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What is the largest capital in the world?

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By land/mass are not by population?

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  1. I know its Moscow by area, but Tokyo by population


  2. Tokyo, Japan,by far is the world's largest capital with a metro population of over 30 million. In terms, of land mass, I think it is Moscow, Russia.

  3. india with respect area and population

  4. World Capitals

    Afghanistan  Kabul, 2,206,300

    Albania  Tirana, 353,400

    Algeria  Algiers, 3,917,000 (metro. area), 1,742,800 (city proper)

    Andorra  Andorra la Vella, 23,000

    Angola  Luanda, 2,297,200

    Antigua and Barbuda  St. John's, 23,500

    Argentina  Buenos Aires, 13,349,000 (metro. area), 2,768,772 (city proper)

    Armenia  Yerevan, 1,462,700 (metro. area), 1,267,600 (city proper)

    Australia  Canberra, 327,700

    Austria  Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro area), 1,523,600 (city proper)

    Azerbaijan  Baku, 2,118,600 (metro area), 1,235,400 (city proper), a port on the Caspian Sea

    Bahamas  Nassau, 222,200

    Bahrain  Al-Manámah, 527,000 (metro area), 149,900 (city proper)

    Bangladesh  Dhaka, 12,560,000 (metro.area), 5,378,023 (city proper)

    Barbados  Bridgetown, 98,900

    Belarus  Mensk (Minsk), 1,769,500

    Belgium  Brussels, 1,750,600 (metro area), 981,200 (city proper)

    Belize  Belmopan, 8,700

    Benin  Porto-Novo (official), 231,600; Largest city and seat of government: Cotonou 734,600

    Bhutan  Thimphu (official), 60,200

    Bolivia  Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100 (metro. area), 830,500 (city proper)

    Bosnia and Herzegovina  Sarajevo, 581,500 (unofficial)

    Botswana  Gaborone, 195,000

    Brazil  Brasília, 2,160,100

    Brunei  Bandar Seri Begawan, 78,000

    Bulgaria  Sofia, 1,088,700

    Burkina Faso  Ouagadougou, 962,100

    Burundi  Bujumbura, 331,700

    Cambodia  Phnom Penh, 1,169,800

    Cameroon  Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro. area), 1,154,400 (city proper)

    Canada  Ottawa, Ontario, 1,142,700 (metro. area)

    Cape Verde  Praia, 99,400

    Central African Republic  Bangui, 810,000 (metro. area), 669,800 (city proper)

    Chad  N'Djamena, 609,600

    Chile  Santiago, 5,333,100 (metro. area), 4,372,800 (city proper)

    China  Beijing, 10,849,000 (metro. area), 8,689,000 (city proper)

    Colombia  Santafé de Bogotá, 7,594,000 (metro. area), 7,185,889 (city proper)

    Comoros  Moroni (on Grande Comoro), 60,200

    Congo, Democratic Republic of the  Kinshasa, 6,541,300

    Congo, Republic of  Brazzaville, 1,169,900

    Costa Rica  San José, 1,527,300 (metro. area), 337,200 (city proper)

    Côte d'Ivoire  Yamoussoukro (official), 185,600; Largest city and administrative center: Abidjan, 4,113,600 (metro. area), 3,427,500 (city proper)

    Croatia  Zagreb, 685,500

    Cuba  Havana, 2,686,000 (metro. area), 2,343,700 (city proper)

    Cyprus  Lefkosia (Nicosia) (in government-controlled area), 197,600

    Czech Republic  Prague, 1,378,700 (metro. area), 1,169,800 (city proper)

    Denmark  Copenhagen, 1,094,400

    Djibouti  Djibouti, 383,000

    Dominica  Roseau, 20,000

    Dominican Republic  Santo Domingo, 2,851,300 (metro. area), 2,252,400 (city proper)

    East Timor  Dili, 50,800

    Ecuador  Quito 1,780,700 (metro. area), 1,443,900 (city proper)

    Egypt  Cairo, 11,146,000 (metro. area), 7,629,866 (city proper)

    El Salvador  San Salvador, 1,791,700 (metro. area), 504,700 (city proper)

    Equatorial Guinea  Malabo, 92,900

    Eritrea  Asmara, 899,000 (metro. area), 400,000 (city proper)

    Estonia  Tallinn, 379,000

    Ethiopia  Addis Ababa, 2,716,200

    Fiji  Suva (on Viti Levu), 177,300

    Finland  Helsinki, 1,162,900 (metro. area), 582,600 (city proper)

    France  Paris, 9,854,000 (metro. area), 2,110,400 (city proper)

    Gabon  Libreville, 661,600

    Gambia  Banjul, 46,700

    Georgia  Tbilisi, 1,440,000 (metro. area), 1,240,200 (city proper)

    Germany  Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area), 3,274,500 (city proper)

    Ghana  Accra, 2,825,800 (metro. area), 1,661,400 (city proper)

