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The largest cities in Europe have official populations of over one million inhabitants within their city boundaries. These rankings are based on populations contained within city administrative boundaries, as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas , which necessarily have larger populations than the cities at their core.
'Nine Provinces') is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa and the other Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In the past, it has been known as Kyūkoku ( 九国 , "Nine Countries") , Chinzei ( 鎮西 , "West of the Pacified Area") and Tsukushi-no-shima ...
"Long Cape"), officially Nagasaki City (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi), is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Founded by the Portuguese, [ 2 ] the port of Nagasaki became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries.
Fukuoka is the capital and largest city of Fukuoka Prefecture, and the largest city on Kyūshū, with other major cities including Kitakyushu, Kurume, and Ōmuta. [5] Fukuoka Prefecture is located at the northernmost point of Kyūshū on the Kanmon Straits , connecting the Tsushima Strait and the Seto Inland Sea across from Yamaguchi Prefecture ...
The prefecture is the largest producer of mochigome (sticky rice) and greenhouse mandarin oranges in Japan. According to 2002 figures, regional trade exports are focused primarily towards North America (29.3%), Western Europe (26.1%), and the Newly Industrializing Economies of South Korea , Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore (19.9%).
Kumamoto is the capital and largest city of Kumamoto Prefecture, with other major cities including Yatsushiro, Amakusa, and Tamana. [3] Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyūshū on the coast of the Ariake Sea , across from Nagasaki Prefecture , with the mainland separated from the East China Sea by the Amakusa Archipelago.
The cities listed all have populations over 300,000. The list deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or larger urban zones (metropolitan areas), which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city (although they can also be smaller).
City/municipality Municipality status Country Total area (km 2) Population Population density (per km 2) Sermersooq [1] Municipality Greenland: 575,300 24,148 0.04 Avannaata [1] Municipality Greenland: 522,700 10,920 0.02 Nagqu [2] Prefecture-level City China: 353,010 504,838 1 Hulunbuir [3] Prefecture-level City China: 234,545 2,242,875 10 ...