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A '''[[w:Global_city|global city]]''', also called '''world city''' or sometimes '''alpha city''' or '''world center''', is a city generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system.

== AIN Global Cities Index ==

* '''Alpha ++ cities''' are vastly more integrated with the global economy than any other cities.
* '''Alpha + cities''' are advanced service niches for the global economy.
* '''Alpha level cities''' (sorted in to '''Alpha cities''' and '''Alpha − cities''') are cities that link major economic regions into the world economy.
* '''Beta level cities''' are cities that link moderate economic regions into the world economy and are classified into three sections, '''Beta + cities''', '''Beta cities''', and '''Beta − cities'''.
* '''Gamma level cities''' are cities that link smaller economic regions into the world economy, and are sorted into three sections, '''Gamma + cities''', '''Gamma cities''', and '''Gamma − cities'''.
* '''Sufficiency level cities''' are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as to not be obviously dependent on world cities.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!City!!Country!!Rating
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||[[w:New York City|New York City]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Alpha ++
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||[[Darlington]]||{{flag|Aquilona}}|| Alpha +
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||[[Archades]]||{{flag|Ascadylea}}|| Alpha +
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||[[Moscow]]||{{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Alpha +
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||[[Los Angeles]]||{{flag|California}}|| Alpha +
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||[[Oka City]]||{{flag|Oka}}||Alpha +
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||[[Castejón]]||{{flag|Balisca}}|| Alpha +
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||[[Kaijo]]||{{flag|Teiko}}|| Alpha +

|-
||[[Serika]]||{{flag|Nakama}}|| Alpha +

|-
|[[w:Chicago|Chicago]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Alpha

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||[[Alessandria]]||{{flag|Hesperia}}, {{flag|Balisca}}|| Alpha 
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||[[Saint Petersburg]]||{{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Alpha
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||[[Cibebek]]||{{flag|Karasem}}|| Alpha
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||[[Vladivostok]]||{{flag|Amuria}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Alpha
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||[[Illium City]]||{{flag|Illium}}|| Alpha 
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|[[Miami]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Alpha
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||[[Nyhaven]]||{{flag|Lower Columbia}}|| Alpha 
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||[[Renagawa]]||{{flag|Oka}}|| Alpha
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||[[Jitei]]||{{flag|Oka}}|| Alpha
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||[[Tengoku]]||{{flag|Oka}}|| Alpha
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||[[Madrid]]||{{flag|Iberia}}|| Alpha 
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||[[Senkaido]]||{{flag|Takamaiku}}|| Alpha 
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||[[Tasbury]]||{{flag|New Duveland}}|| Alpha
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|[[w:Toronto|Toronto]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Alpha
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||[[Triton]]||{{flag|Illium}}|| Alpha
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||[[Wolfskreut]]||{{flag|Mikenstein}}|| Alpha
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||[[Macaio]]||{{flag|Bayara}}, {{flag|Balisca}}|| Alpha -
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||[[Derby]]||{{flag|Jarraban}}|| Alpha -
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||[[Esperance]]||{{flag|New Duveland}}|| Alpha -
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||[[Malahat]]||{{flag|Esquimalt}}|| Alpha -
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||[[Kyiv]]||{{flag|Ukraine }}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Alpha -
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|[[Georgetown V.C.D]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Alpha -
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||[[Tashkent]]||{{flag|Uzbekia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Alpha -
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|[[w:Houston, Texas|Houston]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Alpha -
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|[[w:Montreal|Montreal]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Alpha -
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||[[New Dallas]]||{{flag|Illium}}|| Alpha -
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||[[Rothau]]||{{flag|Illium}}|| Alpha -
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||[[San Francisco]]||{{flag|California}}|| Alpha -
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||[[Zürich]]||{{flag|Mikenstein}}|| Alpha -
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|[[w:Atlanta|Atlanta]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta +
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|[[w:Boston|Boston]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta +
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||[[Cannich]]||{{flag|Illium}}|| Beta +
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|[[Cape Town]]||{{flag|The Cape}}|| Beta +
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|[[w:Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta +
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||[[Port Lantea]]||{{flag|Neu Westfalen}}|| Beta +
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|[[w:Denver|Dener]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta
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||[[Jennai]]||{{flag|Cattala}}|| Beta
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||[[Leinster]]||{{flag|New Duveland}}|| Beta
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|[[Monterey]]||{{flag|California}}|| Beta
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||[[Nizhny Novgorod]]||{{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Beta
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|[[New Calgary]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta
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|[[New Hanover, Hanoveria|New Hanover]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta
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|[[w:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta
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||[[Toulon]]||{{flag|New Duveland}}|| Beta
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||[[Vancouver]]||{{flag|Lower Columbia}}|| Beta
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||[[Evelstadt]]||{{flag|Neu Westfalen}}|| Beta -
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|[[w:George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Beta -
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||[[Meriah]]||{{flag|Karasem}}|| Beta -
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|[[Port Elizabeth]]||{{flag|The Cape}}|| Beta -
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||[[L'viv]]||{{flag|Ukraine}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Beta -
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||[[Royston]]||{{flag|Jarraban}}|| Beta -
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||[[Seattle]]||{{flag|Lower Columbia}}|| Beta -
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||[[Shinko]]||{{flag|Nakama}}|| Beta -
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|[[w:Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma +
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|[[w:Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma +
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||[[Plymouth]]||{{flag|New Duveland}}|| Gamma +
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|[[w:Austin, Texas|Austin]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma
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|[[w:Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma
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|[[w:Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma
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||[[Matsukawa]]||{{flag|Nakama}}|| Gamma
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||[[Nacala]]||{{flag|Zambezi}}|| Gamma
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|[[San Jose]]||{{flag|California}}|| Gamma
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|[[w:St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma
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|[[w:Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma
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||[[Novosibirsk]]||{{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Gamma
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||[[Bracanna]]||{{flag|Jarraban}}|| Gamma -
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||[[Macquarie]]||{{flag|New Duveland}}|| Gamma -
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|[[w:Millwaukee, Wisconsin|Millwaukee]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma -
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|[[w:Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma -
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|[[Orlando]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma -
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||[[Almaty]]||{{flag|Kazakhia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Gamma -
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|[[w:Ottawa|Ottawa]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma -
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|[[Raleigh]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma -
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||[[Sacramento]]||{{flag|California}}|| Gamma -
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||[[Minsk]]||{{flag|Byelorussia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Gamma -
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||[[Kazan]]||{{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Gamma -
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|[[w:San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]||{{flag|United States}}|| Gamma -
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||[[Zenebach]]||{{flag|Neu Westfalen}}|| Gamma -
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||[[Boulder City]]||{{flag|California}}|| High Sufficiency
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||[[White Hills]]||{{flag|Sonora}}|| High Sufficiency
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||[[Odessa]]||{{flag|Ukraine}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| High Sufficiency
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||[[Delsedorf]]||{{flag|Neu Westfalen}}|| Sufficiency
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||[[Donetsk]]||{{flag|Ukraine}}, {{flag|Soviet Union}}|| Sufficiency
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||[[Palo Alto]]||{{flag|California}}|| Sufficiency
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||[[Richmond]]||{{flag|Jarraban}}|| Sufficiency
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||[[Salt Lake City]]||{{flag|California}}|| Sufficiency
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||[[Győr]]||{{flag|Balaton}}|| Sufficiency
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