Five cities furthest from a bigger by continent, with a map.

Name the five cities in each continent, with a population over 10,000, that are furthest from a bigger city. Distance to nearest biggest city, and population, are given as hint.
Urban area populations from citypopulation.de and Wikipedia, March 2026.
Distances from timeanddate.com.
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Africa
Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
4364
23.2 M
Cairo
Mumbai
3916
21.9 M
Lagos
Cairo
2776
15.1 M
Johannesburg
Kinshasa
1926
7.15 M
Nairobi
Khartoum
1786
16.9 M
Kinshasa
Lagos
 
 
 
 
Asia
Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
-
73.6 M
Guangzhou
-
3649
36.9 M
Delhi
Guangzhou
3133
29.8 M
Jakarta
Guangzhou
1918
17.2 M
Tehran
Karachi
1760
41.3 M
Tokyo
Shanghai
 
 
 
 
Europe
Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
2900
19.1 M
Moscow
Cairo
2506
15.4 M
London
Istanbul
1343
247 k
Reykjavik
Glasgow
1234
16.2 M
Istanbul
Cairo
1053
7.00 M
Madrid
Paris
North America
Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
11324
25.6 M
Mexico City
Tokyo
3358
22.6 M
New York City
Mexico City
2491
17.4 M
Los Angeles
Mexico City
2132
249 k
Anchorage
Vancouver
1486
6.70 M
Miami
Washington
 
 
 
 
Oceania
Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
4689
5.45 M
Melbourne
Surabaya
3857
853 k
Honolulu
San Francisco
3390
124 k
Papeete
Suva
2727
2.47 M
Perth
Melbourne
2161
1.54 M
Auckland
Sydney
 
 
 
 
South America
Km
Pop
City
Nearest bigger
7421
22.7 M
São Paulo
Mexico City
3130
12.2 M
Lima
Buenos Aires
1871
10.8 M
Bogotá
Lima
1687
2.30 M
Manaus
Caracas
1674
17.0 M
Buenos Aires
São Paulo
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3 Comments
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Level 80
Mar 20, 2024
Great quiz! How did you do the calculations, do you have an Excel file ready for use by any chance? :)
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Level 70
Mar 20, 2024
I start with the biggest cities, and draw circles around on calcmaps.com, until the continent is filled; and after I check the distances on timeanddate.com.
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Level 80
Mar 21, 2024
ok thanks