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Biggest City by Geographic Location

See if you can name the 100 largest cities in a specified geographic location.
There will be some repeated cities
*Any form of 'Saint' is included
McMurdo Station has been given to you due to it's negligible population
Some regions have varying outlines and borders, so I tried to use different data to compare and remove less obvious regions. Still, if you feel there is a problem, feel free to let me know in the comments.
Quiz by Potatoe1187
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Last updated: April 17, 2022
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First submittedApril 3, 2022
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Group
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City
Continent
Asia
Guangzhou
Africa
Lagos
Europe
Istanbul
North America
Mexico City
South America
São Paulo
Oceania
Sydney
Antarctica
McMurdo Stn
Countries
India
Delhi
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Algeria
Algiers
Romania
Bucharest
Sweden
Stockholm
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
Peru
Lima
Suriname
Paramaribo
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Fiji
Suva
Oceans and Seas
Pacific
Tokyo
Atlantic
New York City
Indian
Mumbai
Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Caspian Sea
Baku
South China Sea
Manila
Red Sea
Jeddah
Adriatic Sea
Bari
Black Sea
Istanbul
North Sea
London
Gulf of Mexico
Houston
Baltic Sea
St. Petersburg
Gulf of Guinea
Lagos
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Lakes
Lake Superior
Duluth
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Lake Titicaca
Puno
Lake Maracaibo
Maracaibo
Lake Geneva
Geneva
Lake Baikal
Irkutsk
Lake Victoria
Kampala
Lake Nicaragua
Granada
Rivers
Danube
Budapest
Thames
London
Mississippi
Memphis
Amazon
Manaus
Volga
Kazan
Congo
Kinshasa
Niger
Bamako
Indus
Karachi
Tigris
Baghdad
Group
Hint
City
Mountain Ranges
Andes
Bogota
Alps
Grenoble
Rocky
Denver
Himalayas
Kathmandu
Caucasus
Baku
Islands
Java
Jakarta
Sumatra
Medan
Honshu
Tokyo
Kyushu
Fukuoka
Luzon
Manila
Sicily
Palermo
Hispaniola
Santo Domingo
Greenland
Nuuk
Iceland
Reykjavik
Regions
Baltic States
Riga
The Outback
Alice Springs
Central Asia
Tashkent
Siberia
Novosibirsk
Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa
Polynesia
Auckland
Melanesia
Port Moresby
Balkans
Istanbul
Tibet
Lhasa
Names
* 'Saint' City
São Paulo
4 Letters
Lima
5 Letters
Tokyo
6 Letters
Manila
Two Words
Mexico City
Three Words
New York City
Languages
Mandarin
Beijing
Korean
Seoul
Hindi
Delhi
Tamil
Chennai
Marathi
Mumbai
Arabic
Cairo
Swahili
Dar es Salaam
Wu
Shanghai
Italian
Milan
Peninsulas
Yucatan
Mérida
Iberian
Madrid
Florida
Jacksonville
Anatolia
Istanbul
Deccan
Mumbai
Scandinavia
Stockholm
First Level Subdivisions
Texas
Houston
Montana
Billings
Alberta
Calgary
Wales
Cardiff
Western Australia
Perth
Xinjiang
Ürümqi
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Level 65
Apr 4, 2022
If I've made a mistake or if you have a suggestion, please let me know in the comments. Thanks!
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Level 65
Apr 17, 2022
Quiz has been updated, unfortunately quiz stats have been reset.
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Level 77
Apr 4, 2022
Thank you - it's a good quiz. If I may make a few comments/suggestions. Firstly, I think it could do with an extra minute - I certainly didn't get to the end, though admittedly I was eating an orange at the time. Isn't Istanbul bigger than Moscow (Europe Qn)? The India answer should be Delhi, rather than New Delhi. The Mediterranean is in the wrong place - should be with Seas, not Rivers. Lilongwe is not on the shore of Lake Malawi - I suspect that the answer to that question is Karonga or perhaps Nkhotakota. The Mountain Ranges and Deserts questions are difficult as their boundaries are unclear. For example, I don't think that Wien is in the Alps. Finally isn't Sao Paulo bigger than St Petersburg? If you meant the city had to be strictly "saint" in English, you should have said so.
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Level 65
Apr 4, 2022
Yeah this quiz had been pretty annoying to make but I'll look over it again, certainly would not be surprised if I made more mistakes.
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Level 61
Apr 9, 2022
This quiz is impressive, and it was a lot of fun -- thanks for all the work you put into making this! The only answer I noticed that I think is off was Detroit. Detroit is close to Lake Erie but not actually on it; it's more accurately on Lake St. Clair. I think the biggest city on Lake Erie would be Cleveland?
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Level 65
Apr 17, 2022
Yeah, you seem to be right. I'll change the answer.
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Level 77
Apr 5, 2022
This is a really cool quiz only thing is I think you should use urban areas and not city proper for american cities (such as Jacksonville being the largest city in Florida)
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Level 67
Apr 9, 2022
Cool quiz.

I disagree with your answer for three words, though, as officially that place has a name that is only two words (the third word is a colloquial add-on).

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Level 67
Apr 9, 2022
This would also make the correct answer to that question kind of fun.
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Level 67
Apr 9, 2022
Also, Mexico City is technically three words in its own language, so you might want to specify that the English name is used for all answers.
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Level 71
Apr 9, 2022
You forgot Lake Ontario and Toronto.
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Level 65
Apr 10, 2022
I wasn’t trying to do every Great Lake, just some random worldwide ones.
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Level 81
Apr 9, 2022
Awesome quiz! 5⭐ and nominated!

One minor quibble/question: I'm a bit confused about the answer of Bengaluru for the Deccan Peninsula. I will agree that it's unquestionably the biggest city on the Deccan Plateau. However the Deccan Peninsula (which I would argue is a far less common term) really encompasses pretty much all of southern India. For example, the Encyclopedia Britannica defines it as "the entire southern peninsula of India south of the Narmada River."

Per that definition, I would submit that Mumbai would be included and should qualify as the largest city?

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Level 65
Apr 10, 2022
I tried to do something less common, as a challenge, but I suppose that messed me up as there’s not that much info on the peninsula. I’ll look at the source and update the quiz along with the other suggestions.

Thanks!

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Level 62
Apr 24, 2024
Karachi is not directly on the Indus river but is instead located on a mouth of a river right next to the Indus
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Level 70
Apr 24, 2024
You've restricted the Alps to Grenoble, so why do you consider Baku to be part of the Caucasus?
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Level 94
Apr 24, 2024
Great quiz! I had much fun, even if I could not finish it within the given time.

One point though: Istanbul as far as I know does not touch the Black Sea. It's actually located on the Marmara Sea side of the Bosporus strait. Unless you are considering the Bosporus strait itself as Black Sea, but that would be even more debatable.

All in all, I think this answer should be changed to (probably) Odessa in Ukraine.

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Level 82
Apr 24, 2024
I think this could still use another minute. Also, I'm struggling to see how London is on the North Sea -- even the outer suburbs are at least 25 miles inland.
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Level 46
Apr 24, 2024
A couple of the answers are pretty dubious.

Alps definitions vs Caucus (Baku is the lowest capital city in the world and by no means in the mountains)

Worst offender though is putting London on the North Sea- it's never been considered a coastal city of any kind ever. If it's close enough, then Guangzhou, a mere 50 km from the South China Sea, should beat out Manila