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Biggest World Cities by Letter - M

Name the most populous urban areas that start with the letter M.
Urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2019
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Last updated: February 13, 2019
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First submittedFebruary 13, 2012
Times taken92,212
Average score70.0%
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Country
Population
City
Philippines
25.2 mil
Manila
India
24.7 mil
Mumbai
Mexico
22.8 mil
Mexico City
Russia
17.2 mil
Moscow
Spain
6.45 mil
Madrid
United States
6.35 mil
Miami
Italy
5.20 mil
Milan
Mexico
4.93 mil
Monterrey
Australia
4.85 mil
Melbourne
Canada
4.25 mil
Montreal
Country
Population
City
Colombia
3.95 mil
Medellín
Indonesia
3.95 mil
Medan
Iran
3.15 mil
Mashhad
United States
3.15 mil
Minneapolis
United Kingdom
3.05 mil
Manchester
Mozambique
2.88 mil
Maputo
Venezuela
2.60 mil
Maracaibo
Germany
2.28 mil
Munich
Brazil
2.18 mil
Manaus
Saudi Arabia
2.08 mil
Mecca
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Level 74
Feb 28, 2014
Managua, Nicaragua has a population of 2,408,000
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Level ∞
Jul 24, 2014
1.28 million, according to citypopulation.de.
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Level 70
May 28, 2016
And Maseru, Lesotho, and Mbabane, Swaziland,too. I know I am just joking okay I am not that stupid.
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Level 69
Sep 20, 2014
Thank you Brazil 2014. Since then, I do a bit better on those brazilian cities.
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Level 69
Nov 23, 2014
I guess the letter M doesn't exist in Mandarin and Cantonese
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Level 44
Feb 26, 2015
Only V is missing from the chinese dictionary.
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Level 38
Jun 21, 2016
i got pissed off at united states lol miami and minneapolis :/
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Level 82
Aug 3, 2016
Got all bar one without any trouble, but this is the first time I'm hearing of Multan.
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Level 82
Apr 30, 2018
Almost two years later and I remember Multan this time. I still only know it because of this quiz.
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Level 82
Jul 10, 2019
and now it's not on the quiz anymore. All that learning for nothing!
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Level 27
Nov 11, 2020
No learning is senseless!
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Level 68
Jan 10, 2017
Got Mashhad but missed Miami... Go figure.
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Level 61
Jan 10, 2017
I spent two minutes trying to remember Monterrey but couldn't get it; it was on the tip of my tongue the whole time. Then I looked below that and saw that I had forgotten to enter Montreal. Woops.
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Level 60
Dec 8, 2023
Some would say that Your Mind Went Blank.
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Level 45
Mar 20, 2017
Got them all. Minneapolis my hardest.
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Level 67
May 3, 2017
what about mogadishu!
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Level 56
May 22, 2017
What about Mustvee? It has like 1300 inhabitants?!
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Level 24
May 23, 2017
Nowhere near the requirements. Even my city Lathrop is more populous than that.
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Level 60
Dec 8, 2023
It seems to be sarcasm.
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Level 82
Jan 17, 2019
Is that anywhere near Mustseeteevee?
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Level 27
Jan 17, 2019
lol
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Level 65
May 22, 2017
Mogadishu: 2.4m?
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Level 65
May 22, 2017
I missed Miami, even though my dad lives there! haha
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Level 82
May 22, 2017
Must have misspelled Maracaibo. Only missed that one and Multan, which I don't remember ever hearing before.
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Level 59
May 22, 2017
I am surprised that people haven't heard about this city which is famous for saints, sufism and is one of the oldest cities in south asia. it even existed before the foundation of Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city. It held much importance in the cultural, economic and political arena of south asia before british rule.
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Level 82
Mar 11, 2019
Looks like it got pushed off by Mecca. I've definitely heard of Mecca, which was home to slightly more famous religious kooks than Multan.
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Level 68
May 23, 2017
Manakau.
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Level 52
May 27, 2017
Got Maracaibo... didn't get Mumbai
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Level 67
May 30, 2017
Is there a Sultan in Multan?
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Level 60
Jan 19, 2018
No, but their cricket team in Pakistan Super League is called "Multan Sultans".
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Level 59
Jan 7, 2021
my guy
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Level 64
Apr 29, 2018
These must be wrong because there are not more people in Miami than Chicago or LA.
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Level 58
Oct 18, 2018
I love you Jackthepoop. I was thinking the same thing about London being bigger than Manchester in the UK. Crazy or what!
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Level 75
Mar 11, 2019
Cities must begin with the letter M.
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Level 77
Feb 13, 2019
Blanking on Miami and Manaus. Should have gotten them all.
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Level 77
Feb 19, 2019
Missed Medan and Mashhad!
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Level 28
Feb 20, 2019
When you spell it Monterry. :(
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Level 36
Mar 11, 2019
Miami! So close!
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Level 65
Mar 11, 2019
Big surprise, but relief also, that none of chinese and only one indian city have made the list.
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Level 66
Mar 11, 2019
Sigh... got all but one... MIAMI
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Level 45
Mar 16, 2019
I’m surprised Montevideo didn’t make this list
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Level 65
Mar 25, 2024
I'm not
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Level 71
Apr 19, 2019
This wasn't even dominated by China and India!
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Level 38
Sep 15, 2019
No Multan??
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Level 65
Mar 25, 2024
Just missed, it used to be on here too
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Level 50
Apr 23, 2020
I got every thing exept for Manchester and

Mashhad

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Level 37
May 14, 2020
I get Maracaibo, but I miss Munich... which I was studying not even an hour ago
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Level 76
Sep 3, 2020
City proper vs MSA always gets me with US cities cause I know that Memphis, TN is much bigger than Miami and Minneapolis, when using city proper. But of course, it doesn't absorb nearly as many towns
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Level 65
Mar 25, 2024
Proof why city proper is silly though, Miami being smaller than Memphis lol
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Level 32
Nov 30, 2020
i thought mashhad would be rare and it was
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Level 14
Jul 22, 2021
You forgot Marseille its more than 1M in the source
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Level 63
Feb 7, 2022
I missed my own city. I feel like a moron.
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Level 73
Jan 29, 2023
Ugh. I missed Mecca and six other cities that I have never heard of, sorry. I scored 13/20.
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Level 60
Mar 19, 2023
20/20 nice quiz
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Level 50
Aug 25, 2023
The numbers are completely wrong, there is no way that Manila has bigger population than Mumbai or Mexico city, the same thing with milan for example, its population is about 1.5 mil so nowhere near 5mil.....
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Level 65
Mar 25, 2024
Please don't be a useless complainer, guys. Read the caveat, check the source, and don't act so self-righteous. And DEFINITELY don't use the first Google result. The numbers aren't wrong, you are :)
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Level 75
Jan 12, 2024
Urban. Area. Population.

It's different from city proper. It's spelled out in the description at the top. A source is given. Check it up yourself, before commenting with "I cannot believe you didn't include *blank* because there is absolutely no way it has fewer people than *blank* and I have no source to back up my claim but I just know you're wrong!"