Can you name the top 5 most populous geographic places beginning with the letter 'M'? by ckrubin

Can you name the top 5 most populous geographic places beginning with the letter 'M'?

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Source: World Gazetteer
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'M' geography sampler Quiz

by ckrubin

Created Oct 1, 2010 in Geography
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	dianaP:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 04:06 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz, but 'countries' and 'world capitals' should be capitalized...not trying to be a grammar Nazi but it just looks so much nicer :P Other than that, I really like this concept of countries, cities, and world capitals per letter.

	regancannon:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 09:01 GMT	1 point
	Good idea--I like quizzes themed around a letter like this--but I'm a little confused on the rankings. Answers don't seem to appear in alphabetical order, but they also certainly aren't in order of population. Manila appears above Moscow, though it's population is only 10% the size. I was racking my brain for a world capital more populous than Moscow or Mexico city. There are none, so I skipped it and wound up getting Manila in the "Asian cities" category. It might be good to re-order the answers to match population!

	Onno:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 09:57 GMT	3 points
	@regancannon: The source used for this quiz (World Gazetteer) for some reason gives the population of the entire capital region (including Quezon City and many more) to Manila.

	hyffitassen:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 13:58 GMT	0 points
	When did Indonesia become part of Oceania? Geographically it may seem logical, but it's sporcle-ally wrong.

	Patricio:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 15:55 GMT	-3 points
	Miami? Minneapolis?

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	Spelvout:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 17:31 GMT	3 points
	Silly me, didn't read the 'most populous' part.

	finnoztoffee:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 18:02 GMT	-2 points
	Why do people repeatedly put Indonesia is Oceania. It is not, nor has ever been, part of Oceania. It is part of Asia.

	Onno:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 19:01 GMT	0 points
	It depends on your definition. I think the source uses the Wallace Line as the continental boundary, which puts islands like Sulawesi, Timor and New Guinea in Oceania.

	ckrubin:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 19:41 GMT	2 points
	Re: Miami, Minneapolis, Monaco, etc., please read the description: top 5 most populous only in each category. Re: Indonesia, my source (like many, many others) considers West Papua to be in Oceania rather than draw a continental boundary through the middle of the island of Guinea. This seems to me to make geographic sense (whereas the alternative makes political sense).

	Klaus:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 20:18 GMT	2 points
	@finnoztoffee, Part of Indonesia is placed under the continent of Oceania. Even though mainland Indonesia is considered Asia.

	sehh:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 20:52 GMT	1 point
	I was about to criticize this quiz but then i read the description about it being the top 5 most populous.

	Patricio:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 22:37 GMT	1 point
	Miami and Minneapolis are more populous than Managua, Merida and Monterrey...