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Biggest cities in cardinal directions by continent, with a map

Name all cities with a population over 100,000, without any bigger further north, south, east or west, in the same continent. Population is given.
Urban area populations from citypopulation.de, March 2024.
Single continent versions here.
Transcontinental cities included in the continents with the highest part of their populations.
Easier version, with five biggest cities, here.
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Africa
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
22.5 M
Cairo
22.5 M
Cairo
22.5 M
Cairo
22.5 M
Cairo
6.20 M
Alexandria
20.7 M
Lagos
7.05 M
Khartoum
20.7 M
Lagos
4.77 M
Casablanca
15.6 M
Kinshasa
6.70 M
Nairobi
6.82 M
Abidjan
4.25 M
Algiers
14.6 M
Johannesburg
6.25 M
Dar es Salaam
5.45 M
Bamako
2.70 M
Tunis
4.97 M
Cape Town
3.05 M
Antananarivo
3.92 M
Dakar
342 k
Annaba
1.19 M
Port Elizabeth
325 k
Toamasina
137 k
Praia
154 k
Bizerte
188 k
Somerset West
189 k
Saint-Denis
 
 
 
 
 
 
173 k
Saint-Pierre
 
 
 
 
 
 
145 k
Port Louis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asia
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
70.1 M
Guangzhou
70.1 M
Guangzhou
70.1 M
Guangzhou
70.1 M
Guangzhou
41.0 M
Tokyo
29.2 M
Jakarta
41.0 M
Tokyo
34.6 M
Delhi
25.1 M
Seoul
6.95 M
Bandung
2.50 M
Sapporo
27.1 M
Mumbai
21.2 M
Beijing
5.90 M
Surabaya
329 k
Asahikawa
20.9 M
Karachi
8.70 M
Shenyang
1.78 M
Yogyakarta
181 k
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
16.5 M
Tehran
5.45 M
Harbin
1.75 M
Malang
166 k
Obihiro
7.65 M
Baghdad
1.86 M
Novosibirsk
1.19 M
Denpasar
165 k
Kushiro
6.00 M
Amman
1.86 M
Yekaterinburg
315 k
Kupang
164 k
Petropavlovsk
5.15 M
Ankara
847 k
Tyumen
 
 
 
 
3.00 M
Izmir
396 k
Surgut
 
 
 
 
185 k
Menemen
355 k
Yakutsk
 
 
 
 
143 k
Çanakkale
174 k
Norilsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Europe
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
19.1 M
Moscow
19.1 M
Moscow
19.1 M
Moscow
19.1 M
Moscow
6.50 M
Saint Petersburg
15.9 M
Istanbul
1.66 M
Nizhny Novgorod
15.9 M
Istanbul
1.53 M
Helsinki
6.65 M
Madrid
1.59 M
Kazan
14.9 M
London
359 k
Tampere
3.57 M
Athens
1.37 M
Samara
6.65 M
Madrid
301 k
Arkhangelsk
1.30 M
Seville
1.23 M
Ufa
2.50 M
Lisbon
270 k
Murmansk
1.09 M
Malaga
1.09 M
Perm
242 k
Reykjavik
 
 
480 k
Valletta
410 k
Magnitogorsk
 
 
 
 
162 k
Heraklion
161 k
Zlatoust
 
 
 
 
114 k
Pervouralsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North-America
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
25.1 M
Mexico City
25.1 M
Mexico City
25.1 M
Mexico City
25.1 M
Mexico City
22.0 M
New York
4.22 M
Puebla
22.0 M
New York
17.6 M
Los Angeles
9.65 M
Chicago
3.85 M
Santo Domingo
7.70 M
Boston
7.45 M
San Francisco
7.70 M
Boston
3.35 M
Guatemala City
3.85 M
Santo Domingo
3.07 M
Vancouver
7.70 M
Toronto
2.45 M
San José
1.91 M
San Juan
363 k
Victoria
4.47 M
Seattle
1.14 M
Panama City
348 k
Halifax
249 k
Anchorage
3.07 M
Vancouver
205 k
La Chorrera
251 k
Les Abymes
 
 
1.46 M
Calgary
103 k
David
185 k
St. John's
1.43 M
Edmonton
 
 
 
 
249 k
Anchorage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oceania
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
5.00 M
Melbourne
5.00 M
Melbourne
5.00 M
Melbourne
5.00 M
Melbourne
4.97 M
Sydney
377 k
Christchurch
4.97 M
Sydney
2.25 M
Perth
3.35 M
Brisbane
102 k
Dunedin
3.35 M
Brisbane
 
 
853 k
Honolulu
 
 
1.48 M
Auckland
 
118 k
Kailua
 
 
853 k
Honolulu
 
 
 
 
 
137 k
Papeete
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South-America
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
22.1 M
São Paulo
22.1 M
São Paulo
22.1 M
São Paulo
22.1 M
São Paulo
12.5 M
Rio de Janeiro
16.7 M
Buenos Aires
12.5 M
Rio de Janeiro
16.7 M
Buenos Aires
11.8 M
Lima
1.89 M
Montevideo
3.67 M
Recife
11.8 M
Lima
10.4 M
Bogotá
852 k
La Plata
1.19 M
João Pessoa
3.30 M
Guayaquil
4.27 M
Medellín
722 k
Concepción
 
 
547 k
Piura
3.82 M
Caracas
626 k
Mar del Plata
258 k
Manta
2.80 M
Maracaibo
395 k
Neuquén
112 k
La Libertad
2.32 M
Barranquilla
215 k
Comodoro Rivadavia
 
 
496 k
Santa Marta
125 k
Punta Arenas
 
 
231 k
Coro
 
 
 
 
163 k
Riohacha
 
 
154 k
Punto Fijo
 
 
 
 
 
 
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