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Ten Biggest Cities by Hemisphere

What are the ten most populous urban areas located in each of the four "sections" on the map? Use the dots to guide you.
Urban area population, not city proper. According to citypopulation.de, 2020
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First submittedMarch 2, 2017
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Northeast
46.7 mil
Guangzhou
40.4 mil
Tokyo
33.6 mil
Shanghai
30.3 mil
New Delhi
25.7 mil
Manila
25.1 mil
Mumbai
24.8 mil
Seoul
21.0 mil
Cairo
20.2 mil
Dhaka
19.8 mil
Beijing
Northwest
23.0 mil
Mexico City
22.1 mil
New York City
17.7 mil
Los Angeles
14.8 mil
London
9.75 mil
Chicago
9.60 mil
Bogotá
8.55 mil
Washington, DC
7.85 mil
San Francisco
7.75 mil
Boston
7.45 mil
Toronto
Southeast
31.3 mil
Jakarta
13.9 mil
Johannesburg
12.4 mil
Kinshasa
8.15 mil
Luanda
6.95 mil
Bandung
6.45 mil
Dar es Salaam
6.10 mil
Surabaya
5.90 mil
Nairobi
5.30 mil
Sydney
4.98 mil
Melbourne
Southwest
22.4 mil
São Paulo
16.4 mil
Buenos Aires
13.2 mil
Rio de Janeiro
10.1 mil
Lima
7.20 mil
Santiago
5.00 mil
Belo Horizonte
4.13 mil
Porto Alegre
4.00 mil
Brasília
3.80 mil
Recife
3.68 mil
Fortaleza
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78 Comments
scambigol
+3
Level 77
Mar 3, 2017
nice! small correction to make on dots: typing santiago also highlights san francisco dot and viceversa
Quizzer6794
+3
Level 65
Mar 3, 2017
pending review :)
joeythelemur
+2
Level 83
Mar 3, 2017
Seconded. I was quite confused when it took the answer from the text box but the dot color didn't change.
Quizzer6794
+5
Level 65
Mar 3, 2017
We have fixed it. Just waiting for QM to review and accept the changes.
RJG
+1
Level 61
Feb 28, 2023
You got to know the correct place, if you're going with flowers in your hair
CliveDexter
+4
Level 75
Mar 3, 2017
San Francisco credits both entries, but makes green neither.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 65
Mar 3, 2017
Still waiting for approval...
CRey
+7
Level 81
Mar 6, 2017
How have you concluded London to be in the West when the meridian line goes straight through it? Especially given you are considering urban areas. And given that the majority of London is West of the line are you only counting the population that resides west of the line?....... how pedantic am I?...
DavidShuer123
+20
Level 43
Mar 8, 2017
very
Malbaby
+8
Level 70
Jul 2, 2017
Disturbingly so.
fitheach
+19
Level 58
Jul 3, 2017
As Greenwich is in the east of Greater London, it makes sense for London to be put into the Western Hemisphere for the purposes of this fun and light-hearted and not-to-be-taken-too-seriously quiz.
Sifhraven
+9
Level 72
Sep 4, 2019
He doesnt question its inclusion, just wonders which approach is used to get to the population given.
ALA02
+1
Level 63
Apr 4, 2020
If they use the city centre and just say the whole city is in that hemisphere I guess. But tbh most of London is in the West anyway
jetlifari
+3
Level 69
Mar 23, 2017
I'm no map wizard but I think the dot for Washington, DC is in the wrong place!
Quizzer6794
+47
Level 65
Mar 24, 2017
Then I guess you're no map wizard
EytanMelech
+2
Level 67
Dec 1, 2019
Pretty sure it is in the right place...
Junji3000
+1
Level 53
Oct 28, 2023
Living in Washington, I can tell you we have 2 mil in urban areas, not 9
kiwiquizzer
+3
Level 68
Apr 20, 2017
Just the Brazilian cities stumped me. Thanks for the quiz!
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 65
Apr 20, 2017
anytime! : )
Jarl5
+1
Level 68
May 26, 2017
Why is 34/40 only good for five points? And the six I missed were the six least guessed!
Sifhraven
+19
Level 72
Sep 4, 2019
what you want 6 points ?! crazy people nowadays, they get it all and it is still not enough, they want the impossible
peardestroyer
+1
Level 60
Apr 1, 2020
Both of you, you only get 3/5 if you get 35, which I got. And I'm grateful.
ILikeQuizes
+3
Level 62
May 28, 2017
I am positive Philadelphia has more people than Boston.
SouthwestChief
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Level 72
Mar 31, 2020
It does. I live in Boston. By every reasonable definition, Philadelphia has more people. For some reason, when giving "urban area" populations in the United States, citypopulation.de uses CSAs, even though the US Census actually provides the data for urban areas. And yes, these actual urban area data show Philadelphia having more people than Boston, like any reasonable person would conclude. What cp calls Boston's urban area is the "Boston-Worcester-Providence CSA," or everything in a rough triangle between Laconia, Westerly, and P-town. While the CSA populations are useful data for the Census to collect, as someone who lives in the Boston area, calling that the urban area is absolutely ridiculous. I don't know why citypopulation.de doesn't understand what urban area actually means, especially when actual urban area populations are reported by the Census, and I don't know why JetPunk uses them considering that fact.
Antofagasta
+1
Level 70
Jun 9, 2017
Congratulations again to Quizzer6794 for another magnificent quiz.
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 65
Jun 9, 2017
Always :)
brandybuck96
+6
Level 83
Jun 11, 2017
Thanks to Jetpunk I can now name so many random Brazilian cities off the top of my head. My next target is Indonesian cities, I think...
Quizzer6794
+6
Level 65
Jun 11, 2017
Also! All I have is Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Bandung.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 66
Oct 18, 2023
Don't forget China, Japan, the Philippines, and India!
GreenFriday
+1
Level 85
Jul 1, 2017
Isn't Delhi the whole city rather than New Delhi?
IceIceIceIceIce
+1
Level 48
Jul 1, 2017
Delhi is not a city but a territory in which capital city New Delhi is, which has approximately 21.78 million people.
tshalla
+1
Level 76
Jul 1, 2017
Delhi is not a city?
IceCold
+2
Level 59
Jul 1, 2017
New Delhi is a district in Delhi.

