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Biggest World Cities by Letter - P

Name the most populous urban areas that start with the letter P.
Urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2019
Our source considers Pretoria to be part of the Johannesburg agglomeration
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Last updated: December 13, 2019
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First submittedFebruary 13, 2012
Times taken81,077
Average score50.0%
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Country
Population
City
France
11.4 mil
Paris
United States
7.35 mil
Philadelphia
India
6.70 mil
Pune
United States
4.58 mil
Phoenix
Brazil
4.10 mil
Porto Alegre
Mexico
3.13 mil
Puebla
Haiti
3.13 mil
Port-au-Prince
North Korea
2.93 mil
Pyongyang
India
2.63 mil
Patna
Country
Population
City
United States
2.40 mil
Portland
Nigeria
2.28 mil
Port Harcourt
Pakistan
2.28 mil
Peshawar
Cambodia
2.18 mil
Phnom Penh
United States
2.08 mil
Pittsburgh
Australia
2.05 mil
Perth
Indonesia
1.69 mil
Palembang
Panama
1.51 mil
Panama City
Czech Republic
1.43 mil
Prague
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Level 82
Jan 27, 2013
Got Puebla, Peshawar and Patna... missed Phoenix... :P as I often do
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Level 75
Jun 8, 2017
I missed the bottom seven, but I'd never heard of them.
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Level 29
Jun 8, 2017
You never heard of "Prague"?
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Level 93
Feb 10, 2019
or panama?
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Level 82
May 6, 2019
I think Ander means the bottom 7 in the results list.
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Level 75
May 6, 2019
Yes, thank you, mwernerk. I just missed the same ones again, but since I took the quiz for the second time I can't say I've never heard of them. :)
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Level 67
Sep 17, 2020
You've never herd of Porto Alegre or Peshawar?
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Level 52
Mar 26, 2021
Peshawar is quite famous because of a certain guy who used to live there.
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Level 47
May 6, 2019
I live in a phoenix suburb and I forgot it lol
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Level 82
Dec 29, 2021
I think the fact that it starts with a different phoneme might make it harder to think of on this one.
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Level 52
Jun 6, 2014
When I take a quiz on U.S. Cities, I do great. When I take a quiz that involves U.S. Cities and international cities as well, I forget (or nearly forget) them.
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Level 52
Jun 6, 2014
The U.S. Cities, that is.
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Level 51
Jul 22, 2015
Same problem.
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Level 70
Apr 2, 2017
Same.
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Level 77
Aug 22, 2014
Got all of them up to the big 26% drop off. Then missed the rest.
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Level 46
Sep 27, 2014
7,3 mil for Philadelphia's metro area? The highest I could find was ~6 ...
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Level 14
Oct 12, 2014
prague is more known than Perth? Sad :(
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Level 71
Oct 12, 2014
why?
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Level 65
Oct 12, 2014
Prague has been around a little bit longer...
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Level 84
Jan 10, 2017
So funny to read comments like this. It's mostly common sense. Prague is an ancient city in the middle of Europe. Perth is a relatively new city (and I agree it's a great city), but it's in the middle of nowhere, very isolated.
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Level 56
Jul 27, 2018
Prague: capital of the Czech republic, centuries of history, one-time capital of the Holy Roman Empire, home of the Charles Bridge and other famous landmarks, tourist mecca, close to a bunch of other famous cities in Europe.

Perth: Biggest city in Western Australia, named after a place in Scotland, .... my mom has a friend who lives there?

I'm sure Perth is a great city, but it's no mystery why trivia quiz players have heard of/can think of Prague.

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Level 66
Aug 26, 2019
Lol at the "my mom has a friend who lives there?" Haha
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Level 66
Oct 13, 2014
How could I miss Perth and guess Puebla?
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Level 71
Aug 5, 2017
You live in Puebla?
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Level 66
Nov 2, 2014
I got Port Harcourt and Palembang but missed both phoenix and Portland
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Level 65
Jul 4, 2015
I get Palembang but miss Portland

*FACEPALM*

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Level 70
Jun 8, 2017
Yay I knew Port Harcourt, but missed Portland! (Picard-Facepalm)
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Level 56
Jun 8, 2017
No Chinese cities, only 2 Indian cities and I still manage to miss 5 (each of them in a different country).
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Level 67
Jun 8, 2017
Putian in Fujian, China is just below Prague at 1.38 million according to citypopulation.de
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Level 88
Jun 8, 2017
I knew it would be wrong, but I couldn't resist trying "Paulo, Sao" for Brazil! ;)
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Level 84
Jun 8, 2017
I tried "Porto Allegre", "Porto Allegro", "Porto Allegra"... why isn't it taking this? Oh, there's only one L. Son of a motherless goat.
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Level 77
Dec 25, 2018
Me too. Tried Puerto Alegre as well. Got the rest though (smug face).
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Level 45
May 10, 2019
Portuguese has double 'R' and double 'S', but has no double 'L'.
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Level 57
Jun 8, 2017
I "knew" Port-au-Prince, but I kept trying to write it "Puerto Principe" as it's also known!
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Level 33
Jun 9, 2017
Philadelphia has a population of 1.5 million...not 7 million
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Level 32
Jul 27, 2018
it's "urban area"
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Level 51
Jun 9, 2017
A map would make it easier
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Level 71
Aug 5, 2017
Especially if you could name the cities beginning with P and arrows pointing to their location.
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Level 57
Feb 8, 2019
The site you are using for this data is misleading. I am from Pittsburgh. There are not 2 million people in this city, unless you include every person who lives within 2 hours of the city limits. At most, Allegheny County, which includes more than just the City, has 1,000,000.
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Level 82
Apr 15, 2019
Are there surrounding areas where at least 15% of the population commutes one direction or the other for work? If so, then they are grouped together. Same standard for all of these cities.
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Level 66
Aug 26, 2019
Ow, I am glad my 6 is only 3 lower than the average! Thought I did way worse than others. In hindsight I have heard of the usa ones and haiti. Not sure if I would get them though.
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Level 43
Oct 28, 2019
Should accept Pittsburg
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Level 79
Jan 30, 2021
Aaaaarrgghh... Only forgot Porto Alegre
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Level 72
Mar 3, 2021
I actually tried Porto Alegre, but I spelled it with a double L. :-/ Well, now I know the correct spelling.
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Level 78
Mar 8, 2021
Missed Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria. 15/18 yields 4/5
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Level 55
Feb 24, 2022
Pittsburgh and Portland shouldn't be here.
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Level 70
Apr 14, 2022
what about pretoria? thought it def would be bigger than portland
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Level 39
May 26, 2022
Read the description. Pretoria is lumped with Johannesburg.
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Level 68
Jul 28, 2022
Prayagraj?
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Level 43
Feb 25, 2023
Got Palembang but missed Paris
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Level 64
Oct 10, 2023
16/18 missed pittsburgh