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DEFINITION:
Cities larger than the capital.
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COUNTRY |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| AustraliaAustralia | Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Perth , Adelaide , Gold Coast , Newcastle |
| BelizeBelize | Corozal Town , Dangriga , Orange Walk Town , San Ignacio Cayo , Belize City |
| BeninBenin | Cotonou |
| BoliviaBolivia | Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz is larger than La Paz; La Paz is larger than Sucre; metropolitan La Paz is larger than Santa Cruz) |
| BrazilBrazil | Sao Paulo City , Rio de Janeiro , Salvador (by city proper) ; Sao Paulo City , Rio de Janeiro , Belo Horizonte , Recife , Porto Alegre and Fortaleza (by metropolitan population) ; |
| BurmaBurma | Yangon , Mandalay . |
| CameroonCameroon | Douala |
| CanadaCanada | Toronto , Montreal , Vancouver (Metropolitan area), Calgary (City proper) |
| ChileChile | Santiago is the largest metropolitan area; Greater Concepci\u00f3n is larger than Greater Valpara\u00edso |
| ChinaChina | Shanghai |
| Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire | Abidjan |
| EcuadorEcuador | Guayaquil |
| Federated States of MicronesiaMicronesia | Weno |
| IndiaIndia | Proper city of New Delhi is smaller than 179 cities located within the boundaries of India, including in order of largest populations: Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi , Bangalore (Bengaluru), Hyderabad , Ahmedabad , Chennai and Kolkata (Calcutta). The urban agglomeration of Delhi-New Delhi has 16,314,838 (11,000,000 only in Delhi) and is smaller only than the urban agglomeration of Mumbai (18,414,288). |
| IsraelIsrael | The city proper of Jerusalem is bigger than Tel Aviv , but the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv is bigger than Jerusalem. |
| ItalyItaly | Milan (Metropolitan Area), Naples (Metropolitan Area). |
| KazakhstanKazakhstan | Almaty , Shymkent |
| LiechtensteinLiechtenstein | Schaan |
| MalaysiaMalaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
| MaltaMalta | Birkirkara , Mosta , St. Paul's Bay , Qormi , \u017babbar , Sliema , Naxxar , San \u0120wann , \u017bebbu\u0121 , Fgura , \u017bejtun , Rabat , Marsaskala , Bir\u017cebbu\u0121a , Attard , \u017burrieq , \u0126amrun , Swieqi , Mellie\u0127a , Tarxien , Paola (Ra\u0127al \u0120did) , Si\u0121\u0121iewi , St. Julian's , Msida , G\u017cira , Santa Venera , Victoria (Gozo) , Luqa |
| MoroccoMorocco | Casablanca |
| NauruNauru | Denigomodu , Meneng , Aiwo |
| New ZealandNew Zealand | Auckland , Christchurch |
| NigeriaNigeria | Lagos , Ibadan , Kano , Ilorin , Port Harcourt , Ogbomosho |
| PakistanPakistan | Karachi , Lahore , Faisalabad , Rawalpindi , Gujranwala , Multan , Hyderabad , Peshawar , Quetta |
| PalauPalau | Koror , Meyuns , Airai |
| PhilippinesPhilippines | Quezon City (both Manila and Quezon City are parts of the National Capital Region ) |
| San MarinoSan Marino | Serravalle , Borgo Maggiore |
| South AfricaSouth Africa | Johannesburg is the largest city, Durban is slightly smaller than Cape Town but larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined |
| Sri LankaSri Lanka | Kotte is a suburb of Colombo , the largest city. |
| SudanSudan | Omdurman |
| SwazilandSwaziland | Manzini |
| SwitzerlandSwitzerland | Zurich , Geneva , Basel , Lausanne (narrowly) |
| SyriaSyria | Aleppo |
| TanzaniaTanzania | Dar es Salaam, Mwanza |
| Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ | Chaguanas , San Fernando , San Juan |
| TurkeyTurkey | Istanbul |
| United Arab EmiratesUAE | Dubai , Sharjah |
| United KingdomUnited Kingdom | London is the largest urban and metropolitan area. The City of Westminster , in central London, is the seat of government; 62 districts have larger populations than Westminster. |
| United StatesUnited States | New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago , Houston , Philadelphia , Phoenix , San Antonio , San Diego , Dallas , San Jose , Austin , Jacksonville , Indianapolis , San Francisco , Columbus , Fort Worth , Charlotte , Detroit , El Paso , Memphis , Boston , Seattle , Denver ( Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ranks 4th) |
| VietnamVietnam | Ho Chi Minh City |
