Tri-Cities
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Tri-Cities is an appellation used to refer to several municipal areas, each of which consists mainly of three cities of approximately the same size and regional importance.
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United States
Michigan: The Tri-Cities of Michigan consist of Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland, located in the Saginaw Valley.
Tennessee: The Tri-Cities of Tennessee consist of Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City. Bristol, Virginia, a small town across the state line from Bristol, Tennessee, is often included.
Washington: The Tri-Cities of Washington consist of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick, along the banks of the Columbia River.
North Carolina has two well-known "tri-cities" areas, the Triangle area (more formally, the Research Triangle of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill); and the Piedmont Triad of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.
Illinois: The cities of Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and Davenport in Iowa were formerly known as the Tri-Cities; with Bettendorf, Iowa, they are now commonly referred to as the Quad Cities. In suburban Chicago, the three far-western suburbs of St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia are known as the Tri-Cities of Illinois.
New York: The three chief cities of New York's Capital District – Albany, Schenectady, and Troy – were once known as the "Tri-Cities."
Colorado: The towns of Firestone, Frederick and Dacono are known to locals as the "tri-towns" or "tri-town area."
China
Wuhan is a collection of the towns of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang in the Hubei Province of China.
Poland
Tricity (Polish: Trójmiasto) in Poland refers to the agglomeration of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot.