Although economically linked to Johannesburg, residents chose to create their own town council.

In general, they consist of a central city with at least 50,000 residents and a surrounding region linked economically to that city.

Timber extends into Southern Province with which the town is economically linked.

The areas are economically linked to the city through the gold mining industry.

The concept is a generalization to group several markets seen to been closely linked economically and does not imply sovereignty.

Scientists, economically linked to their enterprise and preoccupied with patents, cannot be trusted to protect the public interest even when they seem to try.

So are people in businesses linked economically to oil companies and to the economies of oil-producing regions in this country.

These are countries that, in the past, were closely linked economically, politically and militarily with the former Soviet Union.

The neighbouring town to the east is Wiesloch, both towns are strongly linked economically.

For example, peasant societies were economically linked to forces outside of their own community.