Delhi's administrative region is completely a part of the city with the suburbs extending into the neighbouring states of UP and Haryana.

So Delhi is definitely a city while New Delhi is not.

PS - I used to live in Delhi

yorksguy1865
+1
Level 35
Jul 1, 2017
Fun quiz, I evidently know hardly anything about cities in Brazil! lol
KaluLeReuf
+1
Level 59
Jul 1, 2017
How on earth does Lagos not qualify for this?
OliviaPG
+5
Level 68
Mar 31, 2020
Because it's in the same hemisphere as China and India
AnonymousGopher
+1
Level 47
Jun 3, 2023
agreed
KaluLeReuf
+1
Level 59
Jul 1, 2017
Lagos is way more populous than Bogota
coeurdechoeur
+6
Level 79
Jul 1, 2017
Lagos and Bogotá are not in the same quadrants. Lagos would be in the Northeast. According to the source, Lagos is #12 in that quadrant, after Dhaka and Osaka.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 31, 2020
Wow.
tazz676
+1
Level 60
Jul 1, 2017
awesome quiz
Kazinator16
+1
Level 38
Jul 2, 2017
How the hell can you have Boston but not Moscow? Moscow is 5X bigger than Boston
fitheach
+3
Level 58
Jul 3, 2017
They're not in the same quadrant: Moscow is in the NE, Boston is in the NW.
Sifhraven
+7
Level 72
Sep 4, 2019
really...people dont seem to be awareof the quizzes they are taking and just rondomly type answers..
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Mar 31, 2020
Read the bleeding quiz title and description.
epicdjyoshi
+1
Level 33
Jul 3, 2017
I didn't know Washington D.C was that far east
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 31, 2020
That far north, you mean?
adibou25
+1
Level 41
Jul 4, 2017
Toronto (5.4M) is bigger than both San Francisco (3.3M) and Boston (4.2M) so San Francisco should be swapped with Toronto
baguettecroissant
+2
Level 56
Jul 5, 2017
The 3.3M figure is only counting San Francisco and Oakland/East Bay. The actual urban area is about 7M counting San Jose and every other city in the Bay Area.
Stursi
+1
Level 40
Aug 4, 2017
Hey, Delhi is biggest city in India, not New Delhi. New Delhi is capital but it's so small it shouldn't be in list
jxgalt
+7
Level 84
Dec 17, 2017
citypopulation.de is not a reliable source for population data. It invents numbers with no basis in reality: it lists the urban area population of Boston as 7.5 million. To get to this number, you have to include all counties in the the eastern two-thirds of Massachusetts, the entire state of Rhode Island, and most of New Hampshire. This is ludicrous. The 7.5 million number is almost 3 million more than the U.S. Census Bureau estimate for the Boston MSA (in which it is 10th in the U.S.) - which already includes Providence. Same with San Francisco.
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+1
Level 63
Jan 16, 2019
Got them all with 2:40 left just before 3:44:21 PM on January 16, 2019, with one pause taken during the quiz.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Sep 4, 2019
Missed Dhaka and everything lower. Most of these sound ( atleast vaguely) familiar, but never would have gotten them

