Northernmost and southernmost 10M cities

Name the 10 northernmost and the 10 southernmost urban areas with a population more than 10 million. Latitude and population are given as hint.
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Northernmost
Latitude
Population
City
55°45'N
19.1 M
Moscow
51°30'N
15.4 M
London
51°27′N
10.8 M
Rhine-Ruhr
48°51'N
11.6 M
Paris
41°00'N
16.2 M
Istanbul
40°42'N
22.6 M
New York
39°54'N
21.8 M
Beijing
39°08'N
11.8 M
Tianjin
37°33'N
25.4 M
Seoul
35°41'N
17.2 M
Tehran
Southernmost
Latitude
Population
City
34°36'S
17.0 M
Buenos Aires
26°12'S
15.1 M
Johannesburg
23°33'S
22.7 M
São Paulo
22°54'S
13.6 M
Rio de Janeiro
12°03'S
12.2 M
Lima
8°50'S
10.4 M
Luanda
6°12'S
29.8 M
Jakarta
4°19'S
16.9 M
Kinshasa
4°42'N
10.8 M
Bogota
6°27'N
21.9 M
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2 Comments
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Level 56
Apr 8, 2025
You should add type-ins for Cologne & Frankfurt for the Rhine-Ruhr (as well as other major cities in the Rhine, depending on what metric you used.)
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Level 70
Apr 8, 2025
Frankfurt is not part of Rhine-Ruhr. Cologne and other major cities are already added as type-ins.