Largest City by 25 Largest Islands Map Quiz

For each of the world's 25 largest islands, name the largest city on the island.
By metro population.
The first letter will be revealed from the start for the more obscure cities.
Map attribution: Al MacDonald [2]/ twitter account @F1LT3R [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Last updated: December 21, 2020
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Islands
Cities
Population
Greenland
Nuuk
17,316
New Guinea
Port Moresby
410,954
Borneo
Kuching
684,112
Madagascar
Antananarivo
1,613,375
Baffin Island
Iqaluit
6,699
Sumatra
Medan
4,103,696
Honshu
Tokyo
37,800,000
Victoria Island
Cambridge Bay
1,477
Great Britain
London
13,879,757
Ellesmere Island
Grise Fiord
150
Sulawesi
Makassar
1,976,168
South Island
Christchurch
389,700
Java
Jakarta
30,214,303
Islands
Cities
Population
North Island
Auckland
1,614,300
Luzon
Manila
12,877,253
Newfoundland
St. John's
106,172
Cuba
Havana
2,106,146
Iceland
Reykjavik
130,345
Mindanao
Davao
2,516,216
Ireland
Dublin
1,904,806
Hokkaido
Sapporo
1,918,096
Hispaniola
Port-au-Prince
2,618,894
Sakhalin
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
181,728
Banks Island
Sachs Harbour
112
Sri Lanka
Colombo
5,648,000
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Level 77
Oct 6, 2018
Great quiz and really tricky.
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Level 49
Dec 22, 2018
I missed five of them but really it was four because i just misspelled one of them.
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Level 60
Sep 11, 2020
Santo Domingo is more populated than Port-au-Prince.
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Level 70
Sep 11, 2020
Depends how you measure population.
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Level 58
Dec 20, 2020
Banks island and Victoria island are mixed up on the map
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Level 70
Dec 21, 2020
Fixed, thank you. This quiz could use an overhaul, but for now I'll stick with the quick fix.
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Level 66
Jan 26, 2021
What is the projection used?
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Level 70
Jan 26, 2021
Unfortunately I did not make the map, so it's hard to be sure. It is most likely the Winkel-Tripel projection, after further research.