Largest World Cities With Four Letters

Try to guess the most populous world cities whose names are four letters long (based on urban area population). You are invited to name some selected smaller ones as well.

Wien is more commonly known in English as Vienna

Population from citypopulation.de, January 2026 with Wikipedia as a secondary source

Giza, Kobe, and Wuxi not included because our source groups them with larger agglomerations

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First submitted	October 27, 2015
Times taken	50,608
Average score	68.0%
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Largest Cities
population	country	city
13.7 m	China	Xi'an
12.2 m	Peru	Lima
8.25 m	India	Pune
5.55 m	Nigeria	Kano
4.05 m	China	Zibo
3.73 m	Azerbaijan	Baku
3.48 m	Ukraine	Kyiv
3.45 m	Italy	Rome
3.00 m	Colombia	Cali

Largest Cities
population	country	city
2.75 m	China	Yiwu
2.73 m	Togo	Lomé
2.70 m	India	Agra
2.70 m	Qatar	Doha
2.63 m	Philippines	Cebu
2.35 m	Mexico	León
2.05 m	France	Lyon
1.99 m	Palestine	Gaza

Other Cities
population	country	city
1.29 m	Norway	Oslo
1.01 m	France	Nice
730 k	Czechia	Brno
660 k	Tunisia	Sfax
615 k	Latvia	Riga
407 k	Switzerland	Bern
327 k	Ireland	Cork
185 k	Fiji	Suva

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84 Comments

Level 76

Oct 28, 2015

If you've nailed this, you're ready for Top 45 World Cities With Four Letters.

Level 68

Oct 28, 2015

I never understand why people do online quizzes and use google to do the quiz. There is no way people know an "average" of 16 here. Shame really.

+68

Level ∞

Oct 28, 2015

There are die-hard users who go into their stats to find new quizzes before they hit the front page. Those users might actually know 16. The average person on the street? Definitely less than 5. But those people are on Buzzfeed looking for pictures of celebrities who look like cats. So they don't affect the stats.

Level 76

Mar 7, 2020

I wouldnt say less than 5. I think rome, oslo, kiev, bern, bonn, lyon and nice. That makes 7. Wonder which you were thinking of, rome, oslo, kiev and? bern I guess.

Ofcourse guessing them and knowing them is not the same, but I think they could focus more one getting the ones they have heard of than the audience here. No need to think if you know the city for azerbaijan if you havent even or hardly have heard of the country.

only other one they might spend extra time on thinking if they know it is the 2nd italy I think ( I tried pisa btw ;) )

Level 51

Apr 26, 2021

they would probably only know lima, rome, and oslo

Level 85

Jul 8, 2021

I got 15 and was disappointed at some that I missed. Many of the top 15 are capitals.

Level 80

Apr 30, 2022

@smoceany - They'd almost certainly know Kyiv now, if they didn't before.

Level 81

Nov 23, 2022

SO TRUE

Level 75

Nov 3, 2015

16 was easy. Any more is tricky, but I am certain I am missing some obvious ones.

Level 76

Mar 7, 2020

personally I think 9 or 10 were easy, to know more than those you would need to already have a liking for geography or spend a reasonable amount of time time doing geography quizzes on this site.

Level 73

Jan 17, 2016

I got 14 easily, would've known Giza, Gaza and Nice also if I had taken the time to think a bit more (I just woke up so my patience level is at zero).

Level 74

Jan 18, 2016

I scored 14 easily also, and of those only two are names I didn't know before doing online quizzes, - Agra and Xian. I should have remembered Doha from other quizzes, too, so 16 doesn't seem extraordinary to me.

Level 67

Jan 18, 2016

I got 18. No Google. Having the country helps, and doing geo quizzes helps. How many 4 letter cities exist in some of these countries? Its really just narrowing it down. I have never heard of Cixi, Wuxi, Pune, and Kano so I obviously missed those. I got the rest of them, and I should've known Lome as it is the capital of Togo and fairly "easy."

Not everyone uses Google. Some of us just actually know.

Level 89

Jan 18, 2016

Now that the quiz is featured, the average is down to 10. I actually knew 21 the first time I took it. And now I know three more of those fast-growing chinese cities ^^.

Level 66

Jan 18, 2016

Noodles, I find a problem with what you just commented. While I'm sure there are a few users who may Google answers, it's not fair to make assumptions just because people are doing well on quizzes. Many people who use this website are geography fanatics, and it's a "shame" that you're so obtuse that you chalk up their knowledge to cheating.

Level 71

Jun 17, 2016

I'm your average teen, but I still got 15 without cheating. I knew 22 of them though.

Level 86

Nov 28, 2016

For me 17 was first result, and I should remember 3 more I know.

