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Jakarta

Geography; Cities & towns

Jakarta, officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of ...

Tokyo (Japanese: 東京), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of the world. It is the seat of the ...

Istanbul

Geography; Cities & towns

Istanbul (historically Byzantium and Constantinople) is the largest city of Turkey, home to a population of 13,483,052 in 2011. A megacity, it is the nation's cultural, economic, and financial ...

Karachi

Geography; Cities & towns

Karachi (AUrdu: کراچی; Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the largest city, and the main seaport and financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population ...

Mumbai

Geography; Cities & towns

Mumbai is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of ...

Shanghai

Geography; Cities & towns

Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; Shanghainese: Zånhae; Mandarin pinyin: Shànghǎi) is the largest city by population of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the largest city proper by population in the ...

Tehran

Geography; Cities & towns

Tehran (Persian: تهران‎ Tehrān), sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; (7,711,230 - in 2,267,892 households - as of the ...