Biggest -burg cities

Name the biggest cities whose name ends in -burg, -burgh or -bourg.
By city proper population!
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Last updated: April 14, 2018
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Population
Country
City
5,3 million
Russia
Saint Petersburg
1,8 million
Germany
Hamburg
1,5 million
Russia
Yekaterinburg
960,000
South Africa
Johannesburg
560,000
Russia
Orenburg
520,000
Sweden
Gothenburg
490,000
Germany
Duisburg
470,000
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
300,000
United States
Pittsburgh
290,000
Germany
Augsburg
280,000
France
Strasbourg
260,000
United States
St. Petersburg, Florida
230,000
Germany
Freiburg
230,000
Germany
Magdeburg
220,000
South Africa
Pietermaritzburg
210,000
Netherlands
Tilburg
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Level 90
Dec 18, 2017
Nuremburg?
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Level 85
Dec 18, 2017
berg
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Level 90
Dec 18, 2017
Good point. Still, it seems like it should be included.
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Level 82
Dec 19, 2017
Thanks for the comments! I debated whether to add more variants like -berg, -borg, -burgo and -boro(ugh)... Ended up just leaving the most obvious ones for simplicity. Although the endings are similar, they do have a different etymology -- berg means "mountain" whereas burg means "castle".
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Level 20
Apr 13, 2018
Could you accept Goteborg for Gothenburg?
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Level 82
Apr 14, 2018
Done.