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the capital and largest city of Paraguay... ______ is one of the oldest cities in South America and the longest continually inhabited area in the Río de la Plata Basin... ______ is said to be one of the cheapest cities in the world for foreign visitors	Asunción	100%
the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the country's north. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station	Belém	100%
the capital and largest city of Colombia... ______ was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6, 1538	Bogotá	100%
the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia... As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, ______ is the main urban and economic centre in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies	Cali	100%
the capital and largest city of Venezuela... ______ has been considered one of the most important cultural, tourist, industrial and economic centers of Latin America... ______ has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, with 111.19 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants	Caracas	100%
the capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the ______ River on the Atlantic coast. The city's motto is "fert aurum industria", which means "work brings wealth"	Cayenne	100%
a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range... The site was the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th until the 16th-century Spanish conquest. In 1983, ______ was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO	Cusco	100%
the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Jalisco... it is Mexico's second most populous municipality... The city's economy is based on services and industry, especially information technology, with a large number of international firms having regional offices and manufacturing facilities..., and several domestic IT companies headquartered in the city	Guadalajara	100%
the capital and largest city of ______, and the most populous city in Central America... The city was almost completely destroyed by the 1917–18 earthquakes. Reconstructions following the earthquakes have resulted in a more modern architectural landscape	Guatemala City	100%
a city located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and largest city as well as the main economic center for the state and region.... The recent city population spur is due to its recent strong industrialization, especially in the automotive industry	Hermosillo	100%
the seat of government and the de facto national capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia... ______ is also an important cultural center of Latin America... The city is renowned for its unique markets, particularly the Witches' Market, and for its vibrant nightlife	La Paz	100%
the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center	La Paz	100%
the capital and the largest city of Peru... Nowadays the city is considered as the political, cultural, financial and commercial center of the country. Internationally, it is one of the thirty most populated urban agglomerations in the world	Lima	100%
the capital and largest city of Nicaragua... The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake and years of civil war in the 1980s severely disrupted and stunted ______'s growth. It was not until the mid-1990s that ______ began to see a resurgence	Managua	100%
the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil... ______ is located in the center of the world's largest rainforest... known at the beginning of the century, as "Heart of the Amazon" and "City of the Forest"	Manaus	100%
a city... in northwestern Venezuela, on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake ______ to the Gulf of Venezuela. It is the second-largest city in Venezuela... ______ is considered the economic center of the western part of Venezuela, owing to the petroleum industry that developed in the shores of Lake ______	Maracaibo	100%
the capital of ______ and the most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centres in the Americas	Mexico City	100%
the capital and most populous city of Haiti...The city was catastrophically affected by a devastating earthquake in 2010, with large numbers of structures damaged or destroyed	Port-au-Prince	100%
the capital and largest city of the state of ______, and the second largest in colonial Mexico and the richest Catholic diocese. A colonial era planned city, it is located in (southern) Central Mexico on the main route between the capital, Mexico City, and Mexico's main Atlantic port, Veracruz	Puebla	100%
the capital and the largest city of Ecuador, and at an elevation of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, it is the second highest official capital city in the world... The historic center of ______ has one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved historic centers in the Americas. ______ and Kraków, Poland, were among the first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO, in 1978	Quito	100%
the second-most populous municipality in Brazil... served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960... ______ is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, Carnival, samba, bossa nova, and balneario beaches... the giant statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado mountain, named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World	Rio de Janeiro	100%
the largest city in the central Argentina province of Santa Fe. The city is located 300 km (186 mi) northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. ______ is the third most populous city in the country... One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical architecture that has been retained over the centuries in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings	Rosario	100%
