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The world's largest cities

Ranked by urban-area population from the UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025, which applies one definition to every country — the continuous built-up urban centre — instead of municipal boundaries that differ from place to place. That is why Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai appear here where a city-proper list would show Chinese prefecture-level cities. 2,608 place pages and 12,138 separate UN urban-centre pages are generated.

Top 300 urban areas by population (2025)

RankUrban areaCountryPopulation 2025Population 1975Growth /yr 2015–25
#1Jakarta capitalFlag of Indonesia Indonesia41,913,86011,696,369+1.5%
#2Dhaka capitalFlag of Bangladesh Bangladesh36,585,4795,037,174+2.6%
#3Tokyo capitalFlag of Japan Japan33,412,51224,281,618+0.1%
#4New Delhi capitalFlag of India India30,222,4056,091,891+1.5%
#5ShanghaiFlag of China China29,558,9084,542,787+2.2%
#6GuangzhouFlag of China China27,563,3721,644,240+0.9%
#7Cairo capitalFlag of Egypt Egypt25,566,1027,440,914+1.7%
#8Manila capitalFlag of Philippines Philippines24,735,3058,329,012+0.9%
#9KolkataFlag of India India22,549,73810,527,605+0.6%
#10Seoul capitalFlag of South Korea South Korea22,490,48210,079,046+0.5%
#11KarachiFlag of Pakistan Pakistan21,422,5904,626,701+3.1%
#12MumbaiFlag of India India20,203,0568,338,773+1.0%
#13São PauloFlag of Brazil Brazil18,949,79010,536,121+0.1%
#14Bangkok capitalFlag of Thailand Thailand18,180,2803,650,772+2.0%
#15Mexico City capitalFlag of Mexico Mexico17,734,21211,119,402−0.7%
#16Beijing capitalFlag of China China17,013,3035,154,971+1.0%
#17LahoreFlag of Pakistan Pakistan15,156,4304,402,766+2.5%
#18IstanbulFlag of Türkiye Türkiye15,014,7635,305,193+0.8%
#19Moscow capitalFlag of Russia Russia14,524,7538,520,842+0.7%
#20Ho Chi Minh CityFlag of Vietnam Vietnam14,052,7132,384,034+2.3%
#21Buenos Aires capitalFlag of Argentina Argentina14,017,7368,560,900+0.2%
#22New York CityFlag of United States United States13,920,14812,076,416+0.1%
#23ShenzhenFlag of China China13,878,396487,944+1.1%
#24BengaluruFlag of India India13,187,0982,369,541+2.1%
#25OsakaFlag of Japan Japan12,964,14514,448,054−0.6%
#26LagosFlag of Nigeria Nigeria12,791,6992,612,450+1.4%
#27Los AngelesFlag of United States United States12,740,4207,717,837+0.5%
#28Luanda capitalFlag of Angola Angola11,370,127—+4.8%
#29ChennaiFlag of India India11,153,2054,484,115+1.0%
#30Kinshasa capitalFlag of DR Congo DR Congo10,943,6411,035,622+3.2%
#31Bogotá capitalFlag of Colombia Colombia10,624,3153,389,750+1.7%
#32Lima capitalFlag of Peru Peru10,580,2413,519,785+1.3%
#33London capitalFlag of United Kingdom United Kingdom10,416,4207,369,842+1.2%
#34HajipurFlag of India India9,941,510745,962+2.5%
#35Rio de JaneiroFlag of Brazil Brazil9,500,3365,880,669+0.2%
#36Paris capitalFlag of France France9,381,9217,423,859+0.1%
#37HyderabadFlag of India India9,190,7952,810,479+1.0%
#38Tehran capitalFlag of Iran Iran9,174,9644,265,101+1.2%
#39Taipei capital Taiwan9,136,7923,691,099+0.3%
#40BandungFlag of Indonesia Indonesia8,909,1043,475,759+0.9%
#41Kuala Lumpur capitalFlag of Malaysia Malaysia8,443,731170,777+2.4%
