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The largest town in a country such that there is a larger town in the country with the same name.
First population figure is for legally incorporated area. Second is for metropolitan area.
| Country
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Town
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Population
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Namesake
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Population
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Notes
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| Ireland
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Carrick-on-Shannon
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3,163
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Carrick-on-Suir
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5,906
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Also Carrickmacross (5,066)
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| England
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Newcastle-under-Lyme
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73,944
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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271,600 / 799,000
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| England
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Kingston upon Thames
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157,900[1]
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Kingston upon Hull
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257,000
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Kingston upon Hull almost always called "Hull"
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| Germany
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Frankfurt an der Oder
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58,000
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Frankfurt am Main
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670,000 / 2.26m
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| United States
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Arlington County, Virginia
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367,197
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Arlington, Texas
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371,038
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Part of Washington Metropolitan Area and Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex respectively. Arlington County is not incorporated as a city.
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| United States
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Columbus, Georgia
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188,660 / 281,768 / 442,953
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Columbus, Ohio
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747,755 / 1,754,337 / 1,835,189
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proper / MSA / CSA
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| Italy
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Reggio Emilia
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167,013
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Reggio Calabria
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184,504 / 800,000
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| France
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Saint-Denis
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95,800 / NA
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Saint-Denis, Réunion
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133,700
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Saint-Denis is in Greater Paris; Réunion is an overseas department
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| France
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Boulogne-sur-Mer
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44,859
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Boulogne-Billancourt
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110,300 / NA
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Boulogne-Billancourt is in Greater Paris
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| France
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Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
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29,561
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Saint-Étienne
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175,700
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| Russia
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Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
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93,875
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Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast
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96,200
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| Slovakia
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Považská Bystrica
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41,989
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Banská Bystrica
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80,730
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| Czech Republic
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Moravské Budějovice
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7,957
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České Budějovice
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94,747
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| Albania
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Fushë-Arrëz
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2,500
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Fushë-Krujë
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9,600
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pop ref
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| Bulgaria
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Byala, Varna Province
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2,069
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Byala, Rousse Province
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11,033
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| USSR
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Petropavl (Kazakhstan)
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193,300
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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Russia)
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198,028
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"Petropavl" (in Kazakh) is "Petropavlovsk" in Russian
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| Romania
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Râmnicu Sărat
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38,805
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Râmnicu Vâlcea
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107,726
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| Brazil
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São José do Rio Preto
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446,826
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São José dos Campos
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610,965
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| Argentina
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Concepción, Tucumán
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46,561
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Concepción del Uruguay
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64,954
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| Argentina
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San Fernando, Buenos Aires
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69,110
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San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
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140,741
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The first is in Greater Buenos Aires
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| Poland
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Tomaszów Lubelski
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20,118
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Tomaszów Mazowiecki
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66,705
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| Poland
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Ostrów Mazowiecka
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22,560
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Ostrów Wielkopolski
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72,577
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| Japan
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Fuchū, Hiroshima
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44,212
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Fuchū, Tokyo
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248,445
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kanji names are the same: 府中市
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| Japan
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Sakai, Fukui (坂井市)
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92,420
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Sakai, Osaka (堺市)
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835,333
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kanji names are different
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| Australia
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Perth, Tasmania
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1,984
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Perth, Western Australia
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1,554,769
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| Canada
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Saint-Jean, Nouveau Brunswick
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68,043 / 122,389
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Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
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87,492
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Also Saint-Jean de Terre-Neuve (100,646 / 181,113). English names: Saint John; Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu; St. John's
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| India
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Aurangabad, Bihar
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79,351
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Aurangabad, Maharashtra
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1,210,000
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| Chile
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San José de Maipo
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14,186
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San José de la Mariquina, Chile
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18,223
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Commune populations
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| Paraguay
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San Pedro del Paraná
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34,742
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San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú
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132,918
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| Panama
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Pocrí, Los Santos
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786
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Pocrí, Coclé
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12,759
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| Serbia
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Bački Petrovac
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6,731
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Petrovac na Mlavi
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7,851
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| Serbia
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Sremska Mitrovica
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39,041
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Kosovska Mitrovica
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110,310
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Kosovska Mitrovica is in the de facto independent Republic of Kosovo
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| New Zealand
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Havelock
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486
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Havelock North
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10,176
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Havelock North is a suburb of Hastings
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| Philippines
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San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
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129,809
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San Carlos City, Pangasinan
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154,264
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| Portugal
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Vila Real de Santo António
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17,956
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Vila Real
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50,499
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| Ukraine
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Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast
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43,082
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Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast
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70,170
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| Armenia
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Aragats, Armavir
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3,206
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Aragats, Talin
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5,531
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| South Korea
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Gwangju, Gyeonggi (hanja: 廣州 'wide province')
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214,498
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Gwangju (hanja: 光州 'light province')
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1,415,953
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Same hangul (광주) both; first hanja character differs
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| Luxembourg
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Reckange-sur-Mess
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555
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Reckange
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587
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Both are Reckange in French; Recken in Luxembourgish; Reckingen in German.
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| China
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Tàizhōu, Jiangsu (泰州)
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5,031,000 / 605,700
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Tāizhōu, Zhejiang (台州)
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5,466,200
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"Prefecture-level cities" encompassing multiple cities and counties.
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| Denmark
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Nykøbing Mors
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9,357
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Nykøbing Falster
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19,679
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| El Salvador
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Concepción Quezaltepeque
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14,400
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Concepción de Ataco
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18,101
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| Lithuania
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Akademija, Kėdainiai
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873
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Akademija, Kaunas
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4,213
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In Kėdainiai district municipality and Kaunas district municipality respectively.
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| Dominican Republic
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Santa Cruz del Seibo
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22,489
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Santa Cruz de Barahona
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74,958
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| Austria
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Sankt Johann in Tirol
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8,601
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St. Johann im Pongau
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10,722
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cf also Feldkirchen in Kärnten (14,275) & Feldkirch 30,373
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| British Raj
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Hyderabad, Sindh
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1,447,275
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Hyderabad, India
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8,944,833 / 9,696,939
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