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World Cities at or Below Sea Level

Can you name the biggest cities in the world, as well as national capitals, that are at or below sea level?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_elevation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capital_cities_by_elevation
https://www.citypopulation.de/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_capitals_by_population
I took Algiers out because most sources say it's above sea level, and the Wikipedia pages aren't consistent about it
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Last updated: February 29, 2024
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Elevation (meters)
Population
City
-28
3,675,000
Baku
-2
2,525,000
Amsterdam
0
7,850,000
Singapore
0
3,850,000
Santo Domingo
0
2,625,000
Tunis
0
2,450,000
Conakry
0
1,530,000
Monrovia
0
1,410,000
Panama City
0
748,000
Banjul
0
704,000
Libreville
0
612,000
Djibouti
0
492,000
Bissau
0
159,000
Praia
0
133,400
Male
0
118,300
Georgetown
Elevation (meters)
Population
City
0
100,700
Bandar Seri Begawan
0
94,000
Suva
0
70,500
South Tarawa
0
51,437
Port Vila
0
41,600
Apia
0
38,400
Monaco
0
37,000
Port of Spain
0
27,600
Nuku'alofa
0
26,000
Victoria
0
22,200
Saint John's
0
14,700
Roseau
0
14,000
Basseterre
0
13,000
Kingstown
0
6,300
Funafuti
4 Comments
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Level 76
Feb 29, 2024
Is it too hard or should I add a map?
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Level 62
Mar 29, 2024
map
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Level 68
Jul 9, 2024
Seems a bit orbitrary whick costal city is considered to be at 0m and which is at 6m or so. Isnt every city with its center at the ocean at seelevel?
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Level 76
Aug 13, 2024
Yeah idk I couldn't get good data for this