Most Populated Subnational Capitals

Name the largest cities that are the capital of a sub-national region (state, province, etc.).
By urban area population, per citypopulation.de
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Capital
72.70 m
Guangzhou
41.60 m
Shanghai
41.20 m
Tokyo
35.70 m
Delhi
29.50 m
Jakarta
27.60 m
Mumbai
25.40 m
Mexico City
25.20 m
Seoul
23.10 m
Dhaka
22.80 m
Cairo
22.60 m
São Paulo
21.80 m
Bangkok
21.50 m
Beijing
21.00 m
Karachi
18.80 m
Moscow
18.10 m
Chengdu
17.90 m
Kolkata
17.70 m
Osaka
16.80 m
Buenos Aires
16.80 m
Tehran
16.30 m
Kinshasa
16.00 m
Istanbul
15.10 m
London
14.80 m
Johannesburg
14.70 m
Bangalore
14.60 m
Hangzhou
14.60 m
Lahore
14.30 m
Ho Chi Minh City
13.60 m
Rio de Janeiro
13.40 m
Xi'an
12.90 m
Chennai
12.90 m
Chongqing
12.60 m
Wuhan
12.00 m
Lima
11.70 m
Hyderabad
11.70 m
Tianjin
11.50 m
Changsha
11.50 m
Paris
10.60 m
Bogotá
10.50 m
Nagoya
10.30 m
Zhengzhou
10.10 m
Taipei
9.65 m
Luanda
9.55 m
Kuala Lumpur
9.50 m
Nanjing
8.80 m
Shenyang
8.65 m
Washington, D.C.
8.40 m
Santiago
8.20 m
Hefei
8.00 m
Singapore
7.85 m
Toronto
7.80 m
Baghdad
7.70 m
Boston
7.70 m
Riyadh
7.50 m
Hong Kong
7.35 m
Hanoi
7.20 m
Khartoum
7.05 m
Abidjan
7.00 m
Bandung
6.90 m
Nairobi
6.80 m
Accra
6.80 m
Kunming
6.75 m
Jinan
6.70 m
Madrid
6.65 m
Dar es Salaam
6.45 m
Shijiazhuang
6.35 m
Saint Petersburg
6.25 m
Alexandria
6.15 m
Amman
6.15 m
Atlanta
6.15 m
Milan
6.15 m
Monterrey
6.15 m
Taiyuan
6.05 m
Dubai
5.95 m
Guadalajara
5.95 m
Surabaya
5.70 m
Bamako
5.65 m
Yangon
5.55 m
Harbin
5.55 m
Nanning
5.35 m
Kano
5.30 m
Belo Horizonte
5.30 m
Guiyang
5.25 m
Kabul
5.20 m
Ankara
5.20 m
Changchun
5.20 m
Melbourne
5.15 m
Nanchang
5.15 m
Sydney
5.10 m
Cape Town
5.05 m
Kuwait City
5.05 m
Chittagong
5.00 m
Ürümqi
4.98 m
Colombo
4.95 m
Phoenix
4.88 m
Barcelona
4.83 m
Addis Ababa
4.78 m
Fuzhou
4.70 m
Berlin
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Mar 12, 2025
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Level 78
Mar 12, 2025
What about biggest cities that aren't?
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Level 81
Mar 12, 2025
Not sure how easy that would be. But I'll see to it.