Really awesome quiz idea! Gives you an intersting perspective :)

muffingg
+1
Level 55
Mar 31, 2020
37/40. Only reason I did so well was the 2014 World Cup. Wouldn't have known Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, or Recife if it wasn't for that
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Mar 31, 2020
I only missed Fortaleza, Recife and Bandung.
JeffreyMei
+5
Level 59
Mar 31, 2020
Quartersphere...not hemisphere
Miqueas
+3
Level 70
Mar 31, 2020
this. I mean it's a little nitpicky but i'd think the title of a featured quiz should be accurate :B
ChipOtley
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Level 74
Mar 31, 2020
I don't think it's that nitpicky - hemisphere is just plain wrong. Apart from that, great quiz, even if it does have too many Brazilian cities ;-)
peardestroyer
+1
Level 60
Apr 1, 2020
Odd. The Northeastern Hemisphere has a huge chunk of Africa, almost all of Europe and Asia, while the southwestern Hemisphere has a part of South America and Kiribati. Shows just how big South America and the Pacific Ocean are. The Mercator scale is very inaccurate.
furqanahmad
+1
Level 26
Apr 4, 2020
where is karachi
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 64
Feb 26, 2021
On a different quiz
PoetsCorner
+2
Level 86
May 11, 2022
When last I checked, it was in Pakistan.
EytanMelech
+1
Level 67
Apr 5, 2020
Does Boston really have a larger urban area than Philly?
TheGeographyMan
+1
Level 35
Nov 17, 2020
I love this quiz!!!
Zylco
+1
Level 45
Feb 3, 2021
How did you change the dot colors on the SVG map?
Yeoryios
+1
Level 72
Oct 12, 2021
You can download the quiz and look through there I think.
Sammymcd987
+2
Level 44
Feb 25, 2021
for some reason i thought i was done and i didnt answer a single on in south america lol
Fishyyy
+1
Level 57
May 31, 2021
How are San Francisco, Boston, and Washington DC one of the cities? I live in SF and I can name like 10+ cities larger than em.
DrewFan
+1
Level 66
Jul 1, 2021
Because the population used is the entire urban area. San Francisco includes San Jose, Oakland, and Fremont. Washington includes Baltimore, with Washington itself including much of Virginia and Maryland including Alexandria. Boston includes Providence, Greensboro, and Worcester, which gives the urban area a substantial amount of area in New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Yeoryios
+1
Level 72
Oct 12, 2021
I like how all the cities in the north-east are equally spread out.
TCubes
+1
Level 30
Mar 27, 2022
Nice Job! I got 20 out of 40 with 2:55 remaining
NIINDIF
+1
Level 44
Apr 8, 2022
houston noises
Quizerboi
+1
Level 20
Jan 20, 2023
35 with much time remaining the remainder were all cities in Brazil or Indonesia I had never heard of but still I’m proud of my self.
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 69
Feb 16, 2023
the Northeastern quadrant is absolutely crazy... Paris, Moscow, Istanbul, Tehran, Lagos, Khartoum, Karachi, Lahore, Kolkata, Hanoi, Osaka and Ho-Chi-Minh City all miss out despite their ridiculous size.
RJG
+1
Level 61
Feb 28, 2023
40/40 easy
AnonymousGopher
+1
Level 47
Jun 3, 2023
what about san diego
Aoto327
+1
Level 74
May 28, 2024
40/40
hamooz
+1
Level 41
Jul 30, 2024
Kinshasa is on Brazzaville.
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