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Biggest Cities of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with an estimated population of over 3,000 in 1618?
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Population figures are based off different approximates according to a bunch of a different sources.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
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Population
City
 
44k
Smoleńsk
 
40k
Gdańsk
 
40k
Wilno
 
28k
Kraków
 
20k
Poznań
 
20k
Toruń
 
15k
Elbląg
 
15k
Iași
 
15k
Königsberg
 
14k
Kijów
 
12k
Lwów
 
12k
Warsaw
 
10k
Riga
 
8k
Suceava
 
7k
Mińsk
 
6k
Przemyśl
 
6k
Świdnik
 
5k
Bochnia
Population
City
5k
Braniewo
5k
Bydgoszcz
5k
Dorpat
5k
Gniezno
5k
Jarosław
5k
Kazimierz Dolny
5k
Lublin
5k
Malbork
5k
Nowy Sącz
5k
Olkusz
5k
Płock
5k
Sandomierz
5k
Witebsk
5k
Zamość
4k
Grodno
4k
Głuchów
4k
Nieżyn
4k
Połock
Population
City
4k
Starodub
4k
Żytomierz
3k
Cîmpulung Moldovenesc
3k
Chełmno
3k
Częstochowa
3k
Ejszyszki
3k
Galați
3k
Kalisz
3k
Kowno
3k
Memel
3k
Marienwerder
3k
Leszno
3k
Mitau
3k
Połtawa
3k
Putywl
3k
Rzeszów
3k
Tilsit
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Level 44
Jul 9, 2023
Świdnik seems to be a joke. I cant find any article about swidnik to be the signuficant city in RON
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Level 55
Jul 9, 2023
Paul Bairoch estimates the population of said city at 6k in 1600 in his book "La Population Des Villes Europeennes". It's true though that discrepancies can happen and that estimates should always be taken with a grain of salt.
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Level 65
Sep 10, 2023
Welp, managed to miss Warsaw somehow.