sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city and the surrounding area
A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a
city, usually having
sovereignty. Historically, city-states have often been part of larger cultural areas, as in the city-states of
ancient Greece (such as
Athens,
Sparta and
Corinth), the
Phoenician cities of
Canaan (such as
Tyre and
Sidon), the
Mayans of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (including sites such as
Chichen Itza and
El Mirador), the
central Asian cities along the
Silk Road (which includes
Samarkand and
Bukhara), or the
city-states of Northern Italy (especially
Florence and
Venice). More recently the neologism citistate has been developed, referring to the city as the center of a 'city region' that includes relocated urban business like factory and company towns, and supply economies like agricultural, timber and mineral extraction whose commodities find a market in the city. The term "city-state" should not be confused with that of "
independent city", which refers to a
city which is not administered as part of another
local government area (eg, a
county).
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