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Biggest Cities Starting With S

Try to guess the world's most populous urban areas that start with the letter S.
Urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2024
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Last updated: April 2, 2024
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First submittedFebruary 13, 2012
Times taken109,008
Average score65.4%
Rating4.34
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Country
Population
City
China
40.8 mil
Shanghai / Suzhou
South Korea
25.1 mil
Seoul
Brazil
22.1 mil
São Paulo
Note: Shenzhen is included with Guangzhou
China
8.70 mil
Shenyang
Chile
8.25 mil
Santiago
China
8.00 mil
Shantou
Singapore
7.85 mil
Singapore
India
7.75 mil
Surat
United States
7.45 mil
San Francisco
Russia
6.50 mil
Saint Petersburg
China
6.20 mil
Shijiazhuang
Indonesia
5.90 mil
Surabaya
Australia
4.98 mil
Sydney
Country
Population
City
United States
4.48 mil
Seattle
Dominican Republic
3.85 mil
Santo Domingo
Brazil
3.20 mil
Salvador
United States
3.20 mil
San Diego
Yemen
3.18 mil
Sana'a
United States
2.63 mil
Salt Lake City
Japan
2.50 mil
Sapporo
Costa Rica
2.45 mil
San Jose
Bolivia
2.40 mil
Santa Cruz
Germany
2.40 mil
Stuttgart
United States
2.35 mil
San Antonio
United States
2.33 mil
St. Louis
Sweden
2.28 mil
Stockholm
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109 Recent Comments
Ramster
+22
Level 71
Nov 1, 2014
Am I the only one who got Sana'a by guessing San Antonio?
eurocrem
+9
Level 41
Nov 1, 2014
No.
ruudsje
+3
Level 69
Nov 1, 2014
2
ander217
+3
Level 74
Nov 1, 2014
3
DeusCaritasEst
+3
Level 55
Mar 26, 2015
6
ThatEmoShyGuy
+3
Level 79
May 22, 2015
7
alberici
+3
Level 74
Sep 26, 2015
8
Liopleurodon
+4
Level 64
Mar 26, 2016
800
thebest21
+3
Level 65
Apr 13, 2016
9
Willfm24
+3
Level 80
Jun 12, 2016
10
plattitude
+2
Level 94
Jan 11, 2017
1A
Jerry928
+7
Level 76
Jan 13, 2017
Maybe we should type Sana'a in full here to get the point?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Nov 30, 2020
Perhaps.
tommo1d
+3
Level 53
Sep 4, 2016
nope that happened to me too
BrandonJ
+3
Level 62
Jun 12, 2017
13
Sulps
+5
Level 56
Jun 16, 2017
Yeah, let's fill the comment section with spam! 14
stromae
+3
Level 71
Jun 16, 2017
15
IBRK
+3
Level 73
Jun 17, 2017
16
maethowie
+3
Level 67
May 25, 2018
17
LatSwizzle
+3
Level 64
Aug 16, 2018
18
JackintheBox
+2
Level 80
Nov 30, 2020
18.5 😏
jeepy
+5
Level 66
Feb 22, 2019
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER
dg48
+2
Level 67
Nov 1, 2014
San Antonio is larger than Salt Lake City
cpgatbyu
+3
Level 86
Nov 1, 2014
The Sacramento CSA (2.48 million) is bigger than the Salt Lake CSA (2.39 million).
alec1945
+1
Level 43
Mar 25, 2015
Probably many. Like me. On the other hand, if you see Yemen, you're going to think of its capital, Sana'a
smartguy2
+2
Level 68
Apr 29, 2018
I didn't even think of San Antonio.
dg48
+1
Level 67
Aug 14, 2015
what about San Antonio???
Sirlandlord
+1
Level 69
Aug 29, 2015
Shouldn't San Antonio be on here?
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jan 11, 2017
No
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Jan 13, 2017
2.07 million, according to citypopulation.de.
sillie
+1
Level 76
May 12, 2016
It's getting a bit confusing when some quizzes count Shenzhen as part of Guangzhou and some don't.
fuanacdc
+1
Level 86
Jan 12, 2017
Same, I thought I must have been misspelling Shenzhen.
Ekzo
+1
Level 49
May 18, 2016
Missed San Juan, St. Louis, Salt Lake City and Salvador:/
Hugh2000
+1
Level 68
Nov 2, 2016
puerto rico isnt a country
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Dec 23, 2016
