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Biggest City by Region #2

Name the largest metropolitan area in the following regions.
Includes cities partially in the region
Quiz by relessness
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First submittedOctober 27, 2014
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Region
City
Quebec
Montreal
Africa
Cairo
Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa
Tuscany
Florence
Eurozone
Paris
Balkan Peninsula
Istanbul
Zealand
Copenhagen
Malay Peninsula
Kuala Lumpur
Region
City
Baja California
Tijuana
Korea
Seoul
Former Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Mississippi River Delta
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico Coast
Houston
Persian Gulf Coast
Kuwait City
Melanesia
Port Moresby
Polynesia
Auckland
Region
City
Vancouver Island
Victoria
New South Wales
Sydney
Côte d'Azur
Nice
South America
São Paulo
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Caucasus
Baku
Po Valley
Milan
Hispaniola
Santo Domingo
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51 Comments
Jerry928
+8
Level 76
Feb 8, 2015
Hmm, I would have said Tampa for the Gulf of Mexico question - don't you think Houston is a bit far inland to be described as coastal?
plattitude
+3
Level 95
Feb 12, 2015
I wouldn't say so, Houston's city limits stretch to the Bays behind Galveston Island & Bolivar Peninsula.
Freestatebear
+2
Level 87
Mar 19, 2015
The small bays that the city limits touch are pretty far inland. I think anyone looking at a map of the area would point to Galveston, not Houston, as the local "coastal city," even though it's nowhere as large. Part of Houston's success is due to its protected location, slightly inland from the coast.
plattitude
+1
Level 95
Jul 9, 2015
And yet Houston does include part of the coast. I think that makes it coastal.
Devvik2
+1
Level 74
Mar 22, 2019
Houston does not touch the Gulf of Mexico. I does touch Trinity Bay which is not really part of the Gulf of Mexico. I don't really agree that Houston is a coastal city.
Jeremy
+11
Level 76
Oct 18, 2019
This quiz also uses metro areas, and no one would dispute that the Houston metro (which does include Galveston) is coastal.
Minutiae
+2
Level 74
Jul 23, 2021
I think Houston's city limits stretch to like 20 metres away from the coast lol. But metro areas are what we are looking at.
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 85
Apr 21, 2022
As a Houstonian I absolutely would say that Houston is on the Gulf Coast. There is a portion of the city that is literally called the “Port of Houston”, and even if it doesn’t directly touch the ocean, the entire economy and climate is influenced by the Gulf.
eibi
+14
Level 80
Feb 9, 2015
Hm with Zealand I was stuck thinking about the Dutch province...
jelledb02
+9
Level 56
Apr 28, 2019
I had already typed middelburg, terneuzen and vlissingen before I realised there were more zealands
AntiMatter8192
+3
Level 75
May 13, 2020
I got Auckland on my first try ;)
Gebb
+11
Level 64
Oct 24, 2022
I believe they were talking about Zealand, not New Zealand. Zealand is a state in Netherlands but also an island in Denmark.
loganite
+6
Level 91
Feb 25, 2015
I was shocked to see Istanbul considered to be on the Balkan peninsula. Most maps I have seen show the Balkan peninsula or Balkan region ending at the Bulgaria/Turkey border, although some do show it going all the way to the Bosphorus Strait.
AllenY
+14
Level 68
Mar 18, 2015
The Balkans politically don't include Turkey, but I've yet to see a single geographic interpretation that doesn't include Istanbul.
AllenY
+3
Level 68
Mar 18, 2015
Can Kuwait be accepted for Kuwait City?
sillie
+1
Level 76
Mar 18, 2015
I wasn't too sure if it was Kuwait City or not, still was lazy and typed just "kuwait" and when it wasn't accepted figured I was wrong.
LadyQuizling
+2
Level 56
Mar 18, 2015
VERY difficult!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 18, 2015
Pretty easy except never heard of Melanesia before, and perhaps erroneously I don't think of New Zealand as part of Polynesia so I missed that one, too. Counting Istanbul as in the Balkans is extremely odd and I would have probably missed that one, as well, except the caveats kind of gave it away. I'm sure most people are thinking Athens.
Tinu
+3
Level 42
Mar 19, 2015
I think the New Zealaand/Polynesia relation is bit ambiguous. I think sometimes New Zealand is not considered a geographic part of Polynesia, but ethnically, culturally and linguistically, the Maoris are definitely a Polynesian nation.
brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
May 7, 2016
I had never heard of Melanesia either. But my first (random) guess was Port Moresby, so I think I struck pretty lucky.
Antofagasta
+1
Level 71
Jun 9, 2017
I'd heard of Melanesia and new it was in Oceania, but didn't have a clue apart from that. Just had lots of time to guess.
rgc1600
+3
Level 73
Mar 18, 2015
Not enough time to think on this one. Good quiz, though.
MrMagoo
+2
Level 85
Mar 18, 2015
I thought Lagos has now surpassed Cairo by population.
Mogysht
+1
Level 50
Mar 18, 2015
Great quiz, reless! Thanks a hundred. Probably Kuwait City is better than just Kuwait though.
Miqueas
+6
Level 72
Mar 19, 2015
"Pacific Northwest"? Are we supposed to guess that means the northwest of the United States?
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Mar 19, 2015
Is there another Pacific Northwest?
Thorvald
+12
Level 73
Mar 24, 2015
I can imagine that for non-US citizens it could mean the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, so the area around Kamchatka, Japan and maybe Korean Peninsula. Although, as a proud Pole, I knew what the author meant ;)
ruftytufty
+3
Level 79
Oct 22, 2019
good point Thorvald - so it's actually the Pacific east-north-east
PiMan87
+1
Level 44
May 16, 2021
Actually, Kamchatka... is in the Eastern Pacific because of the IDL, so I can understand northwest as the Canadian/USA coast.
Kahikatea
+5
Level 75
Jul 9, 2022
No it's not, it's on the western side of the Pacific so it's the Pacific North West. You may be confused by the fact that the longitude numbers for it are numbers 'east of Greenwich', but it is definitely the Western side. East and West don't swap sides just because you're on the opposite side of the globe from the Greenwich meridian.
MindWax
+2
Level 86
Oct 11, 2023
People ignorant of the local geography might also mistake New South Wales for a region in the south of Wales, or the Horn of Africa to be the entire western part of the continent, jutting hornlike from the rest. Nonetheless, these regions, like "Pacific Northwest", have specific meanings.

