Five biggest cities in each cardinal direction by continent

Name the five biggest of each cities, in each continent, without any bigger city further north, south, east or west in the same continent. Populations are given.

Urban area populations from citypopulation.de, March 2024.

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Transcontinental cities included in the continents with the highest part of their populations.

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Africa
North		South		East		West
22.6 M	Cairo	22.6 M	Cairo	22.6 M	Cairo	22.6 M	Cairo
6.20 M	Alexandria	20.7 M	Lagos	7.05 M	Khartoum	20.7 M	Lagos
4.77 M	Casablanca	15.6 M	Kinshasa	6.70 M	Nairobi	6.80 M	Abidjan
4.25 M	Algiers	14.6 M	Johannesburg	6.25 M	Dar es Salaam	5.45 M	Bamako
2.70 M	Tunis	4.97 M	Cape Town	3.05 M	Antananarivo	3.92 M	Dakar

Asia
North		South		East		West
70.1 M	Guangzhou	70.1 M	Guangzhou	70.1 M	Guangzhou	70.1 M	Guangzhou
41.0 M	Tokyo	29.2 M	Jakarta	41.0 M	Tokyo	34.6 M	Delhi
25.1 M	Seoul	6.95 M	Bandung	2.50 M	Sapporo	27.1 M	Mumbai
21.2 M	Beijing	5.90 M	Surabaya	329 k	Asahikawa	20.9 M	Karachi
8.70 M	Shenyang	1.78 M	Yogyakarta	181 k	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	16.5 M	Tehran

Europe
North		South		East		West
19.1 M	Moscow	19.1 M	Moscow	19.1 M	Moscow	19.1 M	Moscow
6.50 M	Saint Petersburg	15.9 M	Istanbul	1.66 M	Nizhny Novgorod	15.9 M	Istanbul
1.53 M	Helsinki	6.65 M	Madrid	1.59 M	Kazan	14.9 M	London
359 k	Tampere	3.57 M	Athens	1.37 M	Samara	6.65 M	Madrid
301 k	Arkhangelsk	1.30 M	Seville	1.23 M	Ufa	2.50 M	Lisbon

North-America
North		South		East		West
25.1 M	Mexico City	25.1 M	Mexico City	25.1 M	Mexico City	25.1 M	Mexico City
22.0 M	New York	4.22 M	Puebla	22.0 M	New York	17.2 M	Los Angeles
9.65 M	Chicago	3.85 M	Santo Domingo	7.70 M	Boston	7.45 M	San Francisco
7.70 M	Boston	3.35 M	Guatemala City	3.85 M	Santo Domingo	3.07 M	Vancouver
7.70 M	Toronto	2.45 M	San Jose	1.91 M	San Juan	363 k	Victoria

Oceania
North		South		East		West
5.00 M	Melbourne	5.00 M	Melbourne	5.00 M	Melbourne	5.00 M	Melbourne
4.97 M	Sydney	377 k	Christchurch	4.97 M	Sydney	2.25 M	Perth
3.35 M	Brisbane	102 k	Dunedin	3.35 M	Brisbane	75.1 k	Bunbury
853 k	Honolulu	49.8 k	Invercargill	1.48 M	Auckland	32.7 k	Geraldton
118 k	Kailua	1.8 k	Bluff	853 k	Honolulu	4.1 k	Carnarvon

South-America
North		South		East		West
22.1 M	São Paulo	22.1 M	São Paulo	22.1 M	São Paulo	22.1 M	São Paulo
12.5 M	Rio de Janeiro	16.7 M	Buenos Aires	12.5 M	Rio de Janeiro	16.7 M	Buenos Aires
11.8 M	Lima	1.89 M	Montevideo	3.67 M	Recife	11.8 M	Lima
10.4 M	Bogotá	852 k	La Plata	1.19 M	João Pessoa	3.30 M	Guayaquil
4.27 M	Medellin	722 k	Concepción	69.7 k	Cabedelo	547 k	Piura

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