Useful Notes / Major World Cities

This is a list of all Useful Notes articles we have regarding various famous cities from the real world.

All cities are sorted by order of their respective countries (alphabetically); with national capitals and/or largest cities listed at the top, followed by other major cities (in order of population).

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Australia

• Sydney (largest city)
• Melbourne (second-largest city)
• Brisbane (third-largest city)

Austria

• Vienna (capital and largest city)

Belgium

• Brussels (capital and largest city)

Brazil

• São Paulo (largest city)
• Rio de Janeiro (second-largest city)

Canada

• Toronto (largest city)
• Montreal (second-largest city)
• Vancouver (third-largest city)

China

• Beijing (capital and second-largest city)
• Shanghai (largest city)
• Hong Kong
• Macau

Egypt

• Cairo (capital and largest city)

France

• Paris (capital and largest city)

Germany

• Berlin (capital and largest city)
• Hamburg (second-largest city)
• Munich (third-largest city)
• Bonn (former de-facto capital)

Greece

• Athens (capital and largest city)

India

• Mumbai (largest city)

Iran

• Tehran (capital and largest city)

Ireland

• Dublin (capital and largest city)

Israel-Palestine

• Jerusalem (proclaimed capital of both Israel and Palestine, and largest city in the region)

Italy

• Rome (capital and largest city)
• Florence
• Venice

Japan

• Tokyo (capital and largest city)
• Kyoto

Lebanon

• Beirut (capital and largest city)

Mexico

• Mexico City (capital and largest city)

Monaco

• Monaco (sovereign city-state)

New Zealand

• Wellington (capital and second-largest city)
• Auckland (largest city)

Norway

• Oslo (capital and largest city)

Pakistan

• Karachi (largest city)

Philippines

• Manila (capital and largest city)

Poland

• Kraków (second-largest city)

Portugal

• Lisbon (capital and largest city)

Russia

• Moscow (capital and largest city)
• Saint Petersburg (second-largest city)

Saudi Arabia

• Riyadh (capital and largest city)
• Mecca (third-largest city, and the holiest place for the Islamic religion)

Singapore

• Singapore (sovereign city-state)

South Korea

• Seoul (capital and largest city)
• Busan (second-largest city)

Spain

• Madrid (capital and largest city)
• Ceuta
• Melilla

Thailand

• Bangkok (capital and largest city)

Turkey

• İstanbul (largest city)

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai (largest city)

United Kingdom

• London (capital and largest city)
• Glasgow
• Liverpool
• Gibraltar

United States

• Washington, D.C. (capital city)
• New York City (largest city)
• Los Angeles (second-largest city)
• Chicago (third-largest city)
• Houston (fourth-largest city)
• Philadelphia (sixth-largest city)
• Dallas & Fort Worth
• San Francisco
• Indianapolis
• Seattle
• Denver
• Boston
• Nashville
• Detroit
• Portland
• Las Vegas
• Baltimore
• Milwaukee
• Albuquerque
• Atlanta
• Kansas City
• Miami
• Oakland
• Minneapolis & Saint Paul
• New Orleans
• Cleveland
• St. Louis
• Pittsburgh
• Orlando
• Toledo
• Rochester
• Santa Fe

Vatican City

• Vatican City (sovereign city-state and tiny enclave within Rome, Italy; treated as an independent state in international politics)

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