Just because you didn't know something and it's in the US doesn't mean it's an invalid clue.

Snoflakes
+1
Level 71
Apr 24, 2025
I think there's a distinction to be made between your examples and the 'Pacific Northwest', because assuming NEW South Wales is in Wales itself is a fetch already. The same goes for interpreting the Horn as the west of the continent when it's already capitalized, meaning it's the one explicitly named.

The Pacific Northwest consists of a location (Pacific) and an orientation (Northwest), but an unknowing person could interpret this as multiple things, hence the comment thread. It's the same as saying 'the Baltic coast'. Yes, it's a good hint, but considering the Pacific is huge and the region in question is only in the northwest for Americans, I think it's a fair point to raise

erikj
+4
Level 66
Mar 21, 2015
Nice quiz! However, being Dutch, I also went for the Dutch province. I never knew Sjælland in Denmark was named Zealand in English.
Carry
+1
Level 63
Sep 28, 2017
I think Zeeland is written the same in English.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 91
Jun 26, 2018
Constantinople / Byzantium / Istanbul must feel unloved. Nobody ever wants it.
Devvik2
+3
Level 74
Mar 22, 2019
According to lots of websites, Dubai is MUCH larger than Kuwait City.
makouras
+1
Level 85
Nov 10, 2019
I typed 'adis' instead of 'addis' ababa. I believe it should have counted.
bn91
+1
Level 70
Feb 27, 2020
Istanbul is not part of the Balkans.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 84
Sep 23, 2020
Glad you pointed this out, because I thought it was.
Snoflakes
+1
Level 71
Apr 24, 2025
It is, at least for the European part. We're talking geography here, not politics or culture
JackintheBox
+2
Level 80
Jul 21, 2020
I didn't know Melanesia included New Guinea, and that Polynesia included New Zealand.
Koult45
+2
Level 53
Mar 8, 2021
First time I've seen New Zealand included in Polynesia.
Minkeslandian
+1
Level 64
Jun 9, 2021
21/24, time ran out as i was typing Seattle...
DLamers
+2
Level 65
Sep 2, 2022
Ah it was the other zealand in denmark thought it was the one in the netherlands
michaelingle
+1
Level 66
Sep 28, 2022
If Houston is on the coast, explain Galveston?
plattitude
+2
Level 95
Oct 27, 2023
The same way Baltimore is on the coast without needing to explain Norfolk.
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 72
Jun 29, 2024
Isn't Marseilles significantly bigger than Nice?
Thomas1VL
+2
Level 66
Dec 26, 2024
The Côte d'Azur isn't the entire southern French coast, just from the Italian border until Toulon (roughly). Marseille is further west than that.
Koopa
+1
Level 82
Oct 4, 2024
Super fun.
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 71
Jan 25, 2025
Wouldn’t Jayapura be the larger in population in Melanesia, if population statistics are in city proper?
MertFromTurkey
+1
Level 72
Jun 8, 2025
This was my third try, once in a year, i couldn't get Vancouver Island and finally i checked it out to end it.
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