Quizmaster's father was killed by some Puerto Rican guy. He doesn't like to admit that they are part of the United States.
Jarl5
+1
Level 68
Jun 16, 2017
:(
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Jan 13, 2017
Shantou appears out of size order.
Antofagasta
+4
Level 71
May 30, 2017
True, I wasn't the first to notice that. Is it a mistake or is it just in the wrong place? Will the Quizmaster come to the rescue? Will OCD strike? Will life ever be the same again?
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
May 30, 2017
This crisis has been dealt with
ander217
+9
Level 74
Jun 16, 2017
Whew! That was a close one.
cshtthomas
+2
Level 59
Feb 22, 2017
Where is Shenzhen? And the list is not in order (Suzhou)
dg48
+1
Level 67
May 11, 2017
san antonio is bigger than salt lake city!
BrunoLP
+2
Level 74
May 21, 2017
Why isn't Shenzhen there?
greenredblue
+4
Level 37
Jun 16, 2017
I got Sana'a trying to guess San Antonio lmao, surprised sacramento isn't here
jbro
+1
Level 71
Sep 20, 2020
same
jeisenberg24
+1
Level 73
Jun 16, 2017
Where is San Antonio?
Roger77024
+6
Level 57
Jun 16, 2017
In Texas
Jarl5
+2
Level 68
Jun 16, 2017
Got Sana'a while trying San Antonio lol
LvE
+3
Level 20
Jun 16, 2017
Very surprising not to see San Antonio, San Juan, Shenzhen, or even Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte! I am much more used to the urban population.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 12, 2019
Sri Jayaepdubnewda is just a neighborhood or district of Colombo, similar to New Delhi and Delhi. Colombo would show up on some big cities quizzes.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 61
Nov 20, 2023
San Juan was on before. Shenzhen is grouped with Guangzhou on JetPunk.
evilcheeser
+1
Level 74
Apr 4, 2024
On citypopulation.de* which is a generally strong source often used for JetPunk quizzes, but does that particular thing rather stupidly.
idontlikeit2
+4
Level 75
Jun 16, 2017
what about suzhou, china? population 10 million. way more beautiful and much more of a vacation hotspot than the other two, shantou and shijiazhuang, which i've never heard of.
Dollyfroggy
+4
Level 61
Nov 20, 2023
It's part of Shanghai on the source apparently.
Elan
+2
Level 65
Jun 17, 2017
I got Sana'a while guessing San Antonio
rphxx
+2
Level 71
Oct 5, 2017
Me too
smartguy2
+2
Level 68
Feb 13, 2019
Me too.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Jun 18, 2017
What the heck is Shijiazhuang? The Chinese are just making things up now.
rphxx
+3
Level 71
Oct 5, 2017
There's also Zhangjiagang XD
brandybuck96
+11
Level 83
Nov 23, 2017
that's generally how place names happen
Kiwigeokid2007
+2
Level 64
Jul 13, 2021
Lol I got shijiazhuang somehow
dsong
+2
Level 66
Apr 2, 2024
My dad's family is from there and I've been a few times. What the heck is kalbahamut?
ElPepe
+2
Level 86
Nov 3, 2017
Stuttgart has less than a Million inhabitants in fact
FluffyPandicorn
+2
Level 36
Mar 23, 2019
it is the urban area of stuttgart, not the city alone, as stated in the description.
HBK97
+2
Level 77
Jun 1, 2018
What about Suzhou in China?
aoao
+2
Level 23
Jul 30, 2018
Where's Shenzhen ? It has almost more people that Shijiazhuang and Shenyang together.
MPK93
+3
Level 49
Aug 26, 2018
Where the hell is Shenzhen? There are over 10m people living in Shenzhen!
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 13, 2019
Read the caveats!
Clinicalize
+4
Level 41
Apr 28, 2020
It's weird not to consider Shenzhen an urban area per se, but even weirder not to consider Suzhou at all, which has a lot of people and is in a different municipality (Jiangsu) than Shanghai.

