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The native Yoruba name Èkó is also used by Yoruba people. _____ was most likely named after _____, Portugal, as it was the main centre of Portuguese maritime expeditions down the African coast in the 15th century.	Lagos	100%
_______ lies on the south-east coast of the country, on the Gulf of Guinea. The city is located on the Ébrié Lagoon.	Abidjan	89%
_______ traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi in 1767 and Rattanakosin in 1782.	Bangkok	89%
...houses the largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world, as well as the world's four biggest financial institutions by total assets.	Beijing	89%
______ was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano.	Bogota	89%
_____ was founded by the Fatimid dynasty in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries).	Cairo	89%
As many as 800 languages are spoken in ___ ____ ____, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.	New York	89%
The Mamluk Sultanate (_____) was overthrown in 1290 by Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji (1290–1320). Under the second Khalji ruler, Ala-ud-din Khalji, the _____ sultanate extended its control south of the Narmada River in the Deccan.	Delhi	78%
Incorporated into the Han dynasty, Panyu became a provincial capital. In AD 226, it became the seat of Guang Prefecture, which gave it its modern name.	Guangzhou	78%
...the first major settlement was founded by the Romans around 47 AD, about 4 years after their invasion of 43 AD.This only lasted until about 61 AD, when the Iceni tribe led by Queen Boudica stormed it and burnt it to the ground.	London	78%
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, in 2022, _____ was the city with the ninth-highest cost of living in the world	Paris	78%
The city was one of five treaty ports forced to open to European trade after the First Opium War. The ________ International Settlement and the French Concession were subsequently established.	Shanghai	78%
As of 2023, the city is home to 29 of the world's 500 largest companies, as listed in the annual Fortune Global 500—the second highest number of any city.	Tokyo	78%
In the 2010 census, 2.1% of the population or 61,876 persons declared to be Indigenous... Amongst the 61,876 persons who are of indigenous origin, 15.9% are Quechua people, 15.9% are Guaraní, 15.5% are Aymara and 11% are Mapuche.	Buenos Aires	67%
_______ is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Southeast Asia. Established in the fourth century as Sunda Kelapa, the city became an important trading port for the Sunda Kingdom.	Jakarta	67%
32% of ____________ residents speak Nguni languages at home, 24% speak Sotho languages, 18% speak English, 7% speak Afrikaans and 6% speak Tshivenda.	Johannesburg	67%
Most of Pakistan's public and private banks are headquartered on _______'s I. I. Chundrigar Road, which is known as "Pakistan's Wall Street", with a large percentage of the cash flow in the Pakistani economy taking place on I. I. Chundrigar Road.	Karachi	67%
At the outbreak of the Mahdist War, the British attempted to evacuate Anglo-Egyptian garrisons from Sudan but the Siege of ________ in 1884 resulted in the capture of the city by Mahdist forces and a massacre of the defending Anglo-Egyptian garrison.	Khartoum	67%
According to a projection (2016) the population of metropolitan ________ will increase significantly, to 35 million by 2050, 58 million by 2075 and 83 million by 2100, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.	Kinshasa	67%
In the 1980s, terrorist violence added to the disorderly growth of the city and the increase in the number of internally displaced people. Terrorist groups like the Shining Path and Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement were centered in ____ during this time.	Lima	67%
Philip II moved his court to ______ in 1561 and transformed the town into a capital city. During the Early Habsburg period, the import of European influences took place, underpinned by the monicker of Austrian style.	Madrid	67%
Swiss Re ranked ______ as the second-riskiest capital city to live in, citing its exposure to natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, floods, and landslides.	Manila	67%
State Library Victoria, founded in 1854, is one of the world's oldest free public libraries and, as of 2018, the fourth most-visited library globally.	Melbourne	67%
Beginning in 1782, ______ was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project, which undertook reclamation of the area between the seven islands from the Arabian Sea.	Mumbai	67%
The largest urban forest in the world is the Floresta da Pedra Branca (White Rock Forest), which is located in the West Zone of ___ __ _______.	Rio de Janeiro	67%
The ______ Opera House was also controversial for its cost and disputes between architect Jørn Utzon and government officials. However, soon after it opened in 1973 it became a major tourist attraction and symbol of the city.	Sydney	67%
