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Countries whose capital is not their largest city

Can you name all the countries that have atleast one city that is actually bigger than their capital city?
In some cases the capital and the bigger city are part of the same metropolitan area
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Australia
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
China
Côte d'Ivoire
Ecuador
Equatorial Guinea
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India
Kazakhstan
Liechtenstein
Malta
(Federated States of) Micronesia
Morocco
Myanmar
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Palau
Philippines
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San Marino
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United States
Vietnam
CardinalSin
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Level 77
Apr 12, 2020
Burundi?
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Apr 12, 2020
I did some digging, and both Gitega and Bujumbura sometimes get credited as being the capital (sometimes both sometimes one or the other). Apparently Gitega is the political capital and Bujumbura the economic, but still the seat of the government and still the official capita according to one wikipedia page. Quite contradicting at times. Since the page for Gitega says it is the capital..

And also not unimportant :

Ikiyaga Tanganyika kiri mu burengero bw’Uburundi kiri hafi y’umurwa mukuru Bujumbura kikaba ari ica kabiri kw’isi gifise munsi kure cane. :)

Well that settles it doesn't it? (the gist of it is, that Bujumbura is the capital)

Sifhraven
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Level 67
Apr 12, 2020
But even if the page about Burundi in Kirundi called Bujumbura the capital I think you are correct and since 2019 Gitega is the capital. I will add Burundi :) Going to the source usually is very helpfull, but not if they aren't kept up to date ;)

It must just not have been up dated, because the page for Bujumbura does state that Gitega is the capital and Bujumbura is only the economic capital ( both in English as well as in Kirundi ;) )

vermiciousknid
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Level 88
Apr 25, 2020
Good quiz. I'm surprised about San Marino, I always assumed it was just one municipality.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
May 7, 2020
Thanks :) It was an interesting fact to me too, to be honest I had never really thought about it, hadn't assumed anything about it one way or another :) It is nice to learn a bit more about them.
JustBeYourSelf
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Level 20
Sep 1, 2020
9 answers i got. Great quiz
jbro
+2
Level 68
Sep 10, 2020
Love this quiz!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 1, 2021
Thnx :)
PjotrL
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Level 74
Oct 23, 2020
Hi! Not sure if you are using city proper or metropolitan area. IF you're using the metro, than Tel Aviv would be larger than Jerusalem and Israel can be added. If you use city proper however, than Brussels is famously small and Belgium can be added. :)
ThatOneMM2Player
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Level 43
Nov 14, 2020
Nauru should be added.
SpaghettiMonster
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Level 27
Nov 24, 2020
Well, that's pretty contestable. Indeed, Nauru hasn't got an official capital+ the assumable capital isn't really a city. Whether Yeren is the de facto capital or Aiwo, seems not to be that clear to me, also.
AnnikaKim
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Level 62
Jun 26, 2021
I thought about Nauru too. But the instruction says, "Can you name all the countries that have at least one city that is actually bigger than their capital city?" and Nauru does not have any cities at all.
Heist
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Level 74
Sep 6, 2023
Brilliant idea for a quiz, and very challenging for me but thank you!
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