the capital and largest city of Costa Rica... ______ is notable among Latin American cities for its high quality of life, as well as for its security, level of globalization, environmental performance, public service, and recognized institutions	San José	100%
The city is Bolivia's most populous, produces nearly 35% of Bolivia's gross domestic product, and receives over 40% of all foreign direct investment in the country. This has helped make ______ the most important business center in Bolivia and the preferred destination of migrants from all over the country	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	100%
the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's largest and most densely populated conurbation... whose total population is 7 million. The city is entirely located in the country's central valley	Santiago	100%
the second-largest city in Cuba... It lies in the southeastern area of the island... Historically ______ has long been the second-most important city on the island after Havana, and still remains the second-largest. It is on a bay connected to the Caribbean Sea and is an important sea port	Santiago de Cuba	100%
the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population... the city is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World	Santo Domingo	100%
a major city, seaport, and educational centre in... Chile... ______ is located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Santiago by road and is one of the South Pacific's most important seaports	Valparaíso	100%
the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico... the second most productive in Mexico... ______ is also considered as the city with the best quality of life in the country and serves as a commercial center of northern Mexico and is the base of many significant international corporations	Monterrey	75%
founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital. ______ is estimated to be Brazil's 3rd most populous city. Among major Latin American cities, ______ has the highest GDP per capita... ______ was chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture and uniquely artistic urban planning. It has also been named "City of Design" by UNESCO in October 2017	Brasília	67%
the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country... Today, the city has its own culture, which is a mixture of several ethnic groups, most notably immigrants from... Okinawa, Middle Easterners, Armenians, Portuguese people, Germans, Italians, Spaniards, and Paraguayans, finally mixed with Asian and White Brazilians... its native Amerindian peoples and Afro-Brazilians	Campo Grande	67%
the state capital of the Mexican state of ______... HDI value was... equal or higher than some Western European countries. The literacy rate in the city is among the highest in the country at 99%... CIDE organization ranks ______ as the second most competitive city in the country just behind Monterrey and ahead of Mexico City	Chihuahua	67%
the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia... Founded by the Portuguese in 1549 as the first capital of Brazil, ______ is one of the oldest colonial cities in the Americas... ______ was one of the first slave ports in the Americas and the African influence of the slaves' descendants makes it a center of Afro-Brazilian (negro) culture	Salvador	67%
a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the ______ Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia... It is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" or "The Garden City" because of its spring-like temperatures all year round	Cochabamba	60%
the capital of the state of Paraíba in Brazil. Known as the "Brazilian Paris", due its abundance of green area... The capital of Paraíba received in 2017 the title of creative city by UNESCO, placing ______, as "Brazilian city of handicrafts"	João Pessoa	50%
the capital and largest city in Yucatan state in Mexico... The city, similarly to much of the state, has heavy Mayan, Spanish, French, British, Lebanese and to a lesser extent Dutch influences. ______ has the highest percentage of indigenous population within any large city in Mexico. The Maya are approximately 60% of the population	Mérida	50%
the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name... The city relies heavily on tourism, which is based on its large number of colonial-era structures as well as the native Zapotec and Mixtec cultures and archeological sites	Oaxaca	50%
a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo... It is located mostly on the island of São Vicente... and partially on the mainland... The city is also home to the Coffee Museum, where world coffee prices were once negotiated. There is also an association football memorial, dedicated to the city's greatest players, which includes Pelé... Its beachfront garden... figures in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest beachfront garden in the world	Santos	50%
an alpha global city and the most populous city in Brazil, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere... the most populous and wealthiest state in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment	São Paulo	50%
the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás... it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region... ______ has its origins as a planned city, founded on October 24, 1933... The city is an important economic hub of the region and is considered a strategic center for such areas as industry, medicine, fashion and agriculture	Goiânia	33%
the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Being located in north-central Piauí 366 km from the coast, it is the only capital in the Brazilian Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean	Teresina	33%
a city, municipality and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico... ______ is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico's history. It is a port of call for shipping and cruise lines running between Panama and San Francisco	Acapulco	0%
