Can you name the largest cities of each South American country?

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Enter a city in the box below
Correctly named cities will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: (mostly census data) World Gazetteer
Updated July 2011
Also try: Country Quiz: Brazil

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Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

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S. America's Largest Cities Quiz

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Created Mar 2, 2009 in Geography
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	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 05:06 GMT		22 points
	Eek. Except for Brazil, I only know the capitals.

	xander:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 07:08 GMT		17 points
	That was fun, I really like this format (top 3 of each country) thanks sporcle!

	Juampi:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 10:22 GMT		9 points
	I live in Rosario. :)

	fishmonkey:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 GMT		3 points
	Spent ages trying to get third Bolivian city. Thought Cochabamba would in there?

	expat:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 11:24 GMT		7 points
	We Rosarinos are sure we are the second largest in Argentina jaja. Also in another sporkle quiz I thought it showed Belo Horizonte as the 3rd largest Brazilian city but I might be wrong.

	davidr:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 11:48 GMT		2 points
	@mark: You're probably thinking of the Americas Most Populous Cities quiz. I've not gone back to check the details but bear in mind that the two quizzes might be using different definitions of the extent of particular cities. Depending on how much of the suburban sprawl is included, cities may be ranked in a different order.

	Distiller:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 12:25 GMT		11 points
	21/36 thanks to Copa Libertadores. :)

	Hungover:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 16:28 GMT		9 points
	no jonestown?. . .oh, right

	chambers:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 18:51 GMT		2 points
	love these geog ones pleased with myself for getting the ecuadorian one

	tobinw:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 18:55 GMT		12 points
	Surprised not to see neither Concepción or Valparaiso for Chile. I'd heard of those two, but hadn't heard of Chile's #2 or #3 on this list.

	Mountleek:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 19:16 GMT		-2 points
	Cali (10.5%) - Arequipa (3.5%) :-P

	Biohazard:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 23:51 GMT		3 points
	I love these. I've been fortunate enough to complete 3/3, though certainly far from my first try. This one was mastered in just three tries, I think, though. :)

	fishmonkey:	Mar 3rd, 2009 at 15:26 GMT		4 points
	Is Africa coming soon? I can't wait...

	brezhnev:	Mar 4th, 2009 at 04:15 GMT		0 points
	What happened to Paysandú?

	Biohazard:	Mar 4th, 2009 at 15:36 GMT		3 points
	@Daniel: It must have burned to the ground.

	Bray:	Mar 8th, 2009 at 12:26 GMT		0 points
	Got the 11 capitals, plus Sao Paulo and Rio. Should really have gotten Maracaibo, but meh... y'win some y'lose banana.

	Denzil:	May 31st, 2009 at 18:51 GMT		0 points
	18 correct, annoyed that I missed Cordoba :(

	Octoman:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 00:43 GMT		5 points
	Got San Lorenzo which is the fourth most missed while typing in random Argentinian soccer teams... in the wrong country!

	Gangster:	Aug 23rd, 2009 at 00:44 GMT		3 points
	great quiz, but tough

	vic_kun:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 23:33 GMT		1 point
	The three largest brazilian cities are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. Belo Horizonte is the 3rd richest city on Brazil, mark, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. 8D

	BCNmania:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 00:22 GMT		6 points
	Puente Alto is a Santiago, Chile suburb. No one in Chile considers it its own city.

	anarresti:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 09:26 GMT		2 points
	Fine quiz, many thanks!

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	juusosieni:	Jan 10th, 2010 at 08:38 GMT		2 points
	I got San Lorenzo because my second name is Lorenzo :).

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	geodude:	Feb 3rd, 2010 at 15:57 GMT		4 points
	sao paulo is the correct spelling for the city, since "paulo" is portuguese for "paul", not "paolo", 'cause this is italian or spanish

	jp992751:	Feb 13th, 2010 at 20:43 GMT		4 points
	Puente Alto is a not a city it is a poblacion of Santiago. It counts towards Santiagos population not its own in the census.

	Sjoerd:	Nov 8th, 2010 at 08:04 GMT		3 points
	Cornelis Lely was the main designer of the Zuiderzee project and was minister of transport of the Netherlands. 'Dorp' means village in Dutch. That's how Suriname, a former Dutch colony, has gotten a city called Lelydorp.

	Yeezy:	Nov 15th, 2010 at 16:31 GMT		0 points
	i just typed in cali with a minute remaining coz i hadnt heard of south american cities other than a few. imagine my surprise when its accepted

	homero:	Jan 24th, 2011 at 05:55 GMT		4 points
	@tobinw I agree. The three biggest cities in Chile are Santiago, Concepcion and Valparaiso. Puente Alto as @jp992751 said is part of Santiago, not a city per se. Viña is part of the Valparaiso conurbation.

	richie_geo:	Apr 27th, 2011 at 02:22 GMT		0 points
	Colombia's city Cartagena is a city, I am not sure, its bigger than Medellin and Cali.

	quackslikeaduck:	Jul 6th, 2011 at 02:26 GMT		2 points
	Arequipa is beautiful!

	Navarro:	Nov 29th, 2011 at 01:37 GMT		1 point
	@richi_geo: Cartagena is one of the most popular Colombian cities, but is smaller than those two (and Barranquilla)

	ChicagoGuy88:	Feb 19th, 2012 at 11:25 GMT		1 point
	Are you sure it's not Paramaibo without an r, or is it really Paramaribo? Just wondering.

	camerons:	Apr 27th, 2012 at 18:05 GMT		1 point
	@ChicagoGuy88 Yep it's really with an r. Glad you haven't been voted down for asking an honest question, its a bad habit among the sporcler community

	pablitomiguez:	Apr 27th, 2012 at 19:09 GMT		1 point
	Emperor Ata: according to the Uruguayan Census Bureau, Ciudad de la Costa is a city, therefore the name "Ciudad". When I got stuck, I thought "Maybe I should try if New Amsterdam is a city in Suriname"... I should have done it and would have reached 24. A bit annoyed that I missed Cali , Salvador, Maracaibo and Arequipa.

	Xavier_III:	Jun 10th, 2012 at 20:01 GMT		1 point
	Ben, don't you think "Valparaíso," "Concepción," and "Bogotá" (with the acute accents) should be accepted? That is inconsistent with the rest of your quizzes, which have all the accents (in such names as "São Paulo" and "Asunción").

	m0ckers:	Oct 17th, 2012 at 11:02 GMT		1 point
	Shame French Guiana isn't included, I remembered Cayenne.