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Biggest Cities of Roman North Africa with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities in the African provinces of the Roman Empire with an estimated population of over 10,000 in 117 AD?
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Population figures are (mostly) based off estimates from Settlement, Urbanization, and Population by Alan Bowman and Andrew Wilson and this Wikipedia article
Both historical and modern-day names accepted (if applicable).
Not including cities from the Cretan part of the province of "Creta et Cyrenae".
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Population
Cities
500k
Alexandria
300k
Carthage
(Tunis)
125k
Memphis
(Mit Rathina)
125k
Ptolemais Hermiou
(El Mansha)
90k
Leptis Magna
(Al-Khums)
65k
Caesarea Mauritaniae
(Cherchell)
45k
Arsinoë in Arcadia
(Faiyum)
45k
Thysdrus
(El Djem)
35k
Antinoöpolis
(El Sheikh Ibada)
35k
Athribis
(Tell Atrib)
35k
Hermopolis Magna
(Tall al-Ashmunein)
30k
Cirta
(Constantine)
30k
Hadrumetum
(Sousse)
30k
Heracleopolis Magna
(Ihnasiya)
30k
Oxyrhynchus
(Al-Bahnasa)
30k
Ptolemais
(Tolmeita)
30k
Syene
(Aswan)
30k
Tanis
(Tell Abu Seifa)
30k
Tingis
(Tangier)
25k
Bubastis
(Zagazig)
25k
Cyrene
(Shahhat)
20k
Aphroditopolis
(Aftih)
20k
Hibis
(Kharga)
20k
Rusicade
(Skikda)
20k
Volubilis
(Meknes)
15k
Abydos
(El Araba El Madfuna)
15k
Alabastronopolis
(El Hiba)
15k
Antaeopolis
(Qaw el-Kebir)
15k
Apis
(Kom el-Hisn)
15k
Apollonopolis Magna
(Edfu)
15k
Coptos
(Qift)
15k
Cusae
(El Quseyya)
Population
Cities
15k
Cynopolis
(Al Qays)
15k
Diospolis Parva
(Tell al-Balamun)
15k
Hebenu
(Kom el-Ahmar)
15k
Heliopolis
(Cairo)
15k
Hermopolis Mikra
(Damanhur)
15k
Hermopolis Parva
(Baqliya)
15k
Hierakonpolis
(Al Boseilah Qebli)
15k
Hypselis
(Shutb)
15k
Leontopolis
(Kafr Al Muqdam)
15k
Leontopolis Tanis
(El Husseiniya)
15k
Letopolis
(Ausim)
15k
Lycopolis
(Asyut)
15k
Mendes
(Tell al-Rub)
15k
Panopolis
(Akhmim)
15k
Ptkheka
(Tanta)
15k
Sais
(Sa el-Hagar)
15k
Sebennytus
(Samannud)
15k
Sicca Veneria
(El Kef)
15k
Tentyra
(Dendera)
15k
Thebes
(Luxor)
15k
Thugga
15k
Tiarabya
(Saft el-Hinna)
15k
Xois
(Sakha)
10k
Acholla
(Ouled Bousmir)
10k
Althiburos
(Ad Dahmani)
10k
Ammaedera
(Haïdra)
10k
Auzia
(Sour El-Ghozlane)
10k
Berenice
(Benghazi)
10k
Bulla Regia
(Jendouba)
10k
Calama
(Guelma)
10k
Cartenna
(Ténès)
10k
Cillium
(Kasserine)
Population
Cities
10k
Cuicul
(Djémila)
10k
Diana Veteranorum
(Aïn Zana)
10k
Gigthi
(Boughrara)
10k
Hippo Diarrhytus
(Bizerte)
10k
Hippo Regius
(Annaba)
10k
Icosium
(Algiers)
10k
Lambaesis
(Tazoult)
10k
Leptis Minus
(Lemta)
10k
Mactaris
(Maktar)
10k
Madauros
(M'Daourouch)
10k
Meninx
(El Kantara)
10k
Oea
(Tripoli)
10k
Sabratha
10k
Simitthus
(Wadi Maliz)
10k
Sitifis
(Sétif)
10k
Sufetula
(Sbeitla)
10k
Sullecthum
(Salakta)
10k
Thabraca
(Tabarka)
10k
Thagaste
(Souk Ahras)
10k
Thamugadi
(Timgad)
10k
Thapsus
(Bekalta)
10k
Thelepte
10k
Thenae
(Thyna)
10k
Theveste
(Tébessa)
10k
Thuburbo Maius
(El Fahs)
10k
Thuburnica
(Ouergech)
10k
Thubursicum Bure
(Téboursouk)
10k
Thubursicum Numidarum
(Khemissa)
10k
Tipasa
(Tipaza)
10k
Tubusuctu
(El Kseur)
10k
Uthina
(Mornag)
10k
Utica
(Zana)
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