Since that time, the city has tripled its population to 92,000 and now encompasses more than 76.6 square miles.

Each city encompasses an area of more than 1,000 hectares.

Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is divided into distinct areas that retain their original character, where the expanding city has encompassed existing settlements.

Besides bordering the bay, the city encompasses marshes though which runoff from inland fields drain to the bay.

The city once encompassed 11 bathhouses and several hotels at its peak.

The state's largest city, Burlington is located on the lake; the city's associated suburban communities encompass part of the central section of the valley.

The city encompasses an area of 240.42 km2.

They scarcely seemed to enter the city; for the city rather seemed to spring up about them, and encompass them of its own act.

Of the 44, the city of Yangon now encompasses 33 townships.

The city of Tsushima encompasses the entire island.