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It was devastated by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, and again by
Allied bombing raids during World War II
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Tokyo
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Considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions
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Jerusalem
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Straddles the Bosphorus strait, and lies in both Europe and Asia
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Istanbul
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The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War
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Hong Kong
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Not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea
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Vladivostok
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Hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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Doha
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The starting point of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
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Xi'an
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This proposed tower, formerly known as the Kingdom Tower, will stand 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) tall
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Jeddah
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It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities in India
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Mumbai
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It is a major financial and shipping hub, consistently ranked the most expensive city to live in since 2013, and has been identified as a tax haven
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Singapore
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The largest city on Hokkaido
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Sapporo
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The largest city in the world for much of the Abbasid era during the Islamic Golden Age
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Baghdad
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The city was the capital of South Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City
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It is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus
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Nicosia
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The largest city on the Caspian Sea, it is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level
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Baku
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The provisional capital of a continuing Republic of China, with the official capital at Nanjing
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Taipei
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Authorities maintain a restrictive regime of movement into the city, making it atypical of East Asia as it is silent, uncrowded and spacious
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Pyongyang
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After the late 1930s the public stopped using the name "Angora"
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Ankara
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In September 2022, the president of Kazakhstan announced that the city would revert to the former name
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Astana
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Home to the country's film industry, Lollywood
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Lahore
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Sounds like it's asking for the name of the tower, not the city.
In 2006, the Burmese junta moved the capital from the largest city (Yangon) to Naypyidaw, a brand new city 200 miles away, specifically to avoid crowds and to control movement.
Unlike every other major city in east/southeast Asia, Naypyidaw is sprawling (6x the area of New York City) and relatively empty (less than 1m people, compared to Yangon's 7m). To ensure that the military always has clear firing lines against protestors, Naypyidaw's major streets are gigantic highways with up to 20 lanes, which are constantly empty.
Pyongyang seems eerily quiet because of the lack of car ownership and tight government control in the central city. Compared to Naypyidaw though, it's a bustling metropolis.