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Biggest Cities That Aren't World Capitals with Exceptions

Name the most populous urban areas that aren't the capital of their country, not in Asia or North America.
Urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2020
Not including Johannesburg because the urban area includes Pretoria
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Last updated: December 3, 2020
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Population
City
22.4 m
Sao Paulo
19.4 m
Lagos
16 m
Istanbul
13.2 m
Rio de Janeiro
6.45 m
Dar el Salaam
6.2 m
Milan
5.8 m
Alexandria
Population
City
5.65 m
St. Petersburg
5.6 m
Abidjan
5.3 m
Sydney
5 m
Belo Horizonte
4.98 m
Melbourne
4.78 m
Barcelona
4.7 m
Kano
Population
City
4.48 m
Casablanca
4.23 m
Naples
4.13 m
Porto Alegre
4.03 m
Medellin
3.85 m
Recife
3.68 m
Fortaleza
3.6 m
Salvador
2 Comments
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Level 79
Dec 3, 2020
It's Dar es Salaam. Usually just Dar is accepted.
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Level 64
Jun 10, 2024
Johannesburg should be here