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The administrative city proper may correspond to a single municipality or may consist of a well-defined assembly of
several local government units. The populations listed are for the administratively-defined city and not for the urban
area nor the metropolitan area.[5] Statistical definitions for each city, approximate surface area, and population
density are also indicated. The term city can take on many meanings throughout the world. For the purposes of this
list, the definition of a city as a primarily urban locality is used.[6] This list enumerates the population of some of the
world's largest cities, the boundaries of which may or may not correspond to those of municipalities.
14 New York City [25] City proper 789.4 10452 United States
8363710
21 Hong Kong [33] Special Administrative Region 1092 6434 Hong Kong
7026400
See also
• Lists of cities
• List of cities by surface area
• Cities of present-day nations and states
• List of capitals by population density
• List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants
• Historical urban community sizes
• List of cities by population density
• List of largest cities throughout history
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• List of urban areas by population
• Rank mobility index
• World's largest cities (explaining alternative measures)
List of cities proper by population 4
External links
• The largest cities in the world and their mayors 2010 [63]
• World's largest cities (Table 1: With suburbs, Table 2: Without suburbs) [64]
• Largest cities of the world (municipalities) [65]
• Mega Cities [66]
• Major cities of the world [67] (Finnish)
• China now home to one quarter of world’s largest cities, UN reports [68]
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[5] For cities in China, because administrative boundaries encompass large amounts of rural territory, the urban agglomeration concept is used
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2007-12-31 (1% sample census) of the two functional areas of 1) Core Districts of Capital Function and 2) Urban Function Extended Districts,
including eight fully urban districts. The data is for so-called 'permanent population'; registered population was 7,323,000 the same year.
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[20] Corresponds to the former City of Tokyo merged into the Tokyo Metropolis on July 1, 1943. The whole of 23 wards is now a special local
public entity which provides limited public service, and is sometimes statistically treated as the city proper of Tokyo (e.g. Statistical Bureau of
List of cities proper by population 5
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[24] Excluding the rural commune of Maluku
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[26] Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa, Eti-Osa, Ifako-Ijaiye,
Ikeja, Kosofe, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere) as per:
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and State Provisional Totals 2006 Census" (http:/ / www. nigerianstat. gov. ng/ Connections/ Pop2006. pdf) (PDF). . Retrieved 2007-06-29.
[27] INEI 2007 Census Results (http:/ / censos. inei. gob. pe/ censos2007/ Documentos/ Primresult_CPV2007. pdf)
[28] Composed of 43 independent districts
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[30] Composed of 32 London boroughs
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sex (excel-file) (http:/ / www. msrintranet. capmas. gov. eg/ ows-img2/ xls/ rep1ne. xls) For Cairo, figure is an adjusted census result, as
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estimate is based on now obsolete administrative boundaries for the Lahore Metropolitan Corporation. The administrative boundaries for
Lahore was changed in 2001, when it was transformed from Metropolitan Corporation into a City District. The City District includes the old
Metropolitan Corporation as well as the surrounding district. The District of Lahore had a total of 6,318,745 inhabitants in 1998, compared to
5,143,495 for the Metropolitan Corporation. Current, but vague, estimates puts the population of the district at somewhere between 7.5 and 10
millions.
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Metropolitan Advanced Economic Sphere (都市发达经济圈) consisting of nine districts. Population figure as of 2008-12-31.
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population as of 2005-11-01 of the following districts (core city + inner suburbs): Heping, Hedong, Hexi, Nankai, Hebei, Hongqiao, Dongli,
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[43] Composed of 32 independent municipalities
List of cities proper by population 6
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