Can you name the most populous world cities containing five letters or fewer?

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5 Letters or Fewer Cities Quiz

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Created Dec 15, 2010 in Geography
Featured Dec 27, 2010
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	tomstar86:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 04:26 GMT	2 points
	I think it's done by metro areas. For example, Seoul adds all the satellite cities - Incheon, Ilsan, Suwon etc - to the population size. In Korea, these cities are counted as separate because...well, they're not Seoul and they're in a different county.

	VengefulQuaker:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 04:37 GMT	10 points
	Oh great now all the damn capitals i think of just happen to be 6 letters

	ArtRock:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 05:10 GMT	42 points
	Hanoi - according to wikipedia estimated population nearly 6.5 million (2009) - how on earth is that not in the list?

	indianwolf1992:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 06:15 GMT	4 points
	I missed the last two, but then again one shouldn't be there cause Hanoi should, so I guess I only missed one. But nice quiz idea!

	doogie:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 06:45 GMT	8 points
	I think there needs to be consistency with "metropolitan area" versus "city proper". No way Miami has 5 million people - the city has like 433,000 (Census 2009 estimate). And I also guessed Hanoi. Great concept though.

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	grimsby_fan:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 09:49 GMT	1 point
	If you read the instructions, it says the data is according to agglomeration size on citypopulations.de. As I stated in the archived comments, Hanoi is listed in the source as having a population of 2.7 million which would put it at 27th on this list.

	sconeyj:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 10:13 GMT	8 points
	Could you perhaps put the country names next to the city when it pops up?

	Statto2:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 10:46 GMT	7 points
	So many 6 letter cities - London, Tehran, Berlin, Madrid, Athens, Vienna, Sydney etc.

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	eab21:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 14:03 GMT	1 point
	@hnofer17: SHANGHAI IS 8 LETTERS

	midnightdj:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 14:19 GMT	5 points
	Your source really does seem to be quite frankly wrong about Hanoi: http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2010/07/hanois-population-reaches-65-million.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoi and http://english.thesaigontimes.vn/Home/features/general/11786/

	sunnyskates8:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 15:56 GMT	6 points
	@hnofer17: two things: 1. Tokyo is actually the most populous metro in the world. by far. 2. these are five letter cities and to the best of my knowledge, Shanghai has eight letters.

	goofymuffin:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 16:19 GMT	2 points
	If I'd read "world CITIES" instead of "world CAPITALS," I would've gotten a lot more answers correct. D'oh!

	dlte:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 22:38 GMT	4 points
	this should be "metro areas" not "cities"....

	danthemaniln:	Dec 27th, 2010 at 23:19 GMT	9 points
	Good quiz. We need some standard source for these world city quizes.

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	bsd987:	Dec 28th, 2010 at 03:31 GMT	8 points
	I cannot believe a quiz that uses the citypopulation.de source got published. That source is notoriously inconsistent and inaccurate/incorrect. It considers entire metropolitan areas for U.S. cities while in most countries it judges based only on city proper. It considers Soweto to be an independent city when for 16 years it has been part of Johannesburg city proper. This quiz needs to be taken down and a quiz with an accurate source should replace it.

	bennobean:	Dec 28th, 2010 at 03:41 GMT	2 points
	kyiv should be accepted for kiev

	StateGov:	Dec 28th, 2010 at 06:07 GMT	4 points
	HANOI, Vietnam. Population: 6.5 Million. Thanks. CityPopulation.de is not a very good source.

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	sasarara:	Dec 28th, 2010 at 11:52 GMT	2 points
	hnofer17.....read the name of the quiz. Can you name the most populous cities in the world with 5 letters or fewer in its name?

	Beatlezfann:	Dec 29th, 2010 at 01:42 GMT	1 point
	Surat, India, why does that name sound so familiar?

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	planetmutty:	Dec 29th, 2010 at 10:58 GMT	2 points
	@jifdosa89aa - feel free to get rid of your comment. I have no intention of going anywhere near your stupid website.

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	metricforlife:	Dec 29th, 2010 at 20:52 GMT	5 points
	No. Delhi is correct.

	lardon_hardon:	Dec 30th, 2010 at 00:37 GMT	3 points
	No love for La Paz?

	shakescene:	Dec 30th, 2010 at 04:27 GMT	2 points
	I went quickly through U.S. cities in my mind, and tried Tampa but somehow missed Miami.

	loftyj37:	Jan 1st, 2011 at 15:08 GMT	1 point
	Annoyed I didn't get Seoul & Accra - otherwise the rest I missed were all Chinese which I guess is fair enough, given that my knowledge of cities outside of Beijing is very poor!Decent quiz.