#42Dar es Salaam capitalFlag of Tanzania Tanzania7,795,114299,151+4.1%
#43SuzhouFlag of China China7,731,101930,446+2.4%
#44AhmedabadFlag of India India7,632,4082,569,410+1.1%
#45HangzhouFlag of China China7,500,2081,113,616+0.9%
#46WuhanFlag of China China7,363,5481,665,771+0.4%
#47TianjinFlag of China China7,285,3422,567,069+0.7%
#48AlexandriaFlag of Egypt Egypt7,266,9572,647,675+2.0%
#49NagoyaFlag of Japan Japan7,146,1605,365,962+0.2%
#50JohannesburgFlag of South Africa South Africa7,077,1751,180,560+2.7%
#51ChongqingFlag of China China7,071,0731,527,374+1.8%
#52Riyadh capitalFlag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia6,916,417—+2.0%
#53SuratFlag of India India6,908,925955,482+2.1%
#54SurabayaFlag of Indonesia Indonesia6,843,5033,642,543+0.1%
#55PuneFlag of India India6,817,9512,411,762+0.8%
#56Khartoum capitalFlag of Sudan Sudan6,809,355870,553+1.4%
#57NanjingFlag of China China6,800,6761,609,060+1.4%
#58Santiago capitalFlag of Chile Chile6,726,0452,834,965+0.8%
#59Addis Ababa capitalFlag of Ethiopia Ethiopia6,705,705868,901+3.9%
#60Abidjan capitalFlag of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast6,621,7111,024,745+2.6%
#61ChaozhouFlag of China China6,407,770540,582+1.4%
#62Amman capitalFlag of Jordan Jordan6,403,666831,541+3.1%
#63Baghdad capitalFlag of Iraq Iraq6,390,7352,035,844+1.7%
#64ChengduFlag of China China6,139,8742,814,167−0.9%
#65Nairobi capitalFlag of Kenya Kenya6,134,334538,321+2.8%
#66KozhikodeFlag of India India6,123,872566,962+4.7%
#67ShenyangFlag of China China5,702,6383,849,887+0.4%
#68Kabul capitalFlag of Afghanistan Afghanistan5,635,737763,068+2.8%
#69OnitshaFlag of Nigeria Nigeria5,627,706756,883+3.1%
#70YangonFlag of Myanmar Myanmar5,618,3032,163,479+0.8%
#71Accra capitalFlag of Ghana Ghana5,592,780856,210+2.0%
#72Madrid capitalFlag of Spain Spain5,583,6012,951,852+1.1%
#73FaisalabadFlag of Pakistan Pakistan5,566,3821,097,885+2.6%
#74TorontoFlag of Canada Canada5,494,4311,976,141+1.0%
#75MashhadFlag of Iran Iran5,398,2481,322,467+1.2%
#76DubaiFlag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates5,283,789—+3.6%
#77Xi'anFlag of China China5,231,0531,540,149+0.4%
#78Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Colombo capitalFlag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka5,223,8382,053,180+1.3%
#79Yaoundé capitalFlag of Cameroon Cameroon5,106,087455,219+4.0%
#80KochiFlag of India India5,077,6701,576,753+2.1%
#81Hanoi capitalFlag of Vietnam Vietnam5,068,4141,492,851+0.6%
#82LucknowFlag of India India5,052,4441,474,430+0.9%
#83ChattogramFlag of Bangladesh Bangladesh4,983,5531,415,858+0.8%
#84Singapore capitalFlag of Singapore Singapore4,963,9982,004,259+0.5%
#85Kampala capitalFlag of Uganda Uganda4,880,943604,015+3.4%
#86ZhengzhouFlag of China China4,878,035976,638+1.0%
#87HefeiFlag of China China4,867,0001,189,878+1.5%
#88Islāmābād capitalFlag of Pakistan Pakistan4,860,084809,580+1.6%
#89KanoFlag of Nigeria Nigeria4,840,280773,600+1.7%
#90Hong Kong capitalFlag of Hong Kong Hong Kong4,749,5432,877,514+0.0%
#91Saint PetersburgFlag of Russia Russia4,736,4993,651,032+0.7%
#92Santo Domingo capitalFlag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic4,600,0641,249,277+1.3%
#93Cape Town capitalFlag of South Africa South Africa4,508,921983,713+2.7%