Level 86

May 29, 2017

I notice that the average score on a lot of quizzes goes down over time. This could be explained by the comment Quizmaster makes that die-hards seek out and are among the first to take the quizzes. They score well, and so the average is high. Over time, more people come in and take the quiz and get lower scores, which lower the average. Point in hand, where the average was cited as being 16, as I type this, is now shows as 10.

Level 70

Jun 6, 2017

I'm wondering how long noodles had been on Jetpunk when he made that comment. We all have too much time on our hands.

Level 86

Jul 15, 2018

They are still at level 2, so not long at all.

Level 76

Mar 7, 2020

So in 3 years (between your comments) he never did another quiz (need 5 point to get from 2 to 3 so maybe 2 quizzes)? But in the year and a half between your and my comment he went up 65 levels? He currently 67 (which on its own is vert possible Im 65 and played a year, but the distribution is not really as expected, 3 years nothing, then suddenly full on again?).

You sure you didnt erroneously looked at his nr of likes?

Level 82

Aug 25, 2018

I too disagree with Noodles. I scored 20 on first attempt without cheating - despite missing the city famed for the Taj Mahal, which I have visited!. Even though born and bred in UK I also struggled to get that one; I kept trying Hull, which is bigger - but probably less famous.

Level 61

Aug 25, 2018

Well, Noodles said the AVERAGE is high and I think he is right. All the comments are from people with at least level 60. Obviously not the "average" ones.

Level 67

Aug 25, 2018

I tried Hull too - took me ages to get York!

Level 76

Mar 8, 2020

As of 8 March 2020 the average score is 12.

Level 79

Jul 8, 2023

I got all 25 without too much trouble. Some of us just built different ig.

Level 92

Mar 27, 2026

Personally I spend basically all my free time on JetPunk and have for many years now lol so at this point there aren't many geography quizzes with answers I don't know

Level 94

Oct 29, 2015

Whew, barely made it. Thought of Nice with 0:16 left.

Level 41

Jan 17, 2016

How about Brno, Czech republic? Population is about 400 000

Level 76

Jan 17, 2016

It is one of the green cities in the Top 45 4-letter Cities quiz. When we edited the 15-city green list in that quiz down to 8 for this version, we chose the 8 chosen by the most quizzers - basically the most famous 8. Brno was 9th!

Level 58

Jan 17, 2016

Yeah, urm Palestine isn't a country.

+23

Level 66

Jan 17, 2016

You'd be better off deleting that comment...

Level 66

Jan 17, 2016

unless you want to be schooled

Level 76

Jan 17, 2016

LOL! Whenever a comment like Warren's has been posted, it's always been a one-liner, without any reasoning to support it.

+24

Level 76

Jan 17, 2016

The number of countries recognizing Palestine continues to rise; it is now 137 of 196 countries (70%), more than those recognising Kosovo (108) or Taiwan (23). It has UN observer status (unlike Kosovo and Taiwan, which have no UN status at all). Its UN observer status is equal to Vatican City and (until 1992) Switzerland. Its control of its borders is as weak as Georgia and Cyprus. Therefore, Palestine is as much, if not more, of a country as all the others named here.

+16

Level 80

Mar 17, 2017

Palestine isn't a country on the "Countries of the World" quiz, so it's a fair point.

Level 56

Oct 28, 2024

in all honesty. jetpunk's countries of the world quiz is my guide for.. countries of the world

Level 70

Jun 6, 2017

We could say self-administrative territory then, but it's best not to go there...

Level 80

Apr 7, 2026

1.63 million teenage kids vape. Doesn't mean that's a healthy habit.

There are certain things in life: Pluto is a planet. It's Mount McKinley. And Palestine is not a country.

Congrats. You have been edjuhmicated.

And one more certainty that can never be argued: OU SUCKS!!

Level 30

Apr 3, 2018

He's right you know.

Level 79

Mar 3, 2020

It's not a real country, regardless of any population contests it's won at the United Nations lately, and comparing it to Georgia or Cyprus is not really accurate for many different reasons, but at the same time no other country claims the territory of Gaza so it's probably the best label to put on it.

Level 47

Jan 17, 2016

Missed a couple of the Chinatowns and did not think of Giza being any more than the tourist site of the pyramids. Should've gotten that one. Fun quiz.

Level 55

Jan 17, 2016

Palestine is not country. Not even in Jetpunk.

Level 76

Jan 17, 2016

see my two comments above

Level 22

Jan 21, 2016

19, wee buns for experts like me! Tough at the top of the foodchain

Level 64

Feb 9, 2018

Why Kobe is missing? 1,535 million as to 2016.

