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Biggest northernmost and southernmost cities

Name all cities, with a population over 10,000, without any bigger city further north, or further south. Latitude and population are given.
Urban area populations from citypopulation.de, January 2024.
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Last updated: January 13, 2024
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First submittedDecember 25, 2021
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Northernmost
Latitude
Pop
City
23°07'N
67.8 M
Guangzhou
35°41'N
40.8 M
Tokyo
37°33'N
24.9 M
Seoul
40°42'N
23.1 M
New York
55°45'N
18.8 M
Moscow
59°56'N
6.40 M
Saint Petersburg
60°10'N
1.51 M
Helsinki
61°15'N
396 k
Surgut
62°01'N
355 k
Yakutsk
64°32'N
301 k
Arkhangelsk
68°58'N
270 k
Murmansk
69°20'N
174 k
Norilsk
69°40'N
41.9 k
Tromsø
69°58'N
15.9 k
Alta
Southernmost
Latitude
Pop
City
23°07'N
67.8 M
Guangzhou
6°12'S
28.9 M
Jakarta
23°33'S
23.0 M
São Paulo
34°26'S
16.7 M
Buenos Aires
37°48'S
4.95 M
Melbourne
38°00'S
626 k
Mar del Plata
38°57'S
395 k
Neuquén
43°31'S
377 k
Christchurch
45°51'S
215 k
Comodoro Rivadavia
53°10'S
125 k
Punta Arenas
53°47'S
88.7 k
Río Grande
54°48'S
74.9 k
Ushuaia
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Level 77
Dec 25, 2021
Thank you. A quiz which makes one think.
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Level 50
May 2, 2022
Wait, where did you get that New York City has 21 million people?I’m pretty sure that population is the whole state of New York and NYC population is around 9-10 million
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Level 67
May 2, 2022
As written in the caveat, this is the urban area population, not city proper, from citypopulation.de.
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Level 60
Aug 2, 2022
Cool idea! Nominated.
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Level 67
Aug 3, 2022
Thanks!