Can you name the largest cities with 'City' in their common English names? by BigFlax

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Largest 'City' Cities Quiz

by BigFlax

Created Oct 1, 2009 in Geography
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	bsd987:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 07:56 GMT	12 points
	Since the city part is understood, can we just type in the name without "city"?

	csjoholm:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 04:31 GMT	16 points
	I don't believe that "City" isn't part of New York's name. It's just New York. The "City" is often added colloquially to distinguish it from the state.

	GeoExpert:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 04:43 GMT	10 points
	Csjoholm is 100% right. New York City should not be on here, the name of the city is just "New York."

	Brentzky:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	10 points
	Yep, NY shouldn't be on here. But Quebec City should be. Its population is over 700,000.

	cdill:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 05:59 GMT	4 points
	yeah where is quebec city, new york shldnt be on here, and it was a good idea but there are not enough big "city" cities for this quiz

	elewin:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 12:19 GMT	1 point
	I like the quiz, but I think giving the country makes it too easy. Seeing Panama makes Panama City obvious - the challenge would be to get Panama City without seeing Panama there.

	brendonb:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 13:49 GMT	3 points
	General Santos City in Philippines has 529,542 people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Santos_City

	shakirafan:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 14:22 GMT	1 point
	What? No SEA SHELL CITY?? But they have a giant "man-eating" clam! (HUMOR for people in Michigan!)

	GeordieGordie:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 17:47 GMT	7 points
	This quiz is too Philippines-centric

	adamnvillani:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 18:17 GMT	6 points
	Quebec City's population is 491,000; the metro area is 715,000. Either way, it's big enough to make the list.

	apchilds:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 21:03 GMT	2 points
	The city is just "Quebec." I belive "Quebec City" is, much like "New York City," a way to help distinguish the city from its province/state. My advice: either both should appear in the quiz, or neither should appear.

	thamesx2:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 21:43 GMT	3 points
	Zamboanga City, Philippines - 774,407 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboanga_City)

	qbsamoa:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 00:29 GMT	0 points
	its way too easy if you put the countries

	rm321:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 00:37 GMT	2 points
	Ciudad Juárez in Mexico (population around 1.4mil according to Wikipedia) should be included, at least as a bonus answer.

	BigFlax:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 01:00 GMT	3 points
	First, thanks for the feedback. I tried to clear it up with "common English names," though I grant that's not very specific, so that's why there's nothing with "Ciudad" in it. The source I was using didn't list Zamboanga or General Santos (or Quebec), which is why they're not there. And while it's true that New York is technically just New York, "New York City" is certainly not an uncommon way of referring to it. Frankly this quiz's sudden popularity has caught me a bit by surprise! I will see about reworking it. Part of the problem seems to be that there's not always one accepted way of giving the city name when it's tagged with "City". And cdill's right - it was a better idea in my head than I think it turned out to be, but once I'd done the work I figured I might as well just publish it...

	marpocky:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 02:58 GMT	2 points
	This is definitely a good quiz idea. It might be hard to address all the issues though (such as City vs Ciudad, New York (City), etc.) Perhaps a different source?

	BigFlax:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	2 points
	I've looked around but I can't seem to find another source that lists enough cities to justify making the quiz at all (if I couldn't get at least 10 there's no point). Most lists only go through the top couple hundred cities in the world and that just doesn't seem to be enough. If anyone has a good source, let me know...

	coulraphobic123:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 22:47 GMT	1 point
	New York should definitely not be on here, but then again Mexico City, Guatemala City, and Panama City shouldn't either. In English, the word "city" is added to distinguish but in reality, the names of the cities themselves are simply México, Guatemala, and Panamá just like New York.

Population	City	Country
444,965		United States
394,173		India
239,614		United States
221,857		Philippines
196,075		Philippines
178,097		United States
144,210		United States