Biggest cities in cardinal directions by continent, with a map

Name all cities with a population over 100,000, without any bigger further north, south, east or west, in the same continent. Population is given.

Urban area populations from citypopulation.de and Wikipedia, May 2025.

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Transcontinental cities included in the continents with the highest part of their populations.

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Africa
Northernmost		Southernmost		Easternmost		Westernmost
22.8 M	Cairo	22.8 M	Cairo	22.8 M	Cairo	22.8 M	Cairo
6.25 M	Alexandria	21.3 M	Lagos	7.20 M	Khartoum	21.3 M	Lagos
4.45 M	Casablanca	16.3 M	Kinshasa	6.90 M	Nairobi	7.05 M	Abidjan
4.32 M	Algiers	14.8 M	Johannesburg	6.65 M	Dar es Salaam	5.70 M	Bamako
2.72 M	Tunis	5.10 M	Cape Town	3.15 M	Antananarivo	4.22 M	Dakar
342 k	Annaba	1.20 M	Port Elizabeth	325 k	Toamasina	137 k	Praia
154 k	Bizerte	188 k	Somerset West	191 k	Saint-Denis
				174 k	Saint-Pierre
				140 k	Port Louis

Asia
Northernmost		Southernmost		Easternmost		Westernmost
72.7 M	Guangzhou	72.7 M	Guangzhou	72.7 M	Guangzhou	72.7 M	Guangzhou
41.6 M	Shanghai	29.5 M	Jakarta	41.6 M	Shanghai	35.7 M	Delhi
41.2 M	Tokyo	7.00 M	Bandung	41.2 M	Tokyo	27.6 M	Mumbai
25.2 M	Seoul	5.95 M	Surabaya	2.50 M	Sapporo	21.0 M	Karachi
21.5 M	Beijing	1.79 M	Yogyakarta	329 k	Asahikawa	16.8 M	Tehran
8.80 M	Shenyang	1.76 M	Malang	180 k	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	7.80 M	Baghdad
5.55 M	Harbin	1.24 M	Denpasar	166 k	Obihiro	6.15 M	Amman
1.86 M	Daqing	315 k	Kupang	165 k	Kushiro	5.20 M	Ankara
1.82 M	Novosibirsk			163 k	Petropavlovsk	3.02 M	Izmir
1.81 M	Yekaterinburg					185 k	Menemen
861 k	Tyumen					143 k	Çanakkale
420 k	Surgut
367 k	Yakutsk
176 k	Norilsk

Europe
Northernmost		Southernmost		Easternmost		Westernmost
18.8 M	Moscow	18.8 M	Moscow	18.8 M	Moscow	18.8 M	Moscow
6.35 M	Saint Petersburg	16.0 M	Istanbul	1.62 M	Nizhny Novgorod	16.0 M	Istanbul
1.56 M	Helsinki	6.70 M	Madrid	1.56 M	Kazan	15.1 M	London
362 k	Tampere	3.57 M	Athens	1.35 M	Samara	6.70 M	Madrid
296 k	Arkhangelsk	1.30 M	Seville	1.23 M	Ufa	2.50 M	Lisbon
266 k	Murmansk	1.10 M	Malaga	1.07 M	Perm	239 k	Reykjavik
		480 k	Valletta	408 k	Magnitogorsk
		162 k	Heraklion	158 k	Zlatoust
				111 k	Pervouralsk

North-America
Northernmost		Southernmost		Easternmost		Westernmost
25.4 M	Mexico City	25.4 M	Mexico City	25.4 M	Mexico City	25.4 M	Mexico City
21.8 M	New York	4.30 M	Puebla	21.8 M	New York	17.1 M	Los Angeles
9.60 M	Chicago	3.90 M	Santo Domingo	7.70 M	Boston	7.50 M	San Francisco
7.85 M	Toronto	3.37 M	Guatemala City	3.90 M	Santo Domingo	3.17 M	Vancouver
4.50 M	Montreal	2.45 M	San José	1.91 M	San Juan	363 k	Victoria
4.47 M	Seattle	1.43 M	Panama City	348 k	Halifax	249 k	Anchorage
3.17 M	Vancouver	205 k	La Chorrera	252 k	Pointe-à-Pitre
1.61 M	Calgary	103 k	David	185 k	St. John's
1.46 M	Edmonton
249 k	Anchorage

Oceania
Northernmost		Southernmost		Easternmost		Westernmost
5.20 M	Melbourne	5.20 M	Melbourne	5.20 M	Melbourne	5.20 M	Melbourne
5.15 M	Sydney	377 k	Christchurch	5.15 M	Sydney	2.35 M	Perth
3.45 M	Brisbane	102 k	Dunedin	3.45 M	Brisbane
853 k	Honolulu			1.53 M	Auckland
118 k	Kailua			853 k	Honolulu
				124 k	Papeete

South-America
Northernmost		Southernmost		Easternmost		Westernmost
22.6 M	São Paulo	22.6 M	São Paulo	22.6 M	São Paulo	22.6 M	São Paulo
13.6 M	Rio de Janeiro	16.8 M	Buenos Aires	13.6 M	Rio de Janeiro	16.8 M	Buenos Aires
12.0 M	Lima	1.81 M	Montevideo	4.10 M	Recife	12.0 M	Lima
10.6 M	Bogotá	852 k	La Plata	1.21 M	João Pessoa	3.35 M	Guayaquil
4.35 M	Medellín	722 k	Concepción	365 k	Olinda	547 k	Piura
3.85 M	Caracas	626 k	Mar del Plata			258 k	Manta
2.82 M	Maracaibo	395 k	Neuquén			112 k	La Libertad
2.37 M	Barranquilla	215 k	Comodoro
496 k	Santa Marta	125 k	Punta Arenas
231 k	Coro
163 k	Riohacha
154 k	Punto Fijo

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