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Cities Beginning With H on a Map

Difficulty level: Hard. Try to guess these cities starting with H on a world map.
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Quiz by relessness
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Last updated: July 10, 2024
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First submittedJuly 11, 2016
Times taken34,153
Average score52.0%
Rating4.90
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City
Haifa
Halifax
Hamburg
Hamilton
Hangzhou
City
Hanoi
Harare
Harbin
Hargeisa
Havana
City
Helsinki
Heraklion
Hermosillo
Hiroshima
Ho Chi Minh City
City
Hobart
Homs
Hong Kong
Honiara
Honolulu
City
Houston
Huambo
Huancayo
Huelva
Hyderabad
51 Comments
+11
Level 18
Jul 11, 2016
I like that it is hard, it is nice to see a hard quiz people at "jetpunk geography level" on this site. But it is a little bit extreme, 6 cities are here that I haven't heard of in all my life but missing some obvious ones like Hanover, Haarlem or Heihe. I know there isn't as many h's but still this one is by far harder than all other ones. Great quiz still though, keep it up :)
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Level 47
Jul 16, 2016
Added Hanover and Honiara now. Wondering whether to include the Hague as well, but not sure whether it starts with 'T' or 'H'.
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Level 59
Jul 28, 2016
Herat, Afghanistan maybe?
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Level 76
Aug 7, 2016
I'd say it's H, but as EEAA... says, there's also Haarlem (North Holland, Netherlands). Considering it gave the name to a New York neighbourhood it can't be that obscure? (Homs, Huelva, Hargeisa, Hermosillo and Huambo .. never heard of those)
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Level 81
Aug 7, 2016
I've definitely heard of Homs, it's been in the news often since the start of the civil war, but am not familiar with the rest of sillie's never-heard-of list, as well.
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Level 78
Feb 7, 2020
I have heard of Hermosillo
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Level 59
Jul 28, 2016
Never heard of Huelva. got all others. out of the <10%s I think people should at least know Hargeisa being the capital of a potentially new country.
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Level 89
Oct 14, 2019
I never that I would hear someone say Heihe is an obvious answer.
+1
Level 18
Jul 11, 2016
Also! Hyderabad is in India. Not Pakistan
+14
Level 76
Jul 13, 2016
There is a Hyderabad in each country!
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Level 47
Jul 16, 2016
Changed it to the one in India because it's the larger and more well known one.
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Level 52
Jul 21, 2016
Please accept Hannover with two N:s because English is probably the only language where its written with only one N.
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Level 56
Aug 7, 2016
Seriously, I typed it two times and wondered what H-city could possibly be so close to Hannover. I went to Wikipedia and found this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_European_cities_in_different_languages:_E%E2%80%93H
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Level 82
Aug 7, 2016
Yes, please accept 'Hannover' I watch the Bundesliga highlights on British TV, and I thought that two Ns was the universal spelling!
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Level 47
Aug 7, 2016
I tried Hannover two times as well and then gave up since it didn't work.
+8
Level 76
Aug 7, 2016
Quizmaster asks whether this H Cities quiz and the G version are "too hard to feature"? I'd say "No!" and would put yellow stars on these two - it's great to have quizzes to stretch us ever further! 74 of Jetpunk's featured quizzes score 30% or less, but these G and H Cities quizzes are way easier than all those, currently averaging 40% and 48% respectively.
+2
Level 60
Aug 7, 2016
True, there are much harder quizzes that have been featured, yet apparently these 2 are 'too hard'. I'd say the same thing Jerry said as well
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Level 89
Oct 14, 2019
I know it's a bit late, but I wholeheartedly agree with some new answers. After a while it becomes automatic to fill in some answers without even looking at the quiz.
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Level 86
Aug 7, 2016
It's hard, but I think there are only four cities that are "too hard" : Huelva, Hermosillo, Hargeisa and Huambo. Why not limit the quiz to 20 answers?
+7
Level 65
Apr 4, 2018
Hargeisa has a population of roughly over a million, and its the capital of a proclaimed unrecognized sovereign state. I'm pretty sure it at least deserves to be on this list.
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Level 54
Jul 18, 2024
fun fact: we cant really tell if hargeysa has a population over 1 million since the somali census bureau is probably the worst worldwide
+1
Level 75
Mar 22, 2024
I have heard of Hermosillo randomly though because it was the only city in that part of Mexico.
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Level 66
Aug 26, 2024
Hermosillo is a state capital and large city

also it's shown with a big dot on google maps lol

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Level 85
Jun 24, 2020
Why not have "The Hague" replace one of the lesser known ones?
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Level 82
Oct 6, 2020
I got Hargeisa and missed Hong Kong. D'oh. Nominated.
+2
Level 51
Oct 30, 2021
Possible answers could be:

