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Biggest Cities in the Balkans on a Map

Can you name the 44 most populous cities in the geographically and culturally defined region of the Balkans?
Romania is often included in the Balkans, more as a result of its culture rather than geography, seeing as very little of the country actually lies in the Balkan Peninsula. I have chosen to omit Romania, for subjective reasons
By urban area using Wikipedia and citypopulation.de as sources
Quiz by Jiaozira
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Last updated: November 17, 2020
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Country
Pop
City
15.1 m
Istanbul
3.16 m
Athens
1.24 m
Sofia
1.23 m
Belgrade
1.08 m
Zagreb
805 k
Thessaloniki
509 k
Skopje
419 k
Sarajevo
418 k
Tirana
346 k
Plovdiv
336 k
Varna
295 k
Ljubljana
277 k
Novi Sad
240 k
Split
235 k
Çorlu
Country
Pop
City
213 k
Rijeka
202 k
Burgas
195 k
Patras
187 k
Niš
174 k
Tekirdağ
165 k
Edirne
157 k
Heraklion
150 k
Kragujevac
150 k
Podgorica
149 k
Ruse
145 k
Pristina
144 k
Larissa
138 k
Stara Zagora
138 k
Banja Luka
137 k
Silivri
Country
Pop
City
130 k
Volos
125 k
Çerkezköy
113 k
Durrës
106 k
Pleven
105 k
Lüleburgaz
105 k
Subotica
97.7 k
Kapaklı
96.2 k
Maribor
91.6 k
Sliven
88.5 k
Chania
88.2 k
Dobrich
85.8 k
Ioannina
85.1 k
Prizren
84.1 k
Osijek
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Level 70
Nov 17, 2020
A small portion of Romania is included in the Balkan region, and I would argue it has a greater resemblance both culturally and historically to its Balkan neighbours, however I made the decision not to include it in this quiz.
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Level 70
Nov 17, 2020
I spent the most time percentage-wise just finding the populations of these cities the best I could, but if you see any flaws in the city sizes, please be sure to let me know. I want my numbers to reflect the number of people who live in the greater urbanised area, however I dislike citypopulation.de's agglomorations for their extreme liberties when finding the general urban population, as they tend to extend city borders over rural, depopulated land in order to group unrelated cities together.
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Level 51
Nov 17, 2020
Got 15!
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Level 55
Nov 17, 2020
I got 15 as well. Nice quiz
+1
Level 70
Nov 17, 2020
Thank you!
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Level 51
Nov 17, 2020
Got 17 this time!
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Level 57
Nov 18, 2020
wow, fantastic map! love how you used country flags as well in the grid, much more pleasant to the eyes. a suggestion - maybe add the ocean to the map?
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Level 70
Nov 18, 2020
Thank you very much, I find that adding flags makes the layout of the quiz overall to be much more palatable. I chose not to include the sea, as I like the more smplistic design it gives the map, although I have been experimenting with new ways to draw the ocean which I may try out in a similar style quiz I'm making.