10 Megacities Furthest From the Sea

Name the 10 urban areas with a population of at least 10 million whose city centres are furthest from a sea or ocean.
Populations are based on the urban areas from citypopulation.de
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from sea
Pop.
City
1017km
10.2m
Lahore
836km
26.4m
Delhi
636km
16.9m
Moscow
623km
13.7m
Tehran
457km
13.4m
Johannesburg
355km
10.6m
Kinshasa
265km
10.5m
Bengaluru
245km
22.1m
Mexico City
149km
11.2m
Paris
145km
21.1m
Beijing
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12 Comments
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Level 87
Mar 15, 2018
Didn't realise that Lahore's population had grown past 10 million now. Neat. What does The Karman line have to do with the quiz though?
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Level 46
Mar 15, 2018
Great question! took a while for me to work that out. Turns out when i copied it from this quiz, i forgot to take out the caveat.
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Level 79
Aug 17, 2019
Got everything except #1
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Level 56
Jan 10, 2021
What about Chinese cities, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xian, Wuhan?
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Level 65
May 12, 2022
and Hyderabad in India
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Level 56
Apr 4, 2023
Pretty sure this needs an update
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Level 91
May 24, 2024
Definitely needs an update, lots of new megacities since 2018.
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Level 78
Jul 14, 2024
Chongqing definitely should qualify in this list. Its about 2,000km from the sea and has a population of about 22 million. Why isn't it on here?
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Level 36
Feb 26, 2025
Chongqing, Wuhan, Hyderabad (India), and Chengdu?
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Level 61
Mar 21, 2025
missing chongqing, chengdu, and hyderabad
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Level 57
May 1, 2025
Confused at the lack of Chinese cities
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Level 57
Apr 18, 2026
Bogotá, Wuhan, Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Riyadh, Chicago, Zhengzhou, Cairo, and the Ruhr?