Global cities of the world according to Loughborough University (U.K.) Quiz by JustJamie

Can you name the global cities of the world according to Loughborough University (U.K.)?

created by JustJamie

Enter a city in the box below
Correctly named cities will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network at Loughborough University (GaWC)
Cities are listed in the order that they are shown in on the GaWC site.
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Status	City	Continent
Alpha++		North America
Alpha++		Europe
Alpha+		Asia
Alpha+		Europe
Alpha+		Asia
Alpha+		Asia
Alpha+		Oceania
Alpha+		Asia
Alpha+		Asia
Alpha		Europe
Alpha		Europe
Alpha		Asia
Alpha		Europe
Alpha		North America
Alpha		Europe
Alpha		Asia
Alpha		South America
Alpha		Asia
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		South America
Alpha-		Asia
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		North America
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Asia
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Asia
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		North America
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		Europe
Alpha-		South America
Alpha-		Oceania
Alpha-		South America
Beta+		Oceania
Beta+		North America
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Africa

Status	City	Continent
Beta+		North America
Beta+		Asia
Beta+		North America
Beta+		South America
Beta+		Asia
Beta+		North America
Beta+		Asia
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Asia
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Asia
Beta+		Europe
Beta+		Africa
Beta		Asia
Beta		Europe
Beta		Asia
Beta		Europe
Beta		Asia
Beta		North America
Beta		North America
Beta		Europe
Beta		South America
Beta		North America
Beta-		North America
Beta-		Asia
Beta-		Europe
Beta-		Europe
Beta-		Asia
Beta-		Europe
Beta-		Asia
Beta-		South America
Beta-		South America
Beta-		North America
Beta-		Europe
Beta-		Africa
Beta-		Asia
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		Asia
Gamma+		Africa
Gamma+		Oceania

Status	City	Continent
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		Europe
Gamma+		South America
Gamma+		Europe
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		Africa
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		Europe
Gamma+		North America
Gamma+		Asia
Gamma+		Asia
Gamma		North America
Gamma		Europe
Gamma		Asia
Gamma		North America
Gamma		Europe
Gamma		Oceania
Gamma		Africa
Gamma		Europe
Gamma		Asia
Gamma		North America
Gamma		Europe
Gamma		Oceania
Gamma		North America
Gamma		South America
Gamma-		Europe
Gamma-		Europe
Gamma-		Europe
Gamma-		Europe
Gamma-		North America
Gamma-		North America
Gamma-		Africa
Gamma-		North America
Gamma-		Europe
Gamma-		Asia
Gamma-		Asia
Gamma-		Asia
Gamma-		Europe
Gamma-		Asia

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Global Cities Quiz

by JustJamie

Created Dec 18, 2009 in Geography
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	Nobbe:	Dec 18th, 2009 at 08:20 GMT		-1 points
	Too long and just name guessing. You should concentrate on the Alpha cities.

	JustJamie:	Dec 18th, 2009 at 08:39 GMT		4 points
	Actually, a quiz like that does exist...it happened to show up on the random user created Geography quiz section right as I was waiting for this quiz to show up in the new section. It didn't have continents listed, but at 40 items, it probably didn't need to. I just can't seem to ever find it on Google though. Anyway, thanks for the input. All input is constructive, regardless of its tone. I'll honestly try to remember to think about that the next time I go into making a geography quiz again.

	tobinw:	Dec 18th, 2009 at 19:28 GMT		2 points
	I thought it was a good quiz. I ALWAYS forget Seoul, for some reason, even though I tried Incheon, haha. Kind of surprised Shenzen is on the list rather than Harbin, Wuhan, Tianjin, or Xi'an, but Chinese geography is one of my weakpoints.

	JustJamie:	Dec 18th, 2009 at 20:22 GMT		2 points
	It's one of mine, too. Before this quiz, I'd never heard of Shenzhen and only knew about a dozen Chinese cities. From what I've looked up, Shenzhen is not that far from Hong Kong, and the two cities have a close relationship with each other, to the point where I can recall seeing the two cities combined into one metro area on some sites. I'd assume that Hong Kong's growth is influencing Shenzhen's and thus giving the GaWC rationale to make it a Gamma+ city. But it's probably a little more complicated than that.

	Ayreonaut:	Dec 19th, 2009 at 01:44 GMT		2 points
	Nice quiz. Other than Taipei and Zagreb I won't beat myself up over the others that I missed. I'm always surprised to see Tokyo so low on these rankings, I would think its shear size would put it right up with NYC and London. That said I haven't been to Tokyo and don't know much about it other than its population.

	JustJamie:	Dec 19th, 2009 at 03:30 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for your comment. Actually, the term "global city" was first coined to describe NYC, London, and Tokyo...so it was probably the equivalent of an Alpha++ city once upon a time. The GaWC suggests that it has fallen behind (relatively speaking) due to issues with their banks since the 1990's. Tokyo probably leads the way in many other categories, but it's that one issue that the university attributes to their relatively low ranking.

	adamnvillani:	Dec 19th, 2009 at 07:21 GMT		1 point
	I can't believe I went through the last few minutes of this quiz trying to think of which one North American city I'd forgotten, and it turned out to be Washington DC. I'm surprised Jerusalem didn't make the list. According to the source, it's two ranks below Gamma. I'm not that familiar with it, but I figured with it being so contested, it had to rank higher. I guess Israel concentrates all of its business in Tel Aviv.

	daveon:	Dec 19th, 2009 at 09:51 GMT		1 point
	Christchurch and Aukland are not in Australia, a Kiwi here or there might be quite upset about that....

	JustJamie:	Dec 19th, 2009 at 21:16 GMT		1 point
	Dave, you're right...Wikipedia is telling me that New Zealand "is not part of the continent of Australia." Oops. Sorry to any New Zealanders...I wasn't aware that the continent of Australia did not technically New Zealand. I knew I should've just called the continent "Oceania"...

	hilco:	Jan 18th, 2010 at 14:52 GMT		1 point
	On your source I can't find cities like Tehran and Kinshasa anywere. Not that I mean that's wrong, but rather amazing. Nice quiz.

	TomKiwi:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 01:29 GMT		1 point
	I find it hard to believe that Melbourne isn't there! And also hard to believe that Calgary is, haha.

	Jelle:	May 29th, 2010 at 05:12 GMT		1 point
	Nice to see Antwerp.

	Mulyahnto:	Aug 26th, 2010 at 18:38 GMT		1 point
	melbourne IS on the quiz in the first row. I'm surprised that Dusseldorf is there and not Cologne. Also can you allow "al manama" for "manama"? Also, really nice quiz.

	Onno:	Oct 6th, 2010 at 17:27 GMT		1 point
	Maybe you could accept some alternatives for Jedda(h)/Jidda(h)

	Aristocles:	Dec 4th, 2010 at 21:25 GMT		-2 points
	I don't see how Lisbon is somehow a more "global" city than San Francisco.

	Holadude19507:	Dec 18th, 2011 at 15:24 GMT		1 point
	Great for people who know all the capitals of Europe.