Level 90

Jul 11, 2018

Part of the Osaka metropolitan area

Level 79

Jul 8, 2018

NITPICK ALERT: Xian should be written as Xi'an

Level 76

Jul 10, 2018

OK, apostrophe added, although a google search shows it can be transliterated both ways. The Xi'an version is to make it more likely it's pronounced correctly, approximately "see-arn", rather than "sharn" which readers of "Xian" might be prone to pronounce it as. But smart cookies like you and me will see Xian and say see-arn anyway. Otherwise people will start to have to write Se'attle and Mi'ami.

Level 79

Jul 11, 2018

The reason why certain Chinese cities have this distinction and not cities like "Mi'ami" is because Chinese is a monosyllabic language. Xi'an is made up of the syllables/characters "Xi" （西）and "An"（安）. However, in Chinese, "Xian" can also be pronounced as a single syllable/character, and it has a completely different sound to the above, e.g. （鲜）.

Level 33

Aug 25, 2018

If you want to nitpick, actually most cities in china are written in 2 characters. not only 西安, but also 广州, 北京 and 上海. Of course you can at; 市 is the 'city' character after it but that's not necassary.

Level 89

Mar 28, 2026

Yes the point is that without the apostrophe it is *ambiguous* whether the letter sequence x-i-a-n represents the single syllable "xian" or the two syllables "xi" and "an". There is no possible ambiguity about the syllable divide when you write "Guangzhou", "Beijing", or "Shanghai".

Level 86

Aug 25, 2018

Bari in Italy?

Level 73

Aug 25, 2018

A few of these cities are not in the correct order.

Level 79

Aug 25, 2018

I am extremely happy to see Jetpunk beginning to warm up to Palestinian sovereignty. And surprisingly, the comments aren't a catastrophe.

Level 73

Aug 25, 2018

Hull (284k), has more people than York, in regards to 4 letter UK cities.

Level 76

Aug 25, 2018

Good point. To save confusion we've substituted Bari into that slot.

Level 78

Aug 25, 2018

Aden in Yemen?

Level 76

Aug 25, 2018

It was a candidate for the green column! We couldn't fit them all in.

Level 69

Sep 29, 2018

What about Perm?

Level 72

Dec 9, 2018

20, no google

Missed Oran in Algeria, 2nd largest with approx 750k

Level 68

Mar 3, 2020

Love this kind of quiz where I can benefit from my memorized Chinese cities :)

Level 66

Apr 19, 2020

Why not Perm, Ľodź or Brno? They are well-known cities.

Level 27

Jun 12, 2020

Palestine isn't a country full stop

Level 73

Sep 2, 2020

138 countries disagree with that statement.

Level 82

Jan 31, 2021

I can't believe I forgot Wuxi even though my city BORDERS that city!!! (that and Sfax were the only ones I missed)

Level 72

Mar 15, 2021

Hold up why is Palestine here Jetpunk doesnt recognize it

Level 76

Mar 15, 2021

Palestine appears as a clue to help you towards answering a four-letter large world city - did you get the answer? On a broader question, the job of websites like this one is to set quizzes. They are not some sort of international NGO with powers to "recognise" countries, that's a bit above its pay grade.

Level 92

Sep 12, 2021

Wuhu has nearly 3.7 million people, how about that one?

Level 76

Sep 12, 2021

Our source, citypopulation.de, has Wuhu at 1.53 million.

Level 63

Feb 19, 2023

23/25 Never ever heard of the cities of Wuxi & Cixi. But this was a nice quiz.

Level 64

Apr 8, 2023

where is Warsaw from Poland with 1,75 mln?

Level 68

Apr 18, 2023

I'm sure that it's not my place, but doesn't Jetpunk not recognize Palestine? I'm not sure if there's a better way to phrase the question, but idk.

Level 76

Apr 19, 2023

See our answer to LuigiDood227 above.

Level 63

Sep 15, 2023

for Germany I typed: Kiel, Jena, Gera, Koln, Burg, and didn't think about Bonn

Level 38

Jun 30, 2025

No Oran (Algeria)?

Level 76

Jul 2, 2025

1.5 million. Was a candidate for "other cities".

Level 69

Mar 26, 2026

It's León, not Léon. Fun quiz!

Level ∞

Mar 26, 2026

Fixed.

Level 81

Mar 26, 2026

There are 7.5 million people in Wuxi, China

Level ∞

Mar 26, 2026

"Giza, Kobe, and Wuxi not included because our source groups them with larger agglomerations"

Level 79

Mar 27, 2026

if you dk Yiwu then ydkb

Level 81

Mar 27, 2026

Where's Palestine? I haven't heard of it.

Level 76

Mar 28, 2026

Here's your homework for today.