Can you name the 20 most populous metropolitan areas in the world that start with 'A'?

Rank	City	Population
136		2,900,000
179		2,300,000
196		2,175,000
221		1,950,000
236		1,860,000
247		1,810,000
261		1,720,000
273		1,680,000
324		1,460,000
348		1,350,000
351	1,350,000
360	1,350,000
398	1,350,000

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'A' World Metros Quiz

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Created by: Unidentifiedkiwi -
Contributed: November 8th, 2009
Published: April 5th, 2010
Category: Geography
Plays: 87,698

Tags: World Quizzes, Population Quizzes, City Quizzes, area, start, metro, largest, retro, metropolitan, rank

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	dje:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 04:24 GMT	17 points
	whew, its tough to get an "A" on this quiz! oh well, "A" for effort!

	dannyboy27:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 04:40 GMT	2 points
	On the site, it says Addis Abeba. Not sure whether it's a misprint or not. FYI. Great quiz otherwise!

	tripperboot:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 04:45 GMT	11 points
	oh no, im one of THOSE americans who doesnt know anything about other countries. am i the only one who feels guilty about not having ever heard of Ahmedabad?

	WredAguyW:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 05:20 GMT	0 points
	Addis Abeba??

	robinguy19:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 05:52 GMT	3 points
	nope, ive never heard of ahmedabad either. nor the rest of the Indian cities

	motherboyXXX:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 05:59 GMT	4 points
	I hate myself for missing Algiers and 'That city in Jordan I can't remember!!'

	Esme:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 06:05 GMT	19 points
	I would like to thank Sporcle once again for finally getting me to learn the parts of African, Indian, and Chinese geography that the American educational system never thought I needed to know.

	awesome0_asimov:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 06:45 GMT	-4 points
	addis adaba dude

	Patteroast:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 07:42 GMT	-1 points
	Huh. So I got Ahmedabad, Asuncion, Antananarivo, Agra... but I missed Atlanta. I'm not sure what to make of that.

	Patteroast:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 07:44 GMT	3 points
	Oh, and I found bonuses for Auckland, Almaty, and Adelaide. Anyone get others?

	weststigersbob:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 08:22 GMT	-3 points
	Anshan? Asansol? never ever heard of either. I got aleppo, amritsar and fluked adana 18/20

	boxerboy:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 09:23 GMT	5 points
	anyone else try atlantis before remembering its a myth?

	mendelevium:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 10:01 GMT	2 points
	oh poor Adelaide for just missing out! keep trying you'll get in a sporcle quiz one day :)

	Spelvout:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 10:13 GMT	1 point
	@patteroast that's probably because Atlanta itself only has about 500k inhabitants

	elephant_stone:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 11:46 GMT	31 points
	i can't believe i missed amman, jordan. I LIVE IN AMMAN, JORDAN. facepalm

	marzoz10:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 12:00 GMT	6 points
	Well, I live in Austin and didn't put it! Who knew I lived in the 261st largest metropolis!

	GoldenBo:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 13:25 GMT	-2 points
	How about a litle respect for Amherst!!!!

	dougmartin05:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 13:50 GMT	0 points
	I'm from Texas and I didn't guess Austin.

	kbaker1819:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 14:46 GMT	8 points
	I thought I was smart and typed in Abu Dhabi, only to find out that it didn't make the cut.

	adal:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 15:34 GMT	2 points
	If you score ten, but miss Atlanta, Austin, Amsterdam and almost Athens, is that good or bad?

	zertrudetrout:	Apr 5th, 2010 at 15:45 GMT	5 points
	That was the hardest one of these quizzes published to date!