#94CasablancaFlag of Morocco Morocco4,457,4711,743,210+1.0%
#95Mogadishu capitalFlag of Somalia Somalia4,399,430442,327+6.9%
#96HarbinFlag of China China4,376,2591,720,659+0.6%
#97KanpurFlag of India India4,329,9732,052,684−0.1%
#98KumasiFlag of Ghana Ghana4,297,984415,938+3.5%
#99Damascus capitalFlag of Syria Syria4,287,7461,202,544+2.8%
#100JeddahFlag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia4,284,080189,325+2.2%
#101Kuwait City capitalFlag of Kuwait Kuwait4,265,132735,089+3.2%
#102MedanFlag of Indonesia Indonesia4,245,8951,695,924+0.4%
#103Bamako capitalFlag of Mali Mali4,244,881343,844+3.8%
#104LuxorFlag of Egypt Egypt4,188,02392,191+7.9%
#105Belo HorizonteFlag of Brazil Brazil4,162,8141,292,068+0.4%
#106WenzhouFlag of China China4,158,1951,970,887−0.0%
#107SydneyFlag of Australia Australia4,150,9172,221,676+1.2%
#108GuadalajaraFlag of Mexico Mexico4,135,4402,010,388−0.1%
#109DoualaFlag of Cameroon Cameroon4,104,516359,009+3.3%
#110JaipurFlag of India India4,071,754951,048+1.1%
#111Sana'a capitalFlag of Yemen Yemen4,018,856124,348+3.2%
#112TaiyuanFlag of China China4,005,816758,288+1.4%
#113PuningFlag of China China3,989,322753,685+0.9%
#114BarcelonaFlag of Spain Spain3,982,7042,234,530+1.2%
#115HoustonFlag of United States United States3,955,046106,945+3.5%
#116MonterreyFlag of Mexico Mexico3,938,0151,536,823+0.1%
#117Tashkent capitalFlag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan3,935,7932,101,076+1.7%
#118Antananarivo capitalFlag of Madagascar Madagascar3,916,219288,835+4.0%
#119VaranasiFlag of India India3,858,8631,717,441+0.9%
#120Dakar capitalFlag of Senegal Senegal3,852,475937,080+1.8%
#121OwerriFlag of Nigeria Nigeria3,833,34361,592+3.8%
#122ÜrümqiFlag of China China3,755,144884,407+2.0%
#123IbadanFlag of Nigeria Nigeria3,720,721818,658+1.6%
#124RecifeFlag of Brazil Brazil3,691,1961,793,038+0.6%
#125ChicagoFlag of United States United States3,683,3853,448,323+0.2%
#126Brazzaville capitalFlag of Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo3,656,322564,284+3.4%
#127MelbourneFlag of Australia Australia3,639,8931,715,756+1.3%
#128QingdaoFlag of China China3,616,657854,812+0.4%
#129Ankara capitalFlag of Türkiye Türkiye3,612,2511,303,842+1.7%
#130Kasaï-OrientalFlag of DR Congo DR Congo3,605,738890,460+2.0%
#131KarajFlag of Iran Iran3,598,661861,698+1.8%
#132Berlin capitalFlag of Germany Germany3,560,9083,025,918+0.6%
#133SavarFlag of Bangladesh Bangladesh3,557,381224,105+3.0%
#134PeshawarFlag of Pakistan Pakistan3,554,423793,178+0.9%
#135Lusaka capitalFlag of Zambia Zambia3,510,723218,902+4.0%
#136IndoreFlag of India India3,476,4231,034,352+1.6%
#137JinanFlag of China China3,472,9801,179,813+0.6%
#138ChangshaFlag of China China3,457,5081,231,311+0.0%
#139MedellínFlag of Colombia Colombia3,350,3841,920,683+0.4%
#140ChangchunFlag of China China3,349,9341,869,766+0.3%
#141PatnaFlag of India India3,309,383886,863+1.4%
#142NanchangFlag of China China3,299,773909,884+1.0%
#143NanningFlag of China China3,288,636582,450+1.7%
#144QuanzhouFlag of China China3,286,129819,476+0.1%
#145Washington, D.C. capitalFlag of United States United States3,270,0181,055,262+1.5%
#146BusanFlag of South Korea South Korea3,263,2212,426,083−0.1%
