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Biggest World Cities by Letter

Starting with each letter A-Z, guess the world city with the highest population.
Enter city here: ?
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PopulationCity
A
5,265,000
B
12,925,000
C
17,035,000
D
19,830,000
E
1,034,945
F
3,265,000
G
11,850,000
H
7,005,000
I
11,330,000
J
23,345,000
K
15,250,000
L
14,940,000
M
20,400,000
PopulationCity
N
21,295,000
O
17,310,000
P
10,480,000
Q
2,220,000
R
11,400,000
S
19,660,000
T
34,670,000
U
2,681,834
V
2,080,000
W
5,185,000
X
3,965,000
Y
4,310,000
Z
2,070,000
Answer Stats
* Population figures are for the entire urban area, according to 2009 Demographia estimates.
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supersam
16/26. I couldn't spell Kolkata. All the Chinese cities were really tough too.
2010-07-06
ssaqibh
K should have been Karachi as per http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pnan
2010-07-20
enits
That was tough! One thing is to know all of these cities, another is to actually be able to dig them out from deep inside your brain when you have to.
2010-07-20
Quizmaster
Don't know where that World Gazetteer gets their data. Here's where I got mine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population
2010-07-20
yocoy
Where are you getting these numbers? No way there are 21 million living in NYC. In the metro area? Perhaps but I think that's a distinction that needs to be made.
2010-10-01
NiallHeyes
the link shows hong kong with a higher population than ho-chi-minh?
2011-03-24
mike34ism
oh wow, I'm an idiot - I thought you wanted the cities with the most letters in their name >
2011-04-14
isk luke
dear quismaster i dont mean to condon wikipedia but where possible i would advise the CIA worldbook its free and online also enciclopeadia bbritaninica online is good.PS i love quizes like this ;)
2011-06-07
Ithabise
I thought I had done bad until I saw some of the cities!
2011-08-13
geographygal
I got Edmonton, but not NYC or Rio. *facepalm*
2011-08-20
yankeh
Beijing has at least 6 million more people than Buenos Aires...
2011-09-17
username729
is hong kong not a city or something?
2011-12-04
lancershaft
this quiz is seriously jacked up.....there are only about 10 million people in all of los angeles COUNTY, so there's no way there are 14 mil just in the city, seoul only has about 10 million while shanghai has 17 million....i'm assuming these numbers are TRYING to include great metro areas, but just how far out did you consider that you got 14 million for LA? and if you're going to include the greater metro areas, then the quiz should say that, but the quiz says to name the "city" not the "metro area"
Quizmaster replies:
For the entire urban area, as noted
2012-01-07
jcassarino
Even though that particular list from Wikipedia has Kolkata listed before Karachi, if you look on Wikipedia's page for Karachi it has the metropolitan area listed at 18 million.
2012-01-15
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