
* Shanghai 18,150,000
* Los Angeles 18,000,000 includes Riverside, Anaheim
* Osaka 16,800,000 includes Kobe, Kyoto
* Jakarta 16,550,000 includes Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang
* Calcutta 15,650,000 includes Haora
* Cairo 15,600,000 includes Al-Jizah, Shubra al-Khaymah
* Manila 14,950,000 includes Kalookan, Quezon City
* Karachi 14,300,000
* Moscow 13,750,000
* Buenos Aires 13,450,000 includes San Justo, La Plata
* Dacca 13,250,000
* Rio de Janeiro 12,150,000 includes Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo
* Beijing 12,100,000
What's the geographic entity with the smallest population that has a TLD?
That would be Pitcairn Island with 46 people and the TLD .pn. But there are several other entities that are either uninhabited, "without indiginous populations," or science outposts that some consider to have even fewer real residents. Here's the rundown:
* .ac Ascension Island - No indiginous population.
* .aq Antarctica - Several science stations, many penguins, and some tourism.
* .bv Bouvet Island - Uninhabited.
* .gs South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Science station.
* .io British Indian Ocean Territory - No indiginous population.
* .hm Heard and McDonald Islands - Uninhabited.
* .tf French Southern Territories - Science station.
* .um United States Minor Outlying Islands - No indiginous population.
Is that correct, the 46 residents of Pitcairn Island control a TLD just for their own use?
Sort of. But the 46 residents don't really control it, the UK does as per the CIA Factbook (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pc.html): "Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today."
Does the United Kingdom control any TLDs beyond .uk and .pn?
It sure does. Judging by TLD count, one might think the United Kingdom has plans to recreate its Empire. Here are all its TLDs:
* .ac Ascension Island
* .ai Anguilla 13,254 residents
* .bm Bermuda 65,365 residents
* .fk Falkland Islands (But Argentina might disagree, as they also claim the "Malvinas" islands.)
* .gg Guernsey 65,228 residents
* .gi Gibraltar 27,884 residents
* .gs South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK & Argentina)
* .im Isle of Man 75,049 residents
* .io British Indian Ocean Territory
* .je Jersey 90,812 residents
* .ky Cayman Islands 44,270 residents
* .ms Montserrat 9,341
* .pn Pitcairn Island 46 residents
* .tc Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556 residents
* .sh St. Helena 7,460 residents
* .uk United Kingdom 60,441,457 residents
* .vg British Virgin Islands 22,643 residents
Also, the UK holds the .gb TLD, perhaps proving that Great Britain's Empire will rise again.
Wow, is that a record?
It is. Next closest is France with 11 TLDs and then the United States with 7. (But the U.S. count only includes the country codes. Counting .gov, .mil, and .arpa it's almost in a tie for second place.)
How did the UK get so many TLDs?
It seems the UK had many small remnants from the old empire days and in 1997 decided to seek TLDs for them all.
Did they get a TLD for every island they own?
They got a lot, but not most. In 1997-98 public consciousness of the utility of the Internet and value of TLDs rose and a more reasoned and equitable method for issuing TLDs was sought.
How many ccTLD's have been issued to geographic entities with less than 1,000,000 residents?
91 geographic entities with less that 1 million residents have been issued TLDs.
How many cities are there with more than 1,000,000 population and how many of them have been issued TLD?
According to City Populations (http://www.citypopulation.de/World.html) 439 cities have more than 1,000,000 residents. None have been issued TLDs.
What about Hong Kong (.hk) and Singapore (.sg), they have TLDs?
When issued its TLD in 1990, Hong Kong (.hk) was under British control and considered eligable for a country code. Singapore was and is a nation-state, with UN membership, and entitled to a ccTLD. Note that Vatican City and its 941 residents also has a TLD (.va).
Why don't cities have TLDs?
It could be that a place like New York City has less need for a TLD than Palau (.pw) and its 20,303 residents. But that's silly.
Is it that many cities have spaces in their names and don't fit into the DNS technology?
It's true that cities like Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Marina Del Ray might require an underscore or dash in their names. But to say cities were excluded from the Domain Name System because of this is just plain silly.
OK, then it must be that some city names are just too long for the DNS. Right?
Well, perhaps you've hit on it. Maybe the Internet's founders were being cautious about insulting the many residents of Bangkok, for its traditional poetic name Krung thep mahanakhon bovorn ratanakosin mahintharayutthaya mahadilok pop noparatratchathani burirom udomratchanivetmahasathan amornpiman avatarnsathit sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit doesn't fit into the DNS.
And they might have been concerned about the Maori of New Zealand who lived in Taumatawhakatangihangak oauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe nua kitanatahu, which also doesn't fit.
Yes, size must be it.
What Next?
Visit the City TLDs home page or learn some more interesting stuff about city-TLDs at Just the FAQs.
Source: www.icanwiki.org (under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License)
-rjWhat is the geographic entity with the largest population that does not have a TLD?
The Tokyo agglomeration with 34,200,000 residents. This includes the Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama. The following round out the top 20 entities without TLDs according to City Populations (http://www.citypopulation.de/World.html).
