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Population
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Country
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Clue
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City
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9.90 m
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India
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Site of Narendra Modi Stadium, the largest in the world
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Ahmedabad
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7.05 m
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Ivory Coast
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The "Paris of West Africa"
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Abidjan
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6.80 m
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Ghana
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Capital and largest city of Ghana
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Accra
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6.25 m
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Egypt
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Formerly the site of an ancient lighthouse and library
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Alexandria
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6.15 m
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Jordan
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Capital and largest city of Jordan
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Amman
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6.15 m
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United States
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Its Hartsfield–Jackson Airport is the world's busiest
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Atlanta
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5.20 m
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Turkey
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Where you'd find the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Ankara
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4.83 m
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Ethiopia
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One of the African Union's two capitals
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Addis Ababa
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4.33 m
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Algeria
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Algeria is named after this city
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Algiers
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3.58 m
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Greece
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The birthplace of democracy
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Athens
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3.15 m
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Madagascar
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Where tourists come to see native lemurs
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Antananarivo
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3,05 m
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Nigeria
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Planned capital in the center of Nigeria
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Abuja
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2.70 m
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Kazakhstan
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Largest city and former capital of Kazakhstan
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Almaty
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2.63 m
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India
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The site of the Taj Mahal
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Agra
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2.58 m
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Netherlands
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Capital (but not seat of government) of the Netherlands
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Amsterdam
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2.35 m
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China
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Liaoning city home to the world's largest jade Buddha
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Anshan
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2.35 m
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Paraguay
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Capital and largest city of Paraguay
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Asunción
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2.25 m
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United States
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Keep this music-loving capital of Texas weird
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Austin
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2.08 m
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India
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Renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023
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Aurangabad
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1.98 m
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Syria
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Gary Johnson asked what this city was
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Aleppo
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1.96 m
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China
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Ancient Shang dynasty capital, then known as Yin
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Anyang
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1.85 m
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United Arab Emirates
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Island capital of the United Arab Emirates
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Abu Dhabi
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1.78 m
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Turkey
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Largest city in the ancient region of Cilicia
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Adana
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1.78 m
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Philippines
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Its name means "angels" in Spanish
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Angeles
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1.75 m
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India
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The second-largest city in West Bengal, after Kolkata
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Asansol
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1.60 m
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Kazakhstan
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Briefly known as Nur-Sultan
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Astana
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1.55 m
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Iran
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Located in the middle of Iran's oil fields
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Ahvaz
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1.53 m
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New Zealand
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Largest city in Polynesia
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Auckland
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1.52 m
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India
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Where you'd find the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest site
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Amritsar
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1.45 m
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Australia
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Capital of South Australia
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Adelaide
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1.45 m
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India
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The Duke of Wellington besieged it in 1803
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Aligarh
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1.40 m
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Turkey
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Major tourist town on the Mediterranean Sea
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Antalya
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1.28 m
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Nigeria
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Has a three-letter-long name consisting of just As and Bs
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Aba
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1.27 m
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Morocco
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Beach resort that saw a 1911 "crisis" between France and Germany
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Agadir
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1.27 m
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Belgium
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Center of the world's diamond trade
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Antwerp
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1.25 m
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Mexico
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Where the San Marcos Fair, Mexico's biggest, is held annually
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Aguascalientes
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1.21 m
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Peru
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At the foot of Misti, one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes
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Arequipa
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1.19 m
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Tanzania
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Where tourists come to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
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Arusha
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1.15 m
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Turkmenistan
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Saparmurat Niyazov built a giant golden statue of himself here
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Ashgabat
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1.09 m
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Eritrea
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The best-preserved site of colonial Italian architecture in Africa
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Asmara
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1.00 m
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Germany
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Charlemagne's imperial capital
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Aachen
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