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Cities where the Nearest City is on Another Country

Name the cities where the nearest city is on another country
"City" refers to those with over 1 million urban agglomeration population in 2020. Amalgamated metropolitans sited in other sources (e.g. Guangzhou-Shenzhen, The Ruhr) are treated as separate cities here
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Country
City
Closest City
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Argentina
Mendoza
Santiago
Canada
Toronto
Cleveland
Canada
Vancouver
Seattle
China
Ürümqi
Almaty
Congo
Brazzaville
Kinshasa
DR Congo
Bukavu
Bujumbura
DR Congo
Kinshasa
Brazzaville
DR Congo
Lubumbashi
Lusaka
France
Lille
Brussels
France
Lyon
Turin
France
Marseille
Turin
France
Toulouse
Barcelona
Germany
Cologne
Antwerp
Germany
Munich
Zürich
Ghana
Accra
Lomé
India
Amritsar
Lahore
India
Guwahati
Dhaka
India
Siliguri
Kathmandu
India
Srinagar
Islamabad
Indonesia
Batam
Singapore
Indonesia
Medan
Kuala Lumpur
Indonesia
Pekanbaru
Johor Bahru
Iran
Ahvaz
Basra
Iran
Kermanshah
Baghdad
Iran
Tabriz
Yerevan
Iraq
Basra
Ahvaz
Kazakhstan
Almaty
Biskek
Kazakhstan
Nur-Sultan
Omsk
Kazakhstan
Shymkent
Tashkent
Country
City
Closest City
Kenya
Mombasa
Dar es Salaam
Malaysia
Johor Bahru
Singapore
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Pekanbaru
Mexico
Mérida
Guatemala City
Mexico
Monterrey
McAllen
Mexico
Tijuana
San Diego
Myanmar
Mandalay
Chittagong
Myanmar
Yangon
Chiang Mai
Nigeria
Lagos
Abomey-Calavi (Cotonou)
Pakistan
Lahore
Amritsar
Philippines
Manila
Kaohsiung
Russia
Omsk
Nur-Sultan
Russia
Saint Petersburg
Helsinki
Saudi Arabia
Dammam
Kuwait City
South Africa
Durban
Matola (Maputo)
Spain
Barcelona
Toulouse
Spain
Madrid
Porto
Syria
Aleppo
Gaziantep
Syria
Damascus
Beirut
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Mombasa
Tanzania
Mwanza
Kampala
Thailand
Chiang Mai
Yangon
Turkey
Gaziantep
Aleppo
Ukraine
Kharkiv
Voronezh
Ukraine
Odessa
Bucharest
USA
McAllen
Monterrey
USA
Phoenix
Mexicali
USA
San Diego
Tijuana
USA
Seattle
Vancouver
Vietnam
Da Nang
Haikou
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Level 85
Aug 9, 2017
citypopulation.de has El Paso's agglomeration population over 1 million and it is, of course, closer to Ciudad Juarez than Phoenix is. What does the UN have for the population of El Paso?
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Level 67
Aug 9, 2017
According to UN, El Paso population in 2015 is 877,000. Citypopulation.de usually overestimates population by including large surrounding area and amalgamating nearby cities into one, that's why I personally don't prefer to use it as a source.
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Level 85
Aug 9, 2017
Also, Cologne is closer to Frankfurt than it is to Brussels.
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Level 67
Aug 9, 2017
Similarly Frankfurt population was 715,000 in 2015 according to the UN
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Level 85
Aug 9, 2017
Also, Munich is closer to Stuttgart than it is to Zurich (and Stuttgart is bigger than Zurich).
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Level 67
Aug 9, 2017
Stuttgart population was 626,000 in 2015 according to the UN