#147NagpurFlag of India India3,257,8411,281,904+0.7%
#148Algiers capitalFlag of Algeria Algeria3,246,4001,514,528+1.2%
#149FortalezaFlag of Brazil Brazil3,244,2601,005,917+0.5%
#150Kathmandu capitalFlag of Nepal Nepal3,231,516419,789+1.8%
#151KunmingFlag of China China3,228,117512,775+0.4%
#152Ouagadougou capitalFlag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso3,206,22276,288+3.2%
#153DurbanFlag of South Africa South Africa3,177,927569,867+1.0%
#154Maputo capitalFlag of Mozambique Mozambique3,166,328466,556+2.1%
#155San FranciscoFlag of United States United States3,163,4862,136,513+0.4%
#156Kalyan-DombivliFlag of India India3,163,424774,257+1.1%
#157GuayaquilFlag of Ecuador Ecuador3,157,825934,056+1.3%
#158SalvadorFlag of Brazil Brazil3,135,1571,226,073+0.4%
#159GujranwalaFlag of Pakistan Pakistan3,121,271763,481+1.3%
#160Athens capitalFlag of Greece Greece3,101,9793,002,974−0.7%
#161NingboFlag of China China3,094,833320,003+1.8%
#162KollamFlag of India India3,074,562393,590+3.4%
#163Cebu CityFlag of Philippines Philippines3,044,564560,629+1.5%
#164ShijiazhuangFlag of China China2,990,397998,251+0.1%
#165MultanFlag of Pakistan Pakistan2,956,642792,997+0.8%
#166ThiruvananthapuramFlag of India India2,946,119832,606+2.2%
#167AsansolFlag of India India2,924,7411,487,425+0.5%
#168AleppoFlag of Syria Syria2,922,277639,616+10.1%
#169BrahmanbariaFlag of Bangladesh Bangladesh2,914,727565,201+3.2%
#170MiamiFlag of United States United States2,912,486517,861+0.9%
#171FuzhouFlag of China China2,910,985918,662+0.2%
#172Pyongyang capitalFlag of North Korea North Korea2,901,5881,482,374+0.2%
#173TamlukFlag of India India2,894,484544,058+1.8%
#174HyderabadFlag of Pakistan Pakistan2,863,633891,570+2.0%
#175Guatemala City capitalFlag of Guatemala Guatemala2,837,7081,081,260+0.4%
#176LubumbashiFlag of DR Congo DR Congo2,832,853193,458+4.4%
#177TasikmalayaFlag of Indonesia Indonesia2,827,2551,090,490+1.6%
#178DalianFlag of China China2,796,2481,257,894+0.7%
#179YogyakartaFlag of Indonesia Indonesia2,793,7471,742,913−0.3%
#180AgraFlag of India India2,786,7621,109,446+0.9%
#181NaplesFlag of Italy Italy2,767,9232,594,394−0.2%
#182ConacryFlag of Guinea Guinea2,727,684614,161+1.7%
#183EssenFlag of Germany Germany2,717,0872,851,143+0.7%
#184CaliFlag of Colombia Colombia2,700,2321,150,311+1.0%
#185GuiyangFlag of China China2,686,9491,010,479+0.5%
#186SemarangFlag of Indonesia Indonesia2,679,3491,240,535+0.5%
#187MontrealFlag of Canada Canada2,668,7231,682,973+0.7%
#188IzmirFlag of Türkiye Türkiye2,650,2371,638,510+0.1%
#189ChangzhouFlag of China China2,649,836343,660+0.6%
#190Tel AvivFlag of Israel Israel2,642,872599,662+1.8%
#191BirminghamFlag of United Kingdom United Kingdom2,631,7572,250,104+0.7%
#192Kiev capitalFlag of Ukraine Ukraine2,614,5811,934,717−0.8%
#193WuxiFlag of China China2,613,100859,809−0.1%
#194MilanFlag of Italy Italy2,599,0222,544,708+0.2%
#195Caracas capitalFlag of Venezuela Venezuela2,576,6662,436,007−1.7%
#196ManchesterFlag of United Kingdom United Kingdom2,535,4272,174,141+0.7%
#197Quito capitalFlag of Ecuador Ecuador2,534,914637,094+1.3%
#198Cotonou capitalFlag of Benin Benin2,506,489364,285+3.1%
#199BhopalFlag of India India2,487,205511,194+1.6%
