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Which City in Latin America?

Name these Latin American cities based on a clue and starting letter.
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Most populous city in Latin America
M
Mexico City
Its name means "Fair Winds"
B
Buenos Aires
Home to the famous Christ the Redeemer status
R
Rio de Janeiro
Pablo Escobar ran this city's cartel
M
Medellín
The only national capital whose name begins with Q
Q
Quito
National capital that shares its name with a major city in California
S
San José
Most populous city on the Amazon
M
Manaus
Most populous in South America
S
São Paulo
City of 10 million people on the Pacific
L
Lima
Planned city shaped like an airplane
B
Brasília
Capital of the Incan Empire
C
Cuzco
Most populous urban area in Ecuador
G
Guayaquil
Caribbean capital that is the oldest European city in the Americas
S
Santo Domingo
City north of the Rio de la Plata
M
Montevideo
Has the highest elevation of any national capital
L
La Paz
Tourism dependent city near Mayan ruins
C
Cancún
Located on a major canal
P
Panama City
Major city on a lake (actually a tidal bay) with the same name
M
Maracaibo
Easternmost major city in Latin America
R
Recife
Capital city on the border with Argentina
A
Asunción
Most populous French-speaking city in Latin America
P
Port-Au-Prince
Borders San Diego
T
Tijuana
Northernmost major city in Colombia. Also, Shakira's home town.
B
Barranquilla
Capital of the state of Yucatán which was built on the Mayan city of T'hó
M
Mérida
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36 Comments
cpgatbyu
+9
Level 87
Dec 5, 2017
That is the least aerodynamical-looking plane I've ever seen.
fuanacdc
+2
Level 88
Dec 11, 2017
I'm not sure if aerodynamical is an actual word or not, but it's making my brain hurt
HinesBrothers
+3
Level 77
Mar 1, 2019
It is
mcandido
+1
Level 48
Dec 18, 2025
Procure por "Brasília mapa avião", na minha opinião é bem fiel. Se você olha apenas no google maps não vai ver muito bem por conta das cidades satélites que cresceram em volta de Brasília e não fazem parte do plano inicial, que foi desenhado pelo famoso arquiteto Oscar Niemeyer. I hope this helps :)
Seba
+2
Level 70
Dec 5, 2017
No Chile?
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Dec 5, 2017
No Guyana, Suriname or France either.
WolfCam
+21
Level 67
Dec 6, 2017
Technically I could not do Guyana or Suriname. They don't speak a Romance Language, therefore are not part of Latin America.
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Dec 9, 2017
Ah yeah, true.
aldice
+7
Level 81
Aug 12, 2020
shouldn't Quebec be considered a part of Latin America? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

just a thought

AlexThirkell
+6
Level 74
Feb 5, 2022
I've never seen the point in the term "Latin America" personally.
Tregog
+1
Level 36
Feb 5, 2022
I don't really get it because.....isn't English a romance language and therefore deriving from Latin? And of course, that's what's most commonly spoken in the US and Canada. So why aren't they considered Latin America?
Philip09
+11
Level 65
Feb 5, 2022
English is usually considered to be a Germanic language...

The main five Romance languages are Romanian, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, though there are smaller ones such as Catalan, Galician, etc

thread
+6
Level 67
Feb 5, 2022
English isn't Romance.
Algernon
+2
Level 74
Dec 12, 2017
Tough quiz that
OmarVP
+1
Level 55
Feb 6, 2018
LAKE Maracaibo is certainly a lake, it has a broad channel connecting it to the sea which usually make people think it is a bay, but it has none of the characteristics of a bay and all those of a lake.
POOCH
+7
Level 71
Jan 17, 2019
Maracaibo is as much a lake as Rio de la Plata is a river.
RocketRaccoon
+2
Level 58
Jun 11, 2018
Glad to see my hometown of Recife on a quiz.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Nov 2, 2018
I should have done much better!
taeyeonswife
+11
Level 41
Jan 24, 2021
i think i'm kinda late for this haha, but it would be nicer if you would have put something different for the Medellín question just as you did with the Barranquilla one😅, it's really frustrating for us colombians to see anything related with pablo escobar and drugs, all these years we've been trying to change the international image he gave us. hope you understand :(
tshalla
+1
Level 78
Feb 5, 2022
Rene Huguita!
venusfly
+4
Level 42
Aug 18, 2021
Just a correction: the easternmost city in Latin America is João Pessoa, not Recife
tshalla
+5
Level 78
Feb 5, 2022
I guess the issue is what's meant by "major." Recife's certainly bigger, but Joao Pessoa isn't small.
jeandawga
+2
Level 86
Feb 5, 2022
Never considered the Caribbean as part of Latin America. I only consider Mexico, Central, and South America as part of Latin America, and thus, didn't get Port-au-Prince. :(

Would be nice if the quiz mentioned how it defines Latin America.

DrunkytheSnowman
+5
Level 55
Feb 6, 2022
But you got Santo Domingo?
damnjorge
+4
Level 43
Jun 3, 2022
I mean, the caribbean is where latin america originated to be honest.
HydratedMite
+3
Level 68
Oct 26, 2023
Latin America is comprised of Romance language-speaking countries in the American continent. There is no other definition.
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 83
Feb 5, 2022
My brain saw a "most populous" city starting with G and just kept saying "Guangzhou" over and over even though I knew it wasn't right
AllenY
+2
Level 68
Sep 22, 2022
it seems inaccurate to call a city French-speaking when less than half of its people speak French
obdormio
+3
Level 80
Oct 3, 2023
Isn't São Paulo more populous than Mexico City?
GeneralZaroff
+1
Level 33
Jan 27, 2025
Barranquilla was buzzer beater for me. I suddenly remembered the lyric in Bicycleta!
Ramtail
+1
Level 68
May 5, 2025
Sao Paulo has more people than Mexico City by a little bit
MistralW
+1
Level 65
Sep 10, 2025
If you consider Haiti to be a part of Latin America, you should also consider Quebec to be part of it. The city with the most french speakers in Latin America is Montreal, any way you look at it.
Geografen
+2
Level 70
Oct 14, 2025
According to wikipedia, João Pessoa is further east than Recife.
TheBrazilian
+1
Level 46
Oct 14, 2025
Fun fact: Brasília wasn't planned like an airplane, although it ended up resembling one. The urban layout was designed based on a cross, but to adapt to the topography, one of the axes had to be curved.
BuzzHedges
+1
Level 66
Oct 16, 2025
Excuse me, NONE of these cities were part of the Roman empire... How can they be Latin America???
mcandido
+1
Level 48
Dec 18, 2025
Actually João Pessoa is the Easternmost city in the Americas
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