Statistics for Cities Named After People

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City	...named after	Country of that city	% Correct
Alexandria	Alexander the Great	Egypt	99%
Athens	Athena	Greece	97%
Rome	Romulus	Italy	97%
St.Petersburg	Peter the Great	Russia	96%
Sao Paulo	Saint Paul	Brazil	95%
Georgetown	King George III of the United Kingdom	Guyana	88%
Nashville	Francis Nash	United States	88%
San Francisco	Saint Francis	United States	86%
Monrovia	James Monroe	Liberia	85%
Brazzaville	Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza	Congo	84%
Christchurch	Jesus Christ	New Zealand	84%
Bucharest	Bucur (a legendary shepherd)	Romania	83%
Port Moresby	Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby	Papua New Guinea	82%
Santo Domingo	Saint Dominic	Dominican Republic	78%
Port Louis	Louis XV of France	Mauritius	60%
Lisbon	Ulysses	Portugal	57%
Yekaterinburg	Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Catherine I of Russia	Russia	52%
Charleroi	Charles II of Spain	Belgium	47%
Lviv	Leo I of Halych	Ukraine	34%