#200CuritibaFlag of Brazil Brazil2,475,352703,372+0.2%
#201Tunis capitalFlag of Tunisia Tunisia2,473,428702,400+1.2%
#202DighwaraFlag of India India2,469,443—+3.3%
#203ChandigarhFlag of India India2,437,733545,954+1.0%
#204Lomé capitalFlag of Togo Togo2,415,011203,623+2.1%
#205PonnaniFlag of India India2,409,56753,924+3.5%
#206CoimbatoreFlag of India India2,382,9881,038,654+0.9%
#207Rome capitalFlag of Italy Italy2,376,4741,938,676+0.3%
#208AlmatyFlag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan2,367,611891,011+2.4%
#209DenpasarFlag of Indonesia Indonesia2,352,734212,590+1.7%
#210PrayagrajFlag of India India2,347,8691,102,225+0.5%
#211Port HarcourtFlag of Nigeria Nigeria2,341,445278,374+3.3%
#212DammamFlag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia2,335,647—+1.9%
#213DaeguFlag of South Korea South Korea2,334,4461,509,252−0.4%
#214GoiâniaFlag of Brazil Brazil2,320,596136,377+1.9%
#215TangshanFlag of China China2,286,763716,010+2.6%
#216BursaFlag of Türkiye Türkiye2,281,622362,900+1.7%
#217ManausFlag of Brazil Brazil2,277,352331,968+1.6%
#218LanzhouFlag of China China2,272,1041,044,871+0.6%
#219VadodaraFlag of India India2,270,298711,038+1.0%
#220Taichung Taiwan2,268,6851,478,897+0.0%
#221DenverFlag of United States United States2,265,994180,856+2.1%
#222Phnom Penh capitalFlag of Cambodia Cambodia2,261,05568,669+1.7%
#223MakassarFlag of Indonesia Indonesia2,255,088809,959+0.9%
#224LudhianaFlag of India India2,245,106633,080+0.9%
#225PhiladelphiaFlag of United States United States2,232,4201,913,378+0.3%
#226FukuokaFlag of Japan Japan2,225,0781,869,311−0.1%
#227MeerutFlag of India India2,209,886878,558+1.0%
#228BarranquillaFlag of Colombia Colombia2,208,021847,758+1.4%
#229Macau - Zhuhai capitalFlag of Macau Macau2,203,065289,756+1.5%
#230Doha capitalFlag of Qatar Qatar2,193,708—+3.2%
#231Kaohsiung Taiwan2,187,4551,511,028−0.4%
#232Las VegasFlag of United States United States2,183,655—+1.7%
#233BelémFlag of Brazil Brazil2,180,454717,613+0.6%
#234CixiFlag of China China2,177,489—+2.2%
#235San José capitalFlag of Costa Rica Costa Rica2,171,213556,185+1.2%
#236MaduraiFlag of India India2,138,746953,326+1.1%
#237PalembangFlag of Indonesia Indonesia2,132,5761,093,222+0.5%
#238Harare capitalFlag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe2,117,195494,144+0.4%
#239BanhaFlag of Egypt Egypt2,088,520124,026+3.5%
#240Rabat capitalFlag of Morocco Morocco2,069,287603,192+1.1%
#241BasraFlag of Iraq Iraq2,033,553349,440+2.1%
#242Vienna capitalFlag of Austria Austria2,031,3261,560,003+1.1%
#243MaracaiboFlag of Venezuela Venezuela2,030,633830,527−0.6%
#244La Paz capitalFlag of Bolivia Bolivia2,024,413753,225+1.2%
#245DhanbadFlag of India India2,020,181886,570+1.0%
#246MehsiFlag of India India2,018,610—+4.8%
#247NashikFlag of India India1,996,763396,946+1.2%
#248HohhotFlag of China China1,993,292822,254+0.6%
#249Santa Cruz de la SierraFlag of Bolivia Bolivia1,980,432161,987+2.2%
#250Baku capitalFlag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan1,977,8971,211,279+0.5%
#251PhoenixFlag of United States United States1,972,021—+2.1%
#252SapporoFlag of Japan Japan1,964,5191,518,528−0.1%
#253JamshedpurFlag of India India1,956,840762,879+0.8%
#254Minsk capitalFlag of Belarus Belarus1,950,6801,053,060+0.4%
