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| 1. |
 Seou l - DongA Marathon @visitseoul.net - Photo: Mok, Gil-Soon |
Seoul in Korean (Soul-t'ukpyolsi) - Seoul, the city on the Han river is the national capital of 
South Korea, Seoul was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea, in ancient times Seoul was the capital of Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C. ~ 660 A.D.) |
10,231,217 | ||||
| 2. |
 São Paulo seen from Ibirapuera Park © Anhembi Turismo Cidade de São Paulo |
São Paulo the largest city in
Brazil and the capital of the captaincy (state) Sao Paulo,
founded as São Paulo de Piratininga in 1554. |
10,009,231* | ||||
| 3. |
Mumbai © Maharashtra Tourism |
Mumbai Marathi Mumbai (the former Bombay), capital of Maharashtra state,
in India, port to the Arabian Sea and one of the most densely
populated cities in the world. |
9,925,891 | ||||
| 4. |
Jakarta - formerly (until 1949)
Batavia, from (1949-72) Djakarta, largest city and the capital
of
Indonesia. |
9,373,900 | |||||
| 5. |
Karachi - largest city and
business capital of
Pakistan. |
9,339,023 | |||||
| 6. |
Moscow,
Moskva - the political center and the capital of the
Russian Federation, first written mention of Moscow dates back
to 1147. |
8,297,056 | |||||
| 7. |
Istanbul
- formerly Constantinople, the largest city and seaport of
Turkey. |
8,260,438 | |||||
| 8. |
Mexico City
- in ancient times the pre-Columbian city Tenochtitlán, today
the capital city of the
United States of Mexico, founded in 1325. |
8,235,744 | |||||
| 9. |
Shanghai
- One of the world's largest seaports and a major industrial
centre of
China. |
8,214,384 | |||||
| 10. |
Tokyo
- the "Eastern Capital", formerly Edo (until 1868), the capital
and largest city of
Japan. |
8,130,408 | |||||
| 11. |
New York City
- The city of the five 'boroughs': Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens,
the Bronx, and Staten Island (formerly Richmond), largest city
of the
United States. |
8,008,278 | |||||
| 12. |
Bangkok
- the Thai name is Krung Thep, the "City of Angels", formerly
divided into two municipalities, Krung Thep and Thon Buri - the
capital city, cultural and commercial center of
Thailand. |
7,506,700* | |||||
| 13. |
Beijing
- Peking, Pei-Ching the "Northern Capital", capital and cultural
centre of
China. |
7,362,426 | |||||
| 14. |
Delhi - popularly known as Old
Delhi, city and union territory, New Delhi to the south is the
capital of
India. |
7,206,704 | |||||
| 15. |
London - Largest city and the
capital of the
United Kingdom, a confederal metropolis and a polycentric city,
with many core districts and no clear hierarchy among them,
founded in the 1st century AD by the Romans. |
7,074,265 | |||||
| 16. |
Hong Kong
- Xianggang (Hsiang Kang, the fragrant harbour), the formerly
British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong comprises of Victoria
(commonly known as Hong Kong Island), the Kowloon Peninsula, the
"New Territories", and 235 outlying islands. Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the
People Republic of China on 1 July 1997. |
6,843,000 | |||||
| 17. |
Cairo - Al-Qahirah, capital of
Egypt and a cultural centre of the Arab world. Cairo is the
largest city of the Middle East and in Africa. |
6,800,992 | |||||
| 18. |
Teheran, Tehran, since 1788
capital city of the
Islamic Republic of Iran. |
6,758,845 | |||||
| 19. |
Santafé de Bogotá D.C.
, Bogota, located on a mountain rimmed plateau in the Cordillera
Oriental of the Andes Mountains, founded in 1538. Capital City
of
Colombia. |
6,422,198 | |||||
| 20. |
Lima - El Pulpo (The Octopus),
commercial and industrial centre and the capital city of
Peru |
6,414,500 | |||||
| 21. |
Bandung, capital of West Java,
some call it the Paris of Java, and the Flower City, second
largest city of
Indonesia |
5,919,400 | |||||
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Brazil, until 1960 when the national capital was moved to
Brasília.
Pakistan
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| 26. |
Santiago, founded as Santiago del
Nuevo Extremo ("Santiago of the New Frontier") in 1541, the
capital of the Republic of
Chile |
4,788,543 |
| 27. |
St. Petersburg - formerly
Petrograd (1914-24) and Leningrad (1924-91), second largest city
of
Russia |
4,678,102 |
| 28. |
Shenyang - Shen-yang, capital of
Liaoning sheng province,
China |
4,669,737 |
| 29. |
Calcutta, Kolkata, Kalikata
India - The capital of West Bengal |
4,399,819 |
| 30. |
Wuhan,
urban area of three adjacent cities - Han-k'ou, Han-yang, and
Wu-ch'ang, greatest city in Central
China,
and the capital of Hubei Province |
4,040,113 |
| 31. |
Sydney,
capital of the state of New South Wales, largest city of
Australia |
4,031,944* |
| 32. |
Guangzhou (Canton), also named
Huacheng (the Flower City), Suicheng (the Rice-ear City) and
Yangcheng (the Goat City). 2,100 years old city in South
China |
3,935,193 |
| 33. |
Singapore,
"Lion City," "Garden City," capital city of the Republic of
Singapore
and the largest port in Southeast Asia. |
3,894,000 |
| 34. |
Madras, Tamil Chennai, the
capital of Tamil Nadu state,
India |
3,841,396 |
| 35. |
Baghdad, Bagdad, largest city and
capital of
Iraq |
3,841,268 |
| 36. |
Pusan,
Busan, capital city of Kyongsang nam do (province),
South Korea |
3,814,325 |
| 37. |
Los Angeles,
second most populous city and metropolitan area (after New York)
in the
United States, seat of Los Angeles County. |
3,485,398 |
| 38. |
Yokohama,
second largest city of
Japan and chief seaport |
3,426,506 |
| 39. |
Melbourne,
capital city of the state of Victoria,
Australia |
3,413,894* |
| 40. |
Berlin, city and state of the FRG,
developed from two merchants' settlements, Berlin and Cölln, the
earliest documentary records date from 1237 (Cölln) and 1244
(Berlin), since 1990 the capital of
Germany |
3,388,000 |
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