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Biggest cities in cardinal directions by continent, with a map

Name all cities with a population over 100,000, without any bigger further north, south, east or west, in the same continent. Population is given.
Urban area populations from citypopulation.de, February 2022.
Single continent versions here.
For transcontinental cities, the whole population is included in both continents.
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Africa
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
150 k
Bizerte
188 k
Somerset West
145 k
Port Louis
137 k
Praia
342 k
Annaba
1.38 M
Port Elizabeth
171 k
Saint-Pierre
3.92 M
Dakar
2.72 M
Tunis
4.30 M
Cape Town
183 k
Saint-Denis
4.55 M
Casablanca
4.02 M
Algiers
14.2 M
Johannesburg
325 k
Toamasina
5.75 M
Abidjan
4.55 M
Casablanca
20.1 M
Lagos
2.75 M
Antananarivo
20.1 M
Lagos
5.95 M
Alexandria
21.5 M
Cairo
6.45 M
Dar es Salaam
21.5 M
Cairo
21.5 M
Cairo
 
 
6.50 M
Khartoum
 
 
 
 
 
 
21.5 M
Cairo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asia
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
182 k
Norilsk
315 k
Kupang
179 k
Petropavlovsk
137 k
Çanakkale
330 k
Yakutsk
1.58 M
Denpasar
200 k
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
165 k
Menemen
387 k
Surgut
1.76 M
Malang
329 k
Asahikawa
3.05 M
Izmir
1.67 M
Yekaterinburg
1.97 M
Yogyakarta
2.50 M
Sapporo
16.2 M
Istanbul
1.70 M
Novosibirsk
6.15 M
Surabaya
40.5 M
Tokyo
18.2 M
Karachi
5.15 M
Harbin
7.05 M
Bandung
47.6 M
Guangzhou
25.6 M
Mumbai
8.10 M
Shenyang
32.1 M
Jakarta
 
 
31.3 M
Delhi
16.2 M
Istanbul
47.6 M
Guangzhou
32.1 M
Jakarta
20.0 M
Beijing
 
 
47.6 M
Guangzhou
25.0 M
Seoul
 
 
40.5 M
Tokyo
47.6 M
Guangzhou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Europe
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
282 k
Murmansk
157 k
Heraklion
162 k
Zlatoust
232 k
Reykjavik
344 k
Arkhangelsk
226 k
Algeciras
413 k
Magnitogorsk
2.50 M
Lisbon
349 k
Tampere
244 k
Marbella
1.11 M
Perm
6.70 M
Madrid
1.32 M
Helsinki
1.06 M
Malaga
1.13 M
Ufa
14.8 M
London
5.65 M
Saint Petersburg
1.30 M
Seville
1.30 M
Samara
16.2 M
Istanbul
17.4 M
Moscow
3.50 M
Athens
1.40 M
Volgograd
17.4 M
Moscow
 
 
6.70 M
Madrid
1.73 M
Nizhny Novgorod
 
 
 
 
16.2 M
Istanbul
17.4 M
Moscow
 
 
17.4 M
Moscow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North-America
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
251 k
Anchorage
118 k
La Chorrera
178 k
St. John's
251 k
Anchorage
1.37 M
Edmonton
1.56 M
Panama City
250 k
Pointe-à-Pitre
336 k
Victoria
1.52 M
Calgary
2.37 M
San José
316 k
Halifax
2.90 M
Vancouver
2.90 M
Vancouver
3.20 M
Guatemala City
1.92 M
San Juan
7.75 M
San Francisco
4.47 M
Seattle
4.00 M
Santo Domingo
4.00 M
Santo Domingo
17.6 M
Los Angeles
7.65 M
Toronto
4.02 M
Puebla
7.70 M
Boston
24.5 M
Mexico City
7.70 M
Boston
24.5 M
Mexico City
21.8 M
New York
 
 
9.65 M
Chicago
 
 
24.5 M
Mexico City
21.8 M
New York
 
 
24.5 M
Mexico City
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oceania
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
113 k
Kailua
105 k
Dunedin
136 k
Papeete
2.07 M
Perth
802 k
Honolulu
380 k
Christchurch
802 k
Honolulu
5.05 M
Melbourne
3.22 M
Brisbane
5.05 M
Melbourne
1.49 M
Auckland
5.40 M
Sydney
5.40 M
Sydney
5.40 M
Sydney
3.22 M
Brisbane
 
 
5.40 M
Sydney
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South-America
Northernmost
Southernmost
Easternmost
Westernmost
154 k
Punto Fijo
125 k
Punta Arenas
1.14 M
João Pessoa
217 k
Manta
231 k
Coro
215 k
Comodoro Rivadavia
3.85 M
Recife
522 k
Piura
455 k
Santa Marta
395 k
Neuquén
13.3 M
Rio de Janeiro
3.20 M
Guayaquil
2.15 M
Barranquilla
626 k
Mar del Plata
22.6 M
São Paulo
11.1 M
Lima
2.67 M
Maracaibo
722 k
Concepción
 
 
16.6 M
Buenos Aires
3.77 M
Caracas
852 k
La Plata
22.6 M
São Paulo
4.10 M
Medellín
1.87 M
Montevideo
 
 
9.80 M
Bogotá
16.6 M
Buenos Aires
11.1 M
Lima
22.6 M
São Paulo
13.3 M
Rio de Janeiro
 
 
22.6 M
São Paulo
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