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Africa Largest Cities
DirectionsFirst choose the number of cities by typing ‘100’, ‘250’, ‘500’, or ‘all’ – then try to achieve the highest population among the top 50K+ population African cities you chose. Quiz is not timed.
hugequiz Premium users have the option to choose any number of cities to play the quiz with (stats are processed but score isn’t saved). Simply enter #(number of cities)# to play the quiz with any number of cities from 25 to the maximum. For example, to play the 300 largest cities, type #300# to begin the quiz and you will play it with the 300 largest cities. Entering #all# will play it with all cities – all cities will also be chosen for any number chosen above the total.
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it seems alot of these cities are using uncommon spellings, i had to use google maps to find them but they still didnt work cause alot of the cities here use a different spelling not used by google maps. i suggest you add the google maps spellings to make it easier.
Yeah I try to over time fix that – if you remember a few let me know in the comments here and I’ll add those alternatives.
i cant figure out the one in the greater accra area of ghana on 500 mode, can anyone help?
also i assume its tema, but idk if theres an alternate spelling for it
nvm i figured it out
can you be a little more lenient with spelling on some Egyptian cities? Faiyum in particular is frustrating, there seem to be at least a half dozen valid spellings but only one (and a more obscure one at that) is accepted.
I’ll change that one – just let me know common ones I should be accepting and I’ll add them as answers.
for 500 what is the other city in Tunisia, ive got Tunis, sousse, sfax, kairouan, bizerte. ive tried every single name on citypopulations and many other sources but nothing works
ummmm in gambia, i got Brikama, but whats the other city? ive been researching for half an hour and i havent found it lol
http://www.citypopulation.de/Gambia.html
In this case, I think CityPopulation may actually be incorrect. Click on the Wikipedia link from CityPopulation for Bundungka Kunda and you get a stub page in German that says the place is actually a part of Serekunda.
Click on the CityPopulation link to Wikipedia for Serekunda and you get another stub page in German referencing a district of Serekunda that is also called Serekunda. But in the English version it lists the districts, and if you compare the list to CityPoplation’s listing of Kanifeng’s “Cities and Settlements”, it becomes apparent that Serekunda is basically just like Indianapolis–it annexed and consolidated about 90% of its LGA’s population.
I’m going to leave as-is for now hoping citypopulation updates Gambia before long – Wikipedia is notoriously bad for most population figures.
Is worldatlas.com reliable?
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-biggest-cities-and-towns-in-gambia.html
If nothing else, I hope you would accept Serekunda as an alias for Bundunka Kunda, since that’s the name people will find at that location on every other site on the web other than citypopulation.
Yeah I’ll accept it as an alternate answer.
Helwan, Egypt isn’t working for me
according to my updated source (http://citypopulation.de/Egypt-Cities.html) – Helwan is considered part of the Cairo population now.
Is this the case 6th of October City as well? (incorporation)
no that was there, just an issue with the naming – fixed now.
I almost got it, but South Africa is killing me. Other than about 9-10 cities in South Africa, I can’t get the spelling right for these 2:
Abu an-Numrus in Egypt; and
Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma in Morocco.
Any help?
Morocco – Suq as Sabt Awlad an Nama, Egypt – Abu an Numros
I can’t figure out where you got Giyani, South Africa. I don’t see it listed in citypopulation.de or anywhere else except Bing maps. Do you want to share your source?
i believe for some african countries i used actual census data, as citypopulation doesn’t have good africa data…the main part of the municipality which is considered the city of Giyani has a population of just under 100k.