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Capital City, Largest City, Both or Neither ?

For each of the proposed cities, can you choose the correct category in which it ranks in relation to its country: is it its capital, its largest city, both at once, or neither?
The populations are those frome the agglomeration, according to citypopulation.de
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Dubai
Alexandria
Phnom Penh
Belize City
Ankara
Johannesburg
Naples
Melbourne
Munich
Guadalajara
Wellington
Auckland
Kathmandu
Tokyo
Bamako
Bogota
Havana
Chengdu
Brasilia
Kano
Oslo
Dar Es-Salaam
Naypyidaw
Dodoma
Lahore
Yangon
Rio de Janeiro
Ho Chi Minh City
Istanbul
Beijing
Geneva
Osaka
Nairobi
Madrid
Canberra
Warsaw
Cape Town
Hanoi
Toronto
Washington D.C.
1 : Capital
2 : Largest city
3 : Both
4 : Neither
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16 Comments
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Level 74
Jun 27, 2025
Rhine-Ruhr?
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Level 94
Jun 27, 2025
Depending how you count the metro area, Shanghai is the largest city in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_population
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Level 47
Jun 27, 2025
You are right I made a mistake, it's now corrected, thanks
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Level 78
Jun 27, 2025
But according to the source you used, it is Guangzhou. Maybe you'd just want to not include it?
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Level 75
Jun 27, 2025
Yeah I’d remove Guangzhou, that threw me off. Otherwise nice quiz!
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Level 47
Jun 27, 2025
Ok, it is debatable so I removed Guangzhou
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Level 58
Jun 27, 2025
Great quiz!
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Level 47
Jun 27, 2025
Thank you :)
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Level 83
Jun 27, 2025
This is really good! Nominated
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Level 47
Jun 27, 2025
Thank you very much :)
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Level 61
Jun 27, 2025
With Washington, I think you should add D.C. at the end.
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Level 47
Jun 27, 2025
You are right, it's done
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Level 72
Jun 27, 2025
Got tripped up on Naples, always can't remember that one.

Excellent quiz! Hope it gets Feature, but I'll nom anyway :)

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Level 47
Jun 27, 2025
Yes this one is not simple

Thanks for this comment and the nomination :)

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Level 45
Jul 23, 2025
Johannesberg is the capital of South Africa. It is one of 3 which are all considered the capitals, with Johannesberg being the biggest out of the 3
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Level 47
Jul 24, 2025
No.