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Biggest Cities of the Ottoman Empire in 1800 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the biggest cities with an estimated population of over 20,000 in the Ottoman Empire in 1800?
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Population figures are based off different approximates according to a bunch of a different sources. Mostly from La population des villes européennes, 800-1850 by Paul Bairoch
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
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Population
Cities
Eyalets
570k
Constantinople
Constantinople
210k
Cairo
Egypt
125k
Smyrna
Anatolia
120k
Tunis
Tunis
100k
Adrianople
Rumelia
90k
Damascus
Damascus
80k
Baghdad
Baghdad
80k
Erzurum
Erzurum
73k
Algiers
Algiers
70k
Aleppo
Aleppo
70k
Bursa
Anatolia
62k
Salonica
Rumelia
60k
Basra
Basra
50k
Bucharest
Wallachia
50k
Hama
Aleppo
46k
Sofya
Rumelia
40k
Saraybosna
Bosnia
40k
Scutari
Scutari
Population
Cities
Eyalets
38k
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır
35k
Afyonkarahisar
Anatolia
35k
Aydın
Anatolia
34k
Mosul
Mosul
31k
Mecca
Habesh
31k
Sivas
Sivas
30k
Angora
Anatolia
30k
Filibe
Rumelia
30k
Izmail
Silistra
30k
Kars
Kars
30k
Kastamonu
Anatolia
30k
Konya
Karaman
30k
Malatya
Dulkadir
30k
Siroz
Rumelia
30k
Tokat
Sivas
27k
Tarsus
Adana
26k
Belgrade
Rumelia
Population
Cities
Eyalets
26k
Bitlis
Van
25k
Asyut
Egypt
25k
Ayvalık
Anatolia
25k
Damietta
Egypt
25k
Homs
Tripoli
25k
İznik
Anatolia
25k
Jeddah
Habesh
25k
Kayseri
Karaman
25k
Trebizond
Trebizond
25k
Vidin
Rumelia
22k
Akka
Sidon
20k
Constantine
Algiers
20k
Jassy
Moldavia
20k
Pürzerrin
Scutari
20k
Şanlıurfa
Rakka
20k
Tripoli
Tripolitania
20k
Yanina
Yanina
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Level 67
Aug 25, 2023
Great Quiz and Map!

I thought Alexandria would be here

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Level 55
Aug 25, 2023
Thanks! Alexandria had fallen into decline a few centuries before and would be nothing more but a small town of only about 4,000 people by 1798. Later into the 19th century, the city would experience a major revival, eventually becoming one of the biggest cities in Africa today. By 1850, the city population was recorded at about 138,000 people.
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Level 67
Aug 25, 2023
Wow thanks for the insight!

I thought that since after all it probably was the first city to reach 1M people ever.