a city located in the province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed "legal capital of Peru." It is the second most populated city in Peru	Arequipa	0%
a city in Venezuela. It is the capital of the state of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality. It is an important urban, industrial, commercial and transportation center of the country, recognized as the fourth-largest city by population and area in Venezuela after Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia	Barquisimeto	0%
the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and second port in the northern Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,232,766, making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city... The city is home to one of the most important folk and cultural festivals of Colombia, the Carnival of ______	Barranquilla	0%
the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of approximately 2.5 million... the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil	Belo Horizonte	0%
the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima.... It is the only Brazilian state capital located entirely north of the equator... As a modern city, ______ stands out among the other capitals of the North Region of Brazil as it is a planned city with a radial plan. It was planned by the architect Darci Aleixo Derenusson who based his design for the city on one that is similar to that of Paris	Boa Vista	0%
the capital and largest city of Argentina... It is the most visited city in South America, and the second-most visited city of Latin America (behind Mexico City)	Buenos Aires	0%
a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State... the city's population is 1,080,999, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian city and the third most populous municipality in São Paulo state	Campinas	0%
a city in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico	Cancun	0%
a major port founded in 1533, located on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region... It is the fifth-largest city in Colombia and the second largest in the region... In 1984, ______'s colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site	Cartagena	0%
the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua... It lies on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) river, south of El Paso, Texas, United States	Ciudad Juárez	0%
a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. ______ is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin, and the largest city south of the southern 45th parallel	Comodoro Rivadavia	0%
a city in central Chile and the core of the commune and metropolitan area of Greater ______, the country's second largest urban conurbation. It has a significant impact on domestic trade being part of the most heavily industrialized region in the country	Concepción	0%
a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about 700 km (435 mi) northwest of the Buenos Aires. It is the capital of ______ Province and the second most populous city in Argentina... It was one of the first Spanish colonial capitals of the region that is now Argentina	Córdoba	0%
the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It serves as the Geographical Centre of South America... The city was founded in 1719, during the gold rush... The city is a rich mix of European, African and Native American influences	Cuiabá	0%
the capital and largest city in the Brazilian state of Paraná... ______'s economy is based on industry and services and is the fourth largest in Brazil... ______ is one of the few Brazilian cities with a high Human Development Index (0.856)	Curitiba	0%
the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland... The economy of ______ is heavily based on information technology, tourism and services. The city has 60 beaches and is a center of surfing activity	Florianópolis	0%
the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil... the city has developed on the banks of the creek Pajeú... built by the Dutch during their second stay in the area between 1649 and 1654	Fortaleza	0%
the capital of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique. It is also one of the major cities in the Caribbean. Exports include sugar, rum, tinned fruit, and cacao	Fort-de-France	0%
the most populous city in Ecuador, with 3,113,725 people in its metropolitan area. It is also the nation's main port... ______ is located on the west bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of ______	Guayaquil	0%
the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba... Old ______ was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is also noted for its history, culture, architecture and monuments	Havana	0%
the most populous city and municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato... ______ has a strong leather industry... The leather industry earned its inhabitants the nickname of "Green belly"..., because of the green tainting in the workers' bodies resulting from treating leather	León	0%
the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "______" is an Indigenous term for a spring. ... There are numerous ______ and lakes in this part of Brazil; because of this, the city was named ______, and the state, Alagoas	Maceió	0%
the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia... The ______ Metropolitan Area produces... 11% of the economy of Colombia. ______ is important to the region for its universities, academies, commerce, industry, science, health services, flower-growing and festivals	Medellín	0%
the capital of the province of ______ in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes... Two of the main industries of the ______ area are olive oil production and Argentine wine. The region around Greater ______ is the largest wine-producing area in Latin America	Mendoza	0%