* Mexico City 22,800,000 includes Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Naucalpan
* Seoul 22,300,000 includes Bucheon, Goyang, Incheon, Seongnam, Suweon
* New York 21,900,000 includes Newark, Paterson
* Sao Paulo 20,200,000 includes Guarulhos
* Bombay 19,850,000 includes Kalyan, Thane, Ulhasnagar
* Delhi 19,700,000 includes Faridabad, Ghaziabad
* Shanghai 18,150,000
* Los Angeles 18,000,000 includes Riverside, Anaheim
* Osaka 16,800,000 includes Kobe, Kyoto
* Jakarta 16,550,000 includes Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang
* Calcutta 15,650,000 includes Haora
* Cairo 15,600,000 includes Al-Jizah, Shubra al-Khaymah
* Manila 14,950,000 includes Kalookan, Quezon City
* Karachi 14,300,000
* Moscow 13,750,000
* Buenos Aires 13,450,000 includes San Justo, La Plata
* Dacca 13,250,000
* Rio de Janeiro 12,150,000 includes Nova Iguaçu, São Gonçalo
* Beijing 12,100,000
What's the geographic entity with the smallest population that has a TLD?
That would be Pitcairn Island with 46 people and the TLD .pn. But there are several other entities that are either uninhabited, "without indiginous populations," or science outposts that some consider to have even fewer real residents. Here's the rundown:
* .ac Ascension Island - No indiginous population.
* .aq Antarctica - Several science stations, many penguins, and some tourism.
* .bv Bouvet Island - Uninhabited.
* .gs South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Science station.
* .io British Indian Ocean Territory - No indiginous population.
* .hm Heard and McDonald Islands - Uninhabited.
* .tf French Southern Territories - Science station.
* .um United States Minor Outlying Islands - No indiginous population.
Is that correct, the 46 residents of Pitcairn Island control a TLD just for their own use?
Sort of. But the 46 residents don't really control it, the UK does as per the CIA Factbook (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pc.html): "Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today."
Does the United Kingdom control any TLDs beyond .uk and .pn?
It sure does. Judging by TLD count, one might think the United Kingdom has plans to recreate its Empire. Here are all its TLDs:
* .ac Ascension Island
* .ai Anguilla 13,254 residents
* .bm Bermuda 65,365 residents
* .fk Falkland Islands (But Argentina might disagree, as they also claim the "Malvinas" islands.)
* .gg Guernsey 65,228 residents
* .gi Gibraltar 27,884 residents
* .gs South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK & Argentina)
* .im Isle of Man 75,049 residents
* .io British Indian Ocean Territory
* .je Jersey 90,812 residents
* .ky Cayman Islands 44,270 residents
* .ms Montserrat 9,341
* .pn Pitcairn Island 46 residents
* .tc Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556 residents
* .sh St. Helena 7,460 residents
* .uk United Kingdom 60,441,457 residents
* .vg British Virgin Islands 22,643 residents
Also, the UK holds the .gb TLD, perhaps proving that Great Britain's Empire will rise again.
Wow, is that a record?
It is. Next closest is France with 11 TLDs and then the United States with 7. (But the U.S. count only includes the country codes. Counting .gov, .mil, and .arpa it's almost in a tie for second place.)
How did the UK get so many TLDs?
It seems the UK had many small remnants from the old empire days and in 1997 decided to seek TLDs for them all.
Did they get a TLD for every island they own?
They got a lot, but not most. In 1997-98 public consciousness of the utility of the Internet and value of TLDs rose and a more reasoned and equitable method for issuing TLDs was sought.
How many ccTLD's have been issued to geographic entities with less than 1,000,000 residents?
91 geographic entities with less that 1 million residents have been issued TLDs.
How many cities are there with more than 1,000,000 population and how many of them have been issued TLD?
According to City Populations (http://www.citypopulation.de/World.html) 439 cities have more than 1,000,000 residents. None have been issued TLDs.
What about Hong Kong (.hk) and Singapore (.sg), they have TLDs?
When issued its TLD in 1990, Hong Kong (.hk) was under British control and considered eligable for a country code. Singapore was and is a nation-state, with UN membership, and entitled to a ccTLD. Note that Vatican City and its 941 residents also has a TLD (.va).
Why don't cities have TLDs?
It could be that a place like New York City has less need for a TLD than Palau (.pw) and its 20,303 residents. But that's silly.
Is it that many cities have spaces in their names and don't fit into the DNS technology?
It's true that cities like Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Marina Del Ray might require an underscore or dash in their names. But to say cities were excluded from the Domain Name System because of this is just plain silly.
OK, then it must be that some city names are just too long for the DNS. Right?
Well, perhaps you've hit on it. Maybe the Internet's founders were being cautious about insulting the many residents of Bangkok, for its traditional poetic name Krung thep mahanakhon bovorn ratanakosin mahintharayutthaya mahadilok pop noparatratchathani burirom udomratchanivetmahasathan amornpiman avatarnsathit sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit doesn't fit into the DNS.
And they might have been concerned about the Maori of New Zealand who lived in Taumatawhakatangihangak oauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe nua kitanatahu, which also doesn't fit.
Yes, size must be it.
What Next?
Visit the City TLDs home page or learn some more interesting stuff about city-TLDs at Just the FAQs.
Source: www.icanwiki.org (under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License)