    Greece  Athens, 3,247,000 (metro. area), 747,300 (city proper)

    Grenada  St. George's, 4,300

    Guatemala  Guatemala City, 2,655,900 (metro. area), 1,128,800 (city proper)

    Guinea  Conakry, 1,767,200

    Guinea-Bissau  Bissau, 296,900

    Guyana  Georgetown, 227,700

    Haiti  Port-au-Prince, 1,764,000 (metro. area), 1,119,000 (city proper)

    Honduras  Tegucigalpa, 1,436,000 (metro. area), 1,248,300 (city proper)

    Hungary  Budapest, 2,597,000 (metro. area), 1,769,500 (city proper)

    Iceland  Reykjavik, 184,200 (metro. area), 114,800 (city proper)

    India  New Delhi, 15,334,000 (metro. area), 9,817,439 (city proper)

    Indonesia  Jakarta, 13,194,000 (metro. area), 8,389,443 (city proper)

    Iran  Tehran, 7,796,257 (city proper)

    Iraq  Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro. area), 5,772,000 (city proper)

    Ireland  Dublin, 1,018,500

    Israel  Jerusalem, 695,500 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.

    Italy  Rome, 3,550,900 (metro. area), 2,455,600 (city proper)

    Jamaica  Kingston, 937,700 (metro. area), 590,500 (city proper)

    Japan  Tokyo, 35,327,000 (metro. area), 8,483,050 (city proper)

    Jordan  Amman, 2,677,500 (metro. area), 1,293,200

    Kazakhstan  Astana, 288,200 (formerly Aqmola; capital since 1997)

    Kenya  Nairobi, 3,064,800 (metro. area), 2,411,900 (city proper)

    Kiribati  Tarawa, 26,600

    Korea, North  Pyongyang, 3,222,000 (metro. area), 2,767,900

    Korea, South  Seoul, 10,287,847 (city proper)

    Kosovo  Pristina, 400,000 (est.)

    Kuwait  Kuwait, 1,709,800 (metro. area), 32,600 (city proper)

    Kyrgyzstan  Bishkek (formerly Frunze), 824,900

    Laos  Vientiane, 194,200

    Latvia  Riga, 867,700 (metro. area), 706,200 (city proper)

    Lebanon  Beirut, 1,916,100 (metro. area), 1,171,000 (city proper)

    Lesotho  Maseru 173,700

    Liberia  Monrovia, 1,348,900 (metro. area), 550,200 (city proper)

    Libya  Tripoli, 2,357,800 (metro. area), 1,269,700 (city proper)

    Liechtenstein  Vaduz, 5,300

    Lithuania  Vilnius, 543,500

    Luxembourg  Luxembourg, 78,800

    Macedonia  Skopje, 587,300 (metro. area), 452,500 (city proper)

    Madagascar  Antananarivo, 1,390,800

    Malawi  Lilongwe, 499,200

    Malaysia  Kuala Lumpur, 3,688,200 (metro. area), 1,403,400

    Maldives  Malé, 81,600

    Mali Bamako, 1,323,200 (metro. area), 935,400

    Malta  Valletta, 194,200 (metro. area) 6,900 (city proper)

    Marshall Islands  Majuro, 20,500

    Mauritania  Nouakchott, 661,400

    Mauritius  Port Louis, 577,200 (metro. area), 143,800 (city proper)

    Mexico  Mexico City, 19,013,000 (metro. area), 8,591,309 (city proper)

    Micronesia  Palikir 11,600

    Moldova  Chisinau, 772,500 (metro. area), 709,900 (city proper)

    Monaco  Monaco, 1,400

    Mongolia  Ulaan Baatar, 804,200

    Montenegro Podgorica (administrative capital), 117,875; Cetinje (capital city), 14,700

    Morocco  Rabat, 1,636,600

    Mozambique  Maputo, 1,691,000 (metro. area), 1,114,000 (city proper)

    Myanmar  Rangoon (Yangon), 4,344,100

    Namibia  Windhoek, 221,000. Summer capital: Swakopmund, 26,200

    Nauru  Yaren, 4,900

    Nepal  Kathmandu, 1,203,100 (metro. area), 729,000 (city proper)

    Netherlands  Amsterdam (official), 737,900; The Hague (administrative capital), 465,900

    New Zealand  Wellington, 342,500 (metro. area), 165,100 (city proper)

    Nicaragua  Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper)

    Niger  Niamey, 748,600

    Nigeria  Abuja, 590,400 (metro. area), 165,700 (city proper)

    Norway  Oslo, 791,500

    Oman  Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper)

    Pakistan  Islamabad, 601,600

    Palau  Koror, 11,100

    Palestinian State (proposed)  Undetermined

    Panama  Panama City, 1,053,500 (metro. area), 437,200 (city proper)