the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California... its economy has gradually gone from being agricultural to include industry, mainly maquiladoras—duty-free factories in which parts from the United States are imported, assembled, and then returned to the United States as finished products	Mexicali	0%
the capital and largest city of Uruguay... The 2017 Mercer's report on quality of life, rated ______ first in Latin America... It is the hub of commerce and higher education in Uruguay as well as its chief port. The city is also the financial hub of Uruguay and the cultural anchor of a metropolitan area with a population of around 2 million	Montevideo	0%
a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico... After the Mexican War of Independence, the city was renamed ______ in honor of José María Morelos, who hailed from the city. In 1991, the city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved colonial buildings and layout of the historic center	Morelia	0%
the capital and largest city of the state Rio Grande do Norte, located in northeastern Brazil... ______ has several tourist attractions and is known for its natural environment, for its historical monuments and buildings, for its beaches and also for its off-season carnival, the Carnatal... It is the closest state capital of Brazil to Africa and Europe	Natal	0%
the capital and largest city of Panama... The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal	Panama City	0%
the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul... The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state... The city became famous for being the first city that implemented participatory budgeting	Porto Alegre	0%
the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin... the town is an important trading center for cassiterite, the mining of which represents the most important economic activity in the region, as well as a transportation and communication center	Porto Velho	0%
a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas... the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area	Puerto Vallarta	0%
the fourth-largest urban agglomeration in Brazil... the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco in the northeast corner of South America... The first slave port in the Americas, ______ was founded in 1537, during the early Portuguese colonization of Brazil, as the main harbor of the Captaincy of Pernambuco, known for its large scale production of sugar cane	Recife	0%
a Brazilian municipality, capital of the state of Acre... ______ was one of the first settlements to appear on the banks of the Acre River... It is the administrative center for the economic and cultural region	Rio Branco	0%
the capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico... ______ is Puerto Rico's most important seaport and is the island's manufacturing, financial, cultural, and tourism center	San Juan	0%
the capital and the most populous city of the Mexican state of ______... The city is named after Louis IX of France..., who is the city's patron saint... the exploitation of silver and gold mines in Cerro de San Pedro... was the main reason for the founding of the city in 1592	San Luis Potosí	0%
the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley... it is the nation's primary industrial center and second largest city after the capital Tegucigalpa	San Pedro Sula	0%
the capital and the most populous city of El Salvador... It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center... As a "beta" global city, ______ is also an important financial hub of Central America	San Salvador	0%
the capital and largest city of the state of ______, located in central Mexico. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío... It is a strong business and economic centre and a vigorous service city that is experiencing an ongoing social and economic revitalization... ______ has the 2nd highest GDP per capita among Mexico's metropolitan areas with 20,000 USD after Monterrey	Santiago de Querétaro	0%
the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão... the only Brazilian state capital founded by France and it is one of the three Brazilian state capitals located on islands	São Luís	0%
the constitutional capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, ______ lies at an elevation of 2,810 meters (9,214 feet). This relatively high altitude gives the city an oceanic climate with cool temperates year-round	Sucre	0%
the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its twin sister, Comayagüela... ______'s infrastructure has not kept up with its population growth. Deficient urban planning, densely condensed urbanization, and poverty are ongoing problems. Heavily congested roadways where current road infrastructure is unable to efficiently handle over 400,000 vehicles create havoc on a daily basis	Tegucigalpa	0%
the largest city of both Baja California State and the Baja Peninsula. It is part of the San Diego–______ transborder urban agglomeration and the larger Southern California megalopolis	Tijuana	0%
the state capital of the State of Mexico... It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico. It is located 63 kilometres (39 mi) west-southwest of Mexico City, about 40 minutes by car to the western edge of the city	Toluca	0%
the largest Metropolitan area in the state of Coahuila, as well as one of Mexico's most important economic and industrial centers	Torreón	0%
the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world. ______ is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego	Ushuaia	0%
the capital city of Carabobo State, and the third largest city in Venezuela. The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies	Valencia	0%
the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a number of rivers meet the sea... ______ currently maintains the second best human development index... It was considered the fourth best city to live in Brazil by United Nations in 2013 and ranked the highest gross domestic product per capita	Vitoria	0%