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Biggest Cities Starting with N

Name the world's most populous urban areas that start with the letter N.
Urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2024
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First submittedNovember 13, 2012
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Country
Population
City
United States
22.0 mil
New York City
Japan
10.5 mil
Nagoya
China
9.30 mil
Nanjing
China
7.30 mil
Ningbo
Kenya
6.70 mil
Nairobi
China
5.30 mil
Nanning
China
4.98 mil
Nanchang
Italy
4.05 mil
Naples
India
3.50 mil
Nagpur
Country
Population
City
China
3.35 mil
Nantong
India
2.35 mil
Nashik
Chad
1.88 mil
N'Djamena
Russia
1.86 ml
Novosibirsk
Russia
1.66 mil
Nizhny Novgorod
United States
1.63 mil
Nashville
China
1.61 mil
Nanyang
Niger
1.48 mil
Niamey
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20 Comments
+3
Level 74
Nov 13, 2012
Nanjing should be acceptable for Nanking. (Or really, Nanjing should be the primary answer with Nanking as an alternate option.)
+3
Level ∞
Nov 13, 2012
Fixed. Thanks!
+1
Level 50
Dec 3, 2016
I missed Nanjink and Nizniy Novgorod due to typos. I am not a native English speaker.
+2
Level 55
Apr 27, 2014
Missed New york...and many more.
+5
Level 84
Jun 12, 2016
Did anyone else think Nagasaki was one of the Japanese cities?
+1
Level 80
Dec 1, 2016
I guessed it. Would have never gotten Naha.
+1
Level 67
Dec 2, 2016
I guessed it and was surprised... For some reason?
+2
Level 63
Nov 11, 2023
Thought Naha would be on here, but I guess it fell off by now.
+1
Level 67
Dec 2, 2016
I couldn't spell N'djerm... N'djarm... N'djam... You know what I mean!
+1
Level 71
May 30, 2017
Lots here. Quite tricky.
+1
Level 92
Oct 24, 2018
What ever happened to New Delhi???
+1
Level ∞
Oct 10, 2019
Destroyed in the great war of aught seven.
+2
Level 44
Jan 10, 2022
Barely anyone lives in New Delhi. Regular Delhi is the big one
+3
Level 61
Jul 25, 2019
I had 50 seconds left when I remembered I was born and raised in NYC...
+1
Level 52
Nov 18, 2021
New Delhi
+1
Level 80
Jul 28, 2022
Nanyang? It has nine million inhabitants
+2
Level ∞
Mar 25, 2024
Only if you count the entire hinterland, which is about the size of Belgium.
+2
Level 56
Mar 26, 2024
How come this one isn't featured?
+1
Level 89
Mar 31, 2024
Why is every quiz so picky about the spelling of Novosibirsk? Put any of those "i's" in the wrong place or miss one....then no dice!!
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Level 26
Mar 7, 2025
Same for Nizhny Novgorod.