______'s landmarks include the Azadi Tower, a memorial built in 1971 to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, and the Milad Tower, the world's sixth-tallest self-supporting tower, completed in 2007.	Tehran	67%
The city includes lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs, the largest of which is Müggelsee. About one-third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks and gardens, rivers, canals, and lakes.	Berlin	56%
The name _______ is derived from a French rendering of the indigenous Miami–Illinois name Šikaakonki, the locative form of the word šikaakwa which can mean both "skunk" and "ramps," a wild relative of onion and garlic known to botanists as Allium tricoccum.	Chicago	56%
________ was the 2010 European Capital of Culture. The city has surpassed London and Dubai to become the most visited city in the world, with more than 20 million foreign visitors in 2023.	Istanbul	56%
Rubber made it the richest city in South America during the late 1800s. Rubber helped ______ earn its nickname, the Paris of the Tropics.	Manaus	56%
The city is colloquially known as Chilangolandia after the locals' nickname chilangos. Chilango is used pejoratively by people living outside _______ ____ to "connote a loud, arrogant, ill-mannered, loutish person".	Mexico City	56%
______ has two informal nicknames. The first is "The Green City in the Sun", which is derived from the city's foliage and warm climate. The second is the "Safari Capital of the World", which is used due to _______'s prominence as a hub for safari tourism.	Nairobi	56%
Between 1941 and 1942, the Soviets crated up and relocated more than 50 substantial factories from western Russia to ___________ in order to reduce the risk of their destruction through war, and at this time the city became a major supply base for the Red Army.	Novosibirsk	56%
There are four main mountains in central _____: Bugaksan, Inwangsan, Naksan and Namsan. The _____ Fortress Wall, which historically bounded the city, goes over these mountains.	Seoul	56%
When the ʿAlawi Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah (c. 1710–1790) rebuilt the city after its destruction in the earthquake of 1755, it was renamed "ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ " (الدار البيضاء The White House), though in vernacular use it was pronounced "Dar al-Baiḍā".	Casablanca	44%
_______ is amongst the most-visited Indian cities by international tourists and was ranked 36th among the most-visited cities in the world in 2019 by Euromonitor.	Chennai	44%
The area remained under Spanish rule until 1821, when Mexico declared independence from Spain, and the area was considered part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.	Dallas	44%
There are more than 700 active oil wells within 1,500 feet (460 m) of homes, churches, schools and hospitals in the city, a situation about which the EPA has voiced serious concerns.	Los Angeles	44%
The ______ International Business Center is one of the largest financial centers in the world and features the majority of Europe's tallest skyscrapers.	Moscow	44%
______ was capital of the 17th century New Holland (Dutch Brazil) established by the Dutch West India Company and was called Mauritsstad.	Recife	44%
In 2010, residents of Chinese ethnicity constituted the largest single ethnic minority group in ___ _________ at 21% of the population; other large Asian groups include Filipinos (5%) and Vietnamese (2%)	San Francisco	44%
n 1932, ___ _____ mobilized in its largest civic movement: the Constitutionalist Revolution, when the entire population engaged in the war against the "Provisional Government" of Getúlio Vargas.	São Paulo	44%
During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of _______.	Toronto	44%
Major film production studios in _________ and nearby Burnaby have turned Greater _________ and nearby areas into one of the largest film production centres in North America, earning it the nickname "Hollywood North".	Vancouver	44%
The city is home to as many as 20,000 French expatriates. France still maintains an air force base at Yoff and the French fleet is serviced in _____'s port.	Dakar	33%
In 645, the city now known as _____ was at this time referred to as Naniwa (written as 浪華 or 浪花) and this name and derivations of it are still in use for districts in central _____ such as Naniwa (浪速) and Namba (難波)	Osaka	33%
On 10 January 1697, Dutch Captain Willem de Vlamingh conducted the first documented exploration of the present-day _____ region.	Perth	33%
Under the name Luntai, the city was founded by the Tang government, in 648 CE, the 22nd year of Emperor Taizong's reign, as part of the Protectorate General to Pacify the West. It was a seat of local government and collected taxes from the caravans along the northern route of the Silk Road.	Urumqi	22%

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