#255PueblaFlag of Mexico Mexico1,947,971576,518−0.1%
#256Freetown capitalFlag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone1,935,761309,753+3.5%
#257N'Djaména capitalFlag of Chad Chad1,934,909220,177+3.3%
#258BeniFlag of DR Congo DR Congo1,923,700476,017+2.1%
#259TarogongFlag of Indonesia Indonesia1,917,036689,125+1.1%
#260San DiegoFlag of United States United States1,915,114308,888+1.4%
#261Lisbon capitalFlag of Portugal Portugal1,913,7981,278,418+0.7%
#262Bucharest capitalFlag of Romania Romania1,909,5361,735,681−0.1%
#263SialkotFlag of Pakistan Pakistan1,907,978453,444+1.7%
#264BibhutpurFlag of India India1,904,411—+3.0%
#265MalangFlag of Indonesia Indonesia1,899,6161,182,997−0.1%
#266KadunaFlag of Nigeria Nigeria1,890,448375,390+1.2%
#267Warsaw capitalFlag of Poland Poland1,882,7561,401,512+0.5%
#268Monrovia capitalFlag of Liberia Liberia1,879,09264,106+2.4%
#269PutianFlag of China China1,871,858352,933+2.4%
#270Port-au-Prince capitalFlag of Haiti Haiti1,868,268969,673−0.4%
#271Benin CityFlag of Nigeria Nigeria1,845,432217,878+1.6%
#272IsfahanFlag of Iran Iran1,844,409400,356+1.2%
#273Pretoria capitalFlag of South Africa South Africa1,836,166383,023+2.5%
#274RanchiFlag of India India1,819,944483,007+1.9%
#275MunichFlag of Germany Germany1,815,0221,376,229+1.2%
#276Beirut capitalFlag of Lebanon Lebanon1,794,0191,817,942−0.3%
#277YinchuanFlag of China China1,792,788243,832+2.0%
#278Xiamen CityFlag of China China1,788,492461,650−0.4%
#279HandanFlag of China China1,777,172230,204+2.5%
#280HamburgFlag of Germany Germany1,759,3771,623,382+0.5%
#281Porto AlegreFlag of Brazil Brazil1,755,917797,254+0.0%
#282SlawiFlag of Indonesia Indonesia1,733,4371,310,192−0.4%
#283AligarhFlag of India India1,729,663734,345+0.4%
#284LuoyangFlag of China China1,727,744758,447−0.4%
#285El MansuraFlag of Egypt Egypt1,712,781413,859+1.4%
#286VancouverFlag of Canada Canada1,707,865502,467+1.1%
#287DhulianFlag of India India1,699,325219,024+1.5%
#288Johor BahruFlag of Malaysia Malaysia1,695,838120,939+1.6%
#289MeccaFlag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia1,692,152161,719+2.1%
#290San AntonioFlag of United States United States1,686,163—+5.0%
#291NantongFlag of China China1,684,417420,876+2.1%
#292Sao GoncaloFlag of Brazil Brazil1,679,246900,053+0.3%
#293MosulFlag of Iraq Iraq1,665,214367,582+2.3%
#294Pointe-NoireFlag of Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo1,662,53784,279+4.1%
#295VisakhapatnamFlag of India India1,641,957551,558+0.6%
#296BostonFlag of United States United States1,639,7971,201,747+0.3%
#297AhwazFlag of Iran Iran1,639,321434,731+0.9%
#298BareillyFlag of India India1,635,214639,528+0.7%
#299CampinasFlag of Brazil Brazil1,631,432107,718+1.0%
#300WuhuFlag of China China1,631,043373,963+2.8%

Urban centre = contiguous 1 km2 cells with 1,500+ people/km2 and 50,000+ inhabitants (Degree of Urbanisation). UN names are shown in English where the file gives one. Some centres carry the name of a constituent town (e.g. the Patna area is listed under Hajipur) — that is the source's naming, kept as-is. Source: UN DESA, WUP 2025, CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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