Manaus has 2.2 million in city proper, and Belém 1.5. The urban areas respectively place the 11th (with 2.7 million) and 14th (with 2.5 million) place of the country.
I guess because 3 years after leaving the first comment, I still missed one or more Brazilian cities. Also... had long wanted to visit Brazil for a while for other reasons. Never even been to South America. I'm sure that was part of my thinking.
I'm also sure you'll be happy to know that 2.5 years after leaving the 2nd comment, though, and I got all of the right answers this time. I didn't even have to go to Brazil to learn them.
I am surprised Buenos Aires is bigger than Rio. Sorta thought it was the other way around. Those Brazilian cities.. at least there aren't as many as in China, although they are almost as tricky. World Cup was really good for geography trivia.
Manaus is the 7th biggest city of Brazil, considering the city proper, and the urban area is really small in comparison. Maybe people are guessing the cities of 2014 World Cup.
Also, Manaus is easily recognizable for me because it's the only major city in the Amazon. I get confused by the exact locations of many of these Brazilian cities, but Manaus sticks out like a thumb.
Belém os also a big city on the Amazon. Both Manaus and Belém are the only cities on Brazilian Amazon, with +1m inhabitants. The metro area is small in comparison, though :)
Kept trying Manaus as well. Got them all in the end though. Could be a difference between city vs. metro area. Porto Alegre has a much bigger metro area population.
Manaus is in Amazonas, near the center of South America, so next time, if you see coastal cities, just for you to know its not Manaus. Its a really fun thing because Manaus and Cuiaba as well are usually really lonely cities, in the middle of no where haha
really easy, but I was struggling on my last one (Recife) which I thought was Natal, and I was trying to remember what was the other city REALLY close to Natal, and yeah I finally remembered it was Recife.
The ancient name of the city was "São Salvador da Baia de Todos os Santos", meaning "Saint Savior of the Bay of All Saints" but nowadays its name is only Salvador.
I'm also sure you'll be happy to know that 2.5 years after leaving the 2nd comment, though, and I got all of the right answers this time. I didn't even have to go to Brazil to learn them.
Sicerely, a Brazilian fella
Only reason I knew Porto Alegre.