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The Constitution , section 155.1.a defines "Category A" municipalities. In the Municipal Structures Act[http://www.info.gov.za/gazette/acts/1998/a117-98.pdf it is laid out that this type of local government is to be used for conurbations, "centre[s] of economic activity", areas "for which integrated development planning is desirable", and areas with "strong interdependent social and economic linkages" - in other words, for cities. The metropolitan municipality is similar to the Consolidated City-county in the USA, although a South African metropolitan municipality is created by notice of the Provincial government, not by agreement between district and local municipalities. LIST OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES
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