Hamhung, North Korea

Hebron, Palestine

Hama, Syria

and Harar, Ethiopia

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Level 39
May 25, 2024
No one knows them.
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Level 82
Jul 18, 2024
Hamhung is well-known because of the dish of spicy cold noodles called Hamhung noodles, also known as bibimnaengmyeon. The ones in cold soup are most well-known and named for the capital, Pyongyang naengmyeon, or mulnaengmyeon and another variation are served with raw fish. The first two are often eaten after Korean barbecue.
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Level 54
Jul 19, 2024
Hebron is a pretty known city
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Level 66
Aug 26, 2024
Hama is similar to Homs, which is on the list
+6
Level 80
Apr 15, 2023
Could you add the hcmc type-in pretty please?
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Level 85
Apr 28, 2023
Surprised not to see Helena, Hartford or Harrisburg (American state capitals) here. They may not be very big, but are probably more recognisable than the 18th largest Mexican city. I found it interesting to discover the cities in Somaliland, Angola, Spain and Syria, which were new to me. Thanks for the quizzes.
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Level 66
Aug 26, 2024
That 18th largest Mexican city is also a state capital
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Level 61
Jul 24, 2023
I expected one of Hefei, Huai'an, and Huai'nan, but that would be pretty China-centric I guess.
+1
Level 29
Jul 5, 2024
+ Haikou
+1
Level 39
May 25, 2024
Got Hermosillo and Huambo easily, but never heard about Hamilton.
+1
Level 86
Jun 4, 2024
There's a few Hamiltons in the world - New Zealand, Scotland, Ohio as well as the Canadian city which is the largest at 500,000.
+1
Level 68
Jul 1, 2024
accept haarbin with two A's? because in Chinese it's two syllables
+3
Level 93
Jul 10, 2024
Even though I missed a handful of these, I'm glad to see cities I've never heard of before on a quiz like this. It does get kind of old doing city quizzes over and over and barely needing to think, it's a good challenge and opportunity to learn about new places!
+1
Level 91
Jul 10, 2024
Holy moly that was hard. Looking forward to learning some of these!
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Level 82
Jul 10, 2024
How have 50 percent of people heard of Huancayo? I’ve never even heard of it, and I got all the ones guessed less than it.

Also, can Hargeysa be accepted? That’s how I originally learned it.

+1
Level 73
Jul 15, 2024
Surprised me too, it's the fifth largest city in Peru. Compared with Hangzhou with 11 million people at 37%
+1
Level 72
Jul 18, 2024
Huh, I wrote almost the exact same comment as you did. Oh well, I'll let it stand so there's more weight to Hargeysa.
+1
Level 65
Jul 18, 2024
This answer has been changed since the quiz was featured, it wasn't always Huancayo.
+1
Level 82
Jul 14, 2024
It's still obvious what we're supposed to guess, but your placement of Halifax is a little far south.
+2
Level 72
Jul 18, 2024
How did more people get Huancayo than the capital of Solomon Islands?

Also, may I suggest allowing Hargeysa with Y?

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Level 65
Jul 18, 2024
This answer has been changed since the quiz was featured, it wasn't always Huancayo.
+1
Level 60
Jul 18, 2024
Can you accept "hargeysa" spelling? Only reason I missed that one - may be my fault though, can't speak for everyone
+1
Level 31
Jul 18, 2024
happy to see a quiz that actually has some deeper level cities, awesome!!
+1
Level 68
Oct 1, 2024
This! I don’t understand why people complain about it being too hard, I think this quiz is made difficult, it got me to think on the cities by letter quiz much more than it does for the others.
+2
Level 71
Oct 10, 2024
If I commented under every quiz I knew the answer to all but 1 question, you would see my comments very often.