Further, if Shenzhen is part of the same urban area of Guangzhou, then all quizzes should be updated to include the urban area of Chongqing which counts more than 30mln people.

Persephoneb
+5
Level 79
Mar 11, 2024
Yeah, as someone who lived in Shenzhen before living in Guangzhou I don't get it. They are two distinct cities with a big ass river between them. If you're going to include Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Macau, Donnguan, Huizhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong as one city than you have to include Philadelphia, all of New Jersey, and New York as one or Sacramento to San Francisco/Oakland to San Jose as one. Sure there are many others.
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 82
Apr 2, 2024
Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai are actually separate urban areas according to city population.de.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 80
Mar 11, 2019
I live in Suzhou, China!
rainman787
+3
Level 42
Jun 12, 2019
I only got Sana'a because I incorrectly guessed San Antonio.
SWATkun
+2
Level 59
Jun 12, 2019
U didn't incorrectly guessed, but San Antonio contains Sana in itself. Everyone got Sana while Typing San Antonio
Roevhaal
+1
Level 20
Dec 4, 2024
Not true, I got Sana'a and forgot about San Antonio entirely
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 12, 2019
I'm simmering about missing the last one.
Shade9099
+2
Level 68
Jun 12, 2019
I typed "Shiangwang" as a joke, because I knew the only Chinese city I would get was Shanghai, and it counted as a type in for another city 0.0
santanderslovak
+3
Level 49
Jun 12, 2019
shicago
madmonte
+2
Level 72
Jun 19, 2019
You can't claim San Francisco's population as almost 8 million while still having San Jose as a separate city on the same list.
KennethTAA
+5
Level 62
Mar 28, 2023
san jose isnt just a californian city.
MrPi2002
+1
Level 73
Jan 29, 2020
I was sure that the second city from Brazil was Santos so I couldn't think of Salvador. Other than that, I only missed three of the Chinese cities.
Devvik2
+2
Level 73
Feb 10, 2020
Interesting it says Saint Petersburg but it also says St. Louis
ducklingpanda1245
+1
Level 53
Jul 15, 2020
6% at Semarang! That really surprised me!
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Jul 17, 2020
Bah! I missed Santiago because I misread "Chile" as another "China."
Murphster45
+1
Level 92
Jan 31, 2022
same lol
JackBeNimble
+1
Level 81
Apr 2, 2024
Yep.
Pharley
+1
Level 74
Nov 14, 2020
Suzhou. That is all.
Vallzo
+2
Level 70
Dec 12, 2020
The urban area of Stockholm is not over 2 mill. That would be the Stockholm county/metropolitan area
GeoJosh
+1
Level 50
Jun 19, 2021
HAHAHA! Shantou is Definitely NOT that big!
typhoons
+2
Level 54
Nov 21, 2021
suzhou and shenzhen?
GeoGeniusThe1
+2
Level 36
May 26, 2022
san francisco is like 1m not 7m
GeoGeniusThe1
+2
Level 36
May 26, 2022
shenzhen has 10m +
Danicide
+1
Level 65
Jul 12, 2022
No Sacramento?
Raffles
+1
Level 71
Jul 28, 2022
Shangrao?
Raffles
+1
Level 71
Jul 28, 2022
San Antonio?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Jan 5, 2023
It's here!
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 61
Nov 20, 2023
Please add a caveat for Suzhou to prevent confusion.
NotaRealPerson
+1
Level 54
Dec 30, 2023
Where is San Antonio
Fianchetto
+4
Level 75
Apr 2, 2024
Texas
jayrod
+3
Level 93
Apr 2, 2024
Freaking Salt Lake City gets me way too often. I had over a minute to think about it but closed my eyes, went through the entire US and still skipped over it.

I can get Shijiazhuang but couldn't think of SLC.

TheLonelyAlula
+2
Level 55
Jun 3, 2024
This isn't really the QM's fault, but yeah I think citypopulation.de's data is structured in a way that gives more importance to American cities and less importance to Chinese cities.
dumBunny
+1
Level 54
Oct 4, 2024
There were a lot of cities with overinflated numbers, compared to other tests I have seen. Singapore, for example, seems about 2 million too much.
Qaijerry
+2
Level 52
Oct 4, 2024
As a Singaporean, we do not have 7.85 million people thank you.
shape816
+1
Level 66
Oct 4, 2024
Yeah this is really interesting because the listed source doesn't show that number at all. The only place that number shows up is on Wikipedia as the "metro population", which is strange because that would have to require some population in surrounding Malaysia to be any different than that of the entire city-state. 🤓
dumBunny
+1
Level 54
Oct 4, 2024
This was the one that made me really wonder about the source. I took the countries by population quiz, and Singapore came in around 6 million; however, from this quiz, Singapore (as a city) had almost 2 million more people.

???

shape816
+1
Level 66
Oct 4, 2024
China has too many big cities to remember
tykgoodey007
+1
Level 53
Oct 4, 2024
How tf is Salt Lake bigger than Stockholm, Sapporo, San Antonio and St Louis??
Jzakibe
+1
Level 76
Oct 4, 2024
Their source seems to randomly decide boundaries giving some cities extra and others less. St. Louis typically is thought of as having 2.8 million in the metro area. But then Guangzhou gets all the extra cities and is now over 70 million?
TonyHayers
+1
Level 44
Oct 6, 2024
Through poor spelling I missed San FranSisco and SantA Domingo. Was hoping for spelling allowances.

Fun quiz though

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