Can you name the second most populous metro area for each of these countries? by schouw

Country	Second Largest	Largest
Bolivia		La Paz
Egypt		Cairo
India		Mumbai
Venezuela		Caracas
Sweden		Stockholm
China		Shanghai
Nigeria		Lagos
South Africa		Johannesburg
Mexico		Mexico City
Switzerland		Zürich
Germany		Dortmund-Bochum
UAE		Dubai
Syria		Aleppo
Netherlands		Amsterdam
Spain		Madrid
Canada		Toronto
Italy		Milan

Country	Second Largest	Largest
Turkey		Istanbul
Vietnam		Ho Chi Minh City
Australia		Sydney
Bahamas		Nassau
Brazil		São Paulo
United Kingdom		London
Denmark		Copenhagen
United States		New York
Japan		Tokyo
France		Paris
Philippines		Manila
Belgium		Brussels
Pakistan		Karachi
Portugal		Lisbon
Morocco		Casablanca
Russia		Moscow
Saudi Arabia		Riyadh

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Second Largest Cities Quiz

by schouw

Created Dec 13, 2009 in Geography
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	schouw:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 02:04 GMT	1 point
	Not all of the countries above had a second largest metro area make the citymayors.com list. For those I tried to find several different sources that suggested the above answer is correct. If you disagree about an answer, say so, and hopefully we can find the correct answer or a better substitute.

	deuce:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 04:26 GMT	6 points
	rome?

	NCBerge:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 04:28 GMT	3 points
	There are some weird answers. Marseille is almost twice the size of Lyon. Maracaibo is certainly the second largest in Venezuela. Based off of city size, I thought Hanoi was bigger than HCM City and I thought Quezon City was bigger than Manila. Even if you disagree with these, you should definitely accept Goteberg for Gothenberg, aas that is the real name (in Swedish and on most maps).

	schouw:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT	2 points
	These are based on metropolitan area populations, not cities proper. If you look at the link, you'll find Milan and Naples ahead of Rome, as well as the others you listed. My experience has been that sporclers prefer metros when it comes to population statistics.

	Azrael:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:00 GMT	2 points
	Am I the only one that got Valencia for Venezuela because he was trying to guess the second biggest city for Spain? I'm glad that it took me so long to remember Barcelona.

	zzyzx501:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT	1 point
	Both your sources appear to agree that Jeddah (or Jidda) is bigger than Mecca, metropolitan area or not.

	schouw:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:06 GMT	1 point
	@zzyzx501: Indeed you are right. Thanks for catching that.

	marpocky:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT	1 point
	It wouldn't accept Arhus because I couldn't get the circle A.

	schouw:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 05:09 GMT	1 point
	@marpocky: Aarhus is how it's spelled in English, but I'll make Arhus acceptable.

	kennechiwa87:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 06:26 GMT	1 point
	Is Espoo not in the Helsinki metro area?

	Chase:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 06:45 GMT	3 points
	Although by your source East Rand is the second-largest metro area in South Africa, most sources would not consider it a separate metro area (rather a part of greater Johannesburg).

	RedLIon:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 16:39 GMT	2 points
	Marseille is the second largest city in France, without a doubt.

	thamesx2:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 16:52 GMT	1 point
	Should accept "Napoli" for Naples

	expat:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 22:00 GMT	0 points
	Have to agree with everything NCBerge said and I believe Cape Town is the largest city in South Africa with either Johannesburg or Durban second. It's always nice for #2 to get recognized for something.

	Sjoerd:	Dec 14th, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	1 point
	nice. although sometimes quite disputed.

	smarty:	Dec 15th, 2009 at 04:41 GMT	1 point
	marseille is the second largest metropolitan area in france. east rand is a part of the jo'burg metropolitan area. your source says urban area, but your game's title says metropolitan area.

	Fiorentina:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 00:40 GMT	1 point
	32/34. Missed Freeport and East Rand. Who knows this place anyway.

	JDass:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 10:35 GMT	-1 points
	East Rand? Never heard of it, Cape Town surely! Or if not Pretoria/Durban! Also I'm fairly certain Rome is larger that Naples and possibly Milan. Controversial but good idea.

	Mistakenblood:	May 16th, 2011 at 19:58 GMT	1 point
	@schouw: Actually, it seems that the only reason metro area data is used is that it is much easier to find.

	Bogeiman:	Sep 28th, 2011 at 19:57 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz, nice idea. East Rand though - Cape Town is way bigger.

	FibeDaraEggurow:	Feb 7th, 2012 at 03:36 GMT	1 point
	What you have for Germany is pretty crappy. Not that it's completely incorrect, but I wouldn't consider either Dortmund-Bochum (Ruhrgebeit) or Frankfurt-Wiesbaden to be metropolitan areas, rather they are more closely-spaced independent metro areas. I'd still consider Berlin largest and Hamburg 2nd. But... there is an equally convincing argument to the contrary.