    Papua New Guinea  Port Moresby, 324,900

    Paraguay  Asunción, 1,482,200 (metro. area), 525,100

    Peru  Lima, 8,180,000 (metro. area), 7,029,928 (city proper)

    Philippines  Manila, 10,677,000 (metro. area), 1,581,082 (city proper)

    Poland  Warsaw, 2,201,900 (metro. area), 1,607,600 (city proper)

    Portugal  Lisbon, 2,618,100 (metro. area), 559,400

    Qatar  Doha, 550,700 (metro. area), 318,500 (city proper)

    Romania  Bucharest, 2,210,800 (metro. area), 1,906,800 (city proper)

    Russia  Moscow, 10,672,000 (metro. area), 10,101,500 (city proper)

    Rwanda  Kigali, 298,100

    St. Kitts and Nevis  Basseterre (on St. Kitts), 11,500

    St. Lucia  Castries, 60,300

    St. Vincent and the Grenadines  Kingstown, 17,600

    Samoa  Apia, 35,900

    San Marino  San Marino, 4,300

    São Tomé and Príncipe  São Tomé, 53,300

    Saudi Arabia  Riyadh, 3,724,100

    Senegal  Dakar, 2,476,400

    Serbia Belgrade, 1,717,800 (metro. area), 1,285,200 (city proper)

    Seychelles  Victoria, 23,000

    Sierra Leone  Freetown, 1,051,000

    Singapore  Singapore, 3,438,600

    Slovakia  Bratislava, 428,800

    Slovenia  Ljubljana, 258,000

    Solomon Islands  Honiara (on Guadalcanal), 54,600

    Somalia  Mogadishu, 1,208,800

    South Africa  Pretoria, 1,541,300 (metro. area), 1,249,700 (city proper); Legislative capital and largest city: Cape Town, 3,140,600 (metro. area), 2,733,000 (city proper). Judicial capital: Bloemfontein, 378,000. No decision has been made to relocate the seat of government. South Africa is demarcated into nine provinces, consisting of the Gauteng, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu/Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Free State. Each province has its own capital

    Spain  Madrid, 5,130,000 (metro. area), 3,169,400 (city proper)

    Sri Lanka  Colombo, 2,436,000 (metro. area), 656,100 (city proper). Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, 118,300

    Sudan  Khartoum, 5,717,300 (metro. area), 1,397,900 (city proper)

    Suriname  Paramaribo, 217,300

    Swaziland  Mbabane, 69,000; Royal and legislative capital: Lobamba, circa 5,000

    Sweden  Stockholm, 1,622,300 (metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper)

    Switzerland  Bern, 122,700

    Syria  Damascus, 2,381,800 (metro. area), 1,861,900

    Taiwan  Taipei, 7,871,900 (metro. area), 2,722,600 (city proper)

    Tajikistan  Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro. area), 590,300 (city proper)

    Tanzania  Dodoma, 164,500. Largest city (2003 est.): Dar es Salaam, 2,489,800

    Thailand  Bangkok, 6,320,174 (city proper)

    Togo  Lomé, 749,700 (metro. area), 676,400 (city proper)

    Tonga  Nuku'alofa, 24,500

    Trinidad and Tobago  Port-of-Spain, 263,800 (metro. area), 45,300 (city proper)

    Tunisia  Tunis, 1,660,300 (metro. area), 699,700 (city proper)

    Turkey  Ankara, 3,582,000 (metro. area), 3,456,100 (city proper)

    Turkmenistan  Ashgabat, 727,700

    Tuvalu  Funafuti, 5,300

    Uganda  Kampala, 1,461,600 (metro. area), 1,244,000 (city proper)

    Ukraine  Kyiv (Kiev), 3,296,100 (metro. area), 2,588,400 (city proper)

    United Arab Emirates  Abu Dhabi, 539,800

    United Kingdom  London, 7,615,000 (metro. area), 7,429,200 (city proper)

    United States  Washington, DC, 570,898

    Uruguay  Montevideo, 1,745,100 (metro. area), 1,347,600 (city proper)

    Uzbekistan  Tashkent, 3,457,500 (metro. area), 2,155,400 (city proper)

    Vanuatu  Port Vila, 35,300

    Venezuela  Caracas, 3,517,300 (metro. area), 1,741,400 (city proper)

    Vietnam  Hanoi, 2,543,700 (metro. area), 1,396,500 (city proper)

    Western Sahara (proposed state)  El Aaiun 198,200

    Yemen  Sanaá, 1,778,900

    Zambia  Lusaka, 1,773,300 (metro. area), 1,265,000 (city proper)

    Zimbabwe  Harare, 2,331,400 (metro. area), 1,919,700 (city proper)


  5. tokyo, japan

  6. *The list of the world’s largest cities, by land area, is headed by New York Metro, with a total area of 8,700 square kilometres. Tokyo/Yokohama is in second place with almost 7,000 square kilometres*

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  7. new york

  8. Tokyo -Japan
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