City Rivalries between 2 Largest Cities of Subdivision

Name the two largest cities from the same country subdivision (state/province etc.) where the second largest city is more than half the size of the largest city
Population based on urban area in 2020. Source: Demographia
Only subdivision where the two largest cities have >500K inhabitants are considered (i.e. exclude towns/villages). Include cities located across two subdivisions.
Capital cities are marked by an asterisk
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Brazil
Santa Catarina
745,000
Blumenau
695,000*
Florianopolis
 
 
 
Canada
Alberta
1,326,000
Calgary
1,150,000*
Edmonton
 
 
 
China
Fujian
6,345,000
Quanzhou
4,773,000
Xiamen
Guangdong
20,902,000*
Guangzhou/Foshan
15,929,000
Shenzhen
Hebei
3,706,000*
Shijiazhuang
2,000,000
Handan
Jiangsu
7,496,000*
Nanjing
4,979,000
Suzhou
Liaoning
7,105,000*
Shenyang/Fushun
3,776,000
Dalian
Inner Mongolia
2,248,000
Baotou
2,087,000*
Hohhot
Shandong
5,911,000
Qingdao
4,026,000*
Jinan
Zhejiang
6,446,000*
Hangzhou
3,649,000
Ningbo
 
 
 
DR Congo
Nord-Kivu
1,122,000*
Goma
799,000
Butembo
 
 
 
Egypt
Gharbia
540,000
El-Mahalla El-Kubra
505,000*
Tanta
 
 
 
France
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
1,330,000*
Marseille
955,000
Nice
 
 
 
Germany
Saxony
765,000*
Dresden
625,000
Leipzig
 
 
 
India
Andhra Pradesh
2,094,000
Visakhapatnam
1,498,000
Vijayawada
Chhattisgarh
1,519,000*
Raipur
1,154,000
Durg/Bhilai
Gujarat
7,410,000
Ahmedabad
5,807,000
Surat
Jharkhand
1,910,000
Jamshedpur
1,754,000*
Ranchi
Jammu and Kashmir
1,080,000*
Srinagar
715,000*
Jammu
Kerala
2,141,000*
Thiruvananthapuram
2,060,000
Kochi
Madhya Pradesh
3,243,000
Indore
2,219,000*
Bhopal
Odisha
1,116,000*
Bhubaneswar
750,000
Cuttack
Punjab
1,770,000
Ludhiana
1,264,000
Amritsar
Uttar Pradesh
4,577,000*
Lucknow
3,811,000
Kanpur
 
 
 
Indonesia
Banten
585,000*
Serang
525,000
Cliegon
Central Java
1,992,000*
Semarang
1,106,000
Surakarta
East Kalimantan
960,000*
Samarinda
645,000
Balikpapan
Italy
Sicily
725,000*
Palermo
725,000
Catania
 
 
 
Japan
Fukuoka
2,128,000*
Fukuoka
1,760,000
Kitakyushu
Shizuoka
955,000
Hamamatsu
755,000
Fuji
 
 
 
Mexico
Chihuahua
1,448,000
Ciudad Juarez
978,000*
Chihuahua
Coahuila
1,151,000
Torreon
815,000*
Saltillo
Tamaulipas
650,000
Reynosa
560,000
Tampico
Veracruz
825,000
Veracruz
540,000*
Xalapa
 
 
 
Morocco
Fès-Meknès
1,200,000*
Fes
700,000
Meknes
 
 
 
Nigeria
Enugu
1,690,000
Nsukka
1,126,000*
Enugu
 
 
 
Philippines
Western Visayas
590,000
Bacolod
535,000*
Iloilo City
 
 
 
Russia
Samara
976,000*
Samara
685,000
Tolyatti
Kemerovo
550,000*
Kemerovo
540,000
Novokuznetsk
 
 
 
Spain
Andalusia
1,039,000*
Seville
720,000
Malaga
Canary Islands
670,000*
Las Palmas
540,000*
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
 
 
 
Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk
925,000*
Dnipro
655,000
Kryvyi Rih
 
 
 
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
1,270,000*
Abu Dhabi
1,185,000
Al Ain
 
 
 
United States
Louisiana
963,000
New Orleans
700,000*
Baton Rouge
Missouri
2,247,000
St Louis
1,722,000
Kansas City
North Carolina
2,075,000
Charlotte
1,493,000*
Raleigh
Ohio
2,774,000
Cleveland
1,693,000
Cincinnati
Oklahoma
978,000*
Oklahoma City
740,000
Tulsa
South Carolina
675,000*
Columbia
670,000
Charleston
Tennessee
1,157,000*
Nashville
1,078,000
Memphis
Texas
6,830,000
Dallas/Fort Worth
6,406,000
Houston
Virginia
1,488,000
Virginia Beach/Norfolk
1,074,000*
Richmond
 
 
 
Zambia
Copperbelt
679,000
Kitwe
555,000*
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May 5, 2020
interesting concept!