Closest Larger 1M Non-Capital City to each World Capital, with a Map

For each world capital, what is the closest non-capital city that is larger than it? Note that the following cities are not considered:
- cities with less than 1 million people
- cities whose agglomeration includes a capital
- any capital of multi-capital counties (South Africa, Benin, Bolivia according to JetPunk's World Capitals quiz)
- 1 million agglomerations without a main city (Ruhr and Katowice)
Population used is the urban agglomeration one, taken from citypopulation.de
Capitals are sorted by continent and alphabetically
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Capital City
D (km)
Closest
Abuja
340
Kano
Accra
411
Lagos
Addis Ababa
1,382
Jeddah
Algiers
518
Barcelona
Antananarivo
1,610
Dar es Salaam
Asmara
680
Mecca
Bamako
920
Abidjan
Bangui
982
Douala
Banjul
173
Touba
Bissau
334
Touba
Brazzaville
1,109
Douala
Cairo
4,363
Mumbai
Conakry
1,161
Abidjan
Dakar
1,800
Abidjan
Djibouti
1,145
Mecca
Dodoma
396
Dar es Salaam
Freetown
1,074
Abidjan
Gaborone
764
Durban
Gitega
684
Kisangani
Harare
1,334
Durban
Juba
856
Kisangani
Kampala
1,081
Dar es Salaam
Khartoum
2,848
Istanbul
Kigali
854
Mbuji-Mayi
Kinshasa
1,781
Lagos
Libreville
406
Douala
Lilongwe
730
Lubumbashi
Lomé
242
Lagos
Luanda
2,012
Lagos
Lusaka
1,531
Dar es Salaam
Malabo
108
Douala
Malé
712
Kochi
Maputo
461
Durban
Maseru
344
Durban
Mbabane
393
Durban
Mogadishu
1,191
Dar es Salaam
Monrovia
757
Abidjan
Moroni
696
Dar es Salaam
Nairobi
667
Dar es Salaam
N'Djamena
710
Kano
Niamey
667
Kaduna
Nouakchott
1,910
Casablanca
Ouagadougou
628
Kumasi
Port Louis
2,461
Dar es Salaam
Porto-Novo
87
Lagos
Praia
819
Touba
Pretoria (Johannesburg)
4,457
Lagos
Rabat
86
Casablanca
São Tomé
495
Port Harcourt
Tripoli
887
Naples
Tunis
570
Naples
Windhoek
1,514
Port Elizabeth
Yamoussoukro
215
Abidjan
Yaoundé
925
Ibadan
Victoria
1,751
Mombasa
Capital City
D (km)
Closest
Abu Dhabi
125
Dubai
Amman
573
Alexandria
Ankara
351
Istanbul
Ashgabat
214
Mashhad
Astana
443
Omsk
Baghdad
1,610
Istanbul
Baku
869
Isfahan
Bandar Seri Begawan
1,118
Ho Chi Minh City
Bangkok
1,704
Guangzhou
Beijing
1,069
Shanghai
Beirut
210
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Bishkek
195
Almaty
Damascus
649
Alexandria
Dhaka
1,891
Mumbai
Dili
776
Makassar
Doha
191
Dammam
Dushanbe
560
Peshawar
Hanoi
552
Kunming
Islamabad (Rawalpindi)
256
Faisalabad
Jakarta
3,319
Guangzhou
Jerusalem
54
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Kabul
583
Lahore
Kathmandu
446
Lucknow
Kuala Lumpur
2,540
Guangzhou
Kuwait City
855
Dubai
Manama
52
Dammam
Manila
1,242
Guangzhou
Muscat
380
Dubai
Naypyidaw
246
Mandalay
New Delhi
3,654
Guangzhou
Nicosia
267
