United Nations member states and observers
In
case the capital is not the largest city, the third column lists the cities
that are larger.
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Cities larger than the capital
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A
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B
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Porto-Novo (official), Cotonou (administrative)
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Santa
Cruz, El
Alto (larger than La Paz; La Paz is larger than Sucre)
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Sao Paulo City, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador (by city proper), Belo Horizonte, Recife, Belém, Porto Alegre and Fortaleza (by metropolitan
population);
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C
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Santiago (official), Valparaíso (legislative)
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Santiago
is the largest metropolitan area; Greater
Concepción is larger than Greater
Valparaíso
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D
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E
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F
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G
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Rhein-Ruhr (metropolitan
area)
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H
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I
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Proper
city of New Delhi is smaller than 179 cities located within the boundaries of
India, including in order of largest populations: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata. 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).
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The
city proper of Jerusalem is bigger than Tel Aviv, but the
metropolitan area of Tel Aviv is bigger than Jerusalem.
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Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (administrative)
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Abidjan
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J
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K
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L
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M
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Kuala Lumpur
(legislative; de facto), Putrajaya
(administrative)
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Kuala
Lumpur
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Birkirkara, St. Paul's Bay, Mosta, Sliema, Qormi, Żabbar, Naxxar, San Ġwann, Marsaskala, Żebbuġ, Fgura, Rabat, Żejtun, Żurrieq, Attard, St. Julian's, Swieqi, Mellieħa, Birżebbuġa, Ħamrun, Msida, Tarxien, Siġġiewi, Gżira, Paola, Santa Venera, Victoria (Gozo)
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N
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None
(government offices in Yaren District)
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Rotterdam (Larger than
The Hague; Amsterdam is the largest city)
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Wellington
metropolitan area is New Zealand's second-biggest conurbation behind Auckland. Wellington City, the
largest of the four cities in the metropolitan area and the national capital,
is slightly smaller than Christchurch.
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Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Benin City, Port Harcourt, Jos, Ilorin
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O
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P
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Jerusalem (proclaimed), Gaza City (de facto
administrative, Gaza Strip),
Ramallah (de facto
administrative, West Bank)
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Katowice (metropolitan
area)
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Q
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R
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S
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Pretoria (official,
administrative, and executive), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
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Johannesburg is the
largest city, Durban is slightly larger
than Cape Town and larger than Pretoria and Bloemfontein combined
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Kotte
is a suburb of Colombo, the largest
city.
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T
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Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam
(administrative)
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Dar
es Salaam, Mwanza
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U
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Greater London is the
most populous county
and region; the Greater London Built-up Area is the largest urban area. The
City
of Westminster (not the adjacent City of London) is the
seat of government; 68 English districts have larger populations
than Westminster. (There are no comparable units
elsewhere in the UK.)
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New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San
Jose, Austin,
Jacksonville,
San Francisco, Columbus, Indianapolis, Fort
Worth, Charlotte, Detroit,
El Paso, Memphis,
Boston, Seattle, Denver, Oakland. Baltimore–Washington ranks 4th among metro
areas.
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V
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Y
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Z
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States with limited recognition
List
of capitals of states with limited recognition:
Note: whilst these entities
claim to be independent and have significant territory, they are not recognised
by a majority of other states, and do not have a seat at the United Nations nor
are observers
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Cities larger than the capital
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Laayoune (claimed), Tifariti (temporary),
Tindouf Camps (de facto)
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Cities
proper of New Taipei,
Kaohsiung, and Taichung are larger than
that of Taipei. Taipei metropolitan area, which includes New Taipei, is the
largest one.
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Dependent territories
List
of capitals and larger cities of dependent
territories:
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Territory of
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Cities larger than the capital
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A
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B
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C
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F
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G
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H
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Victoria (administration
centre)
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J
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M
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N
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P
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S
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T
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U
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W
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