Adana
Phnom Penh
212
Ho Chi Minh City
Pyongyang
357
Dalian
Riyadh
2,043
Karachi
Sana'a
861
Jeddah
Seoul
870
Shanghai
Singapore
1,095
Ho Chi Minh City
Sri Jayawardenepura
Kotte (Colombo)
688
Chennai
Taipei
358
Xiamen
Tashkent
1,012
Mashhad
Tbilisi
424
Tabriz
Tehran
1,913
Karachi
Thimphu
256
Guwahati
Tokyo
2,903
Guangzhou
Ulaanbaatar
839
Baotou
Vientiane
533
Chonburi
Yerevan
279
Tabriz
Capital City
D (km)
Closest
Amsterdam
56
Rotterdam
Andorra la Vella
121
Toulouse
Athens
570
Istanbul
Belgrade
673
Naples
Berlin
479
Cologne / Dusseldorf
Bern
96
Zurich
Bratislava
411
Munich
Brussels
121
Rotterdam
Bucharest
439
Istanbul
Budapest
790
Milan
Chișinău
152
Odessa
Copenhagen
289
Hamburg
Dublin
221
Liverpool
Helsinki
300
Saint Petersburg
Kiev
1,043
Istanbul
Lisbon
584
Casablanca
Ljubljana
320
Munich
London
2,500
Istanbul
Luxembourg
157
Cologne / Dusseldorf
Madrid
2,745
Istanbul
Minsk
692
Saint Petersburg
Monaco
149
Turin
Moscow
5,030
Mumbai
Oslo
710
Hamburg
Paris
2,258
Istanbul
Podgorica
454
Naples
Prague
302
Munich
Pristina
610
Naples
Reykjavík
1,339
Glasgow
Riga
492
Saint Petersburg
Rome
188
Naples
San Marino
308
Milan
Sarajevo
475
Naples
Skopje
614
Naples
Sofia
503
Istanbul
Stockholm
691
Saint Petersburg
Tallinn
318
Saint Petersburg
Tirana
471
Naples
Vaduz
78
Zurich
Valletta
351
Sousse
Vatican City
190
Naples
Vienna
356
Munich
Vilnius
658
Saint Petersburg
Warsaw
753
Hamburg
Zagreb
422
Munich
Capital City
D (km)
Closest
Basseterre
382
San Juan
Belmopan
209
San Pedro Sula
Bridgetown
913
San Juan
Castries
736
San Juan
Guatemala City
1,513
Guadalajara
Havana
365
Miami
Kingston
807
Barranquilla
Kingstown
765
Maracay
Managua
1,257
Barranquilla
Mexico City
12,929
Shanghai
Nassau
300
Miami
Ottawa
165
Montreal
Panama City
528
Medellín
Port-au-Prince
1,142
Miami
Port-of-Spain
666
Maracay
Roseau
613
San Juan
Saint George's
668
Maracay
Saint John's
477
San Juan
San José
1,021
Medellín
San Salvador
1,127
Puebla
Santo Domingo
1,337
Miami
Tegucigalpa
177
San Pedro Sula
Washington
330
New York
 
 
 
Asunción
825
Porto Alegre
Bogotá
4,004
New York
Brasília
623
Belo Horizonte
Buenos Aires
1,674
São Paulo
Caracas
1,061
Medellín
Georgetown
1,106
Maracay
La Paz
1,729
Manaus
Lima
3,458
São Paulo
Montevideo
708
Porto Alegre
Paramaribo
1,098
Belém
Quito
272
Guayaquil
Santiago
2,587
São Paulo
 
 
 
Apia
2,880
Auckland
Canberra
241
Sydney
Funafuti
3,169
Auckland
Honiara
2,123
Brisbane
Majuro
3,662
Honolulu
Ngerulmud
994
Davao
Nukuʻalofa
1,994
Auckland
Palikir
3,593
Davao
Port Moresby
2,083
Brisbane
Port Vila
1,901
Brisbane
South Tarawa
3,834
Brisbane
Suva
2,104
Auckland
Wellington
492
Auckland
Yaren
3,326
Brisbane
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