# \[GAME\] All the world's largest cities by population. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 5, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213 "2016-01-05T10:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213/21 "2016-03-08T02:16:33Z")
[DEL]#22[/DEL] #23: BENGALURU Better known in the West as Bangalore. Founded in 1537, when a mud-brick fort was built there. Called “The Silicon Valley of India” because of its many IT companies. #24: BANGKOK (What happened to #3 BEIJING and #6 TIANJIN?) ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213/22 "2016-03-08T12:41:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > (What happened to #3 BEIJING and #6 TIANJIN?) I’d reckon – as with the Wiki list on which the “All the Countries in the World” game was based – over the weeks and months, “swapping-and-switching” for various reasons, takes place in the game’s Wiki list: nothing is set in stone. Maybe someone would like to do Beijing and Tianjin, and thus catch up? I’ll tackle now- #24 Bangkok. Known to the world in general as Bangkok; but in the Thai language the city is “Krung Thep [Maha Nakhon]”. Started life in the early 15th century as a village on the Chao Phraya River – thence, grew and flourished. Set in the delta of the Chao Phraya River, a short distance from the sea: interlaced by the river and numerous man-made canals, rather Venice-fashion. #25: Ho Chi Minh City ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213/23 "2016-03-12T03:16:03Z")
Formerly Saigon Close to but not on the mighty Mekong River Built on swampland originally inhabited by Khmer people for centuries 1. DONGGUAN ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213/24 "2016-03-16T21:36:07Z")
Shall I do poor old Beijing? – leaving Tianjin still to be handled; and the next one numerically, #26 Dongguan… Nowadays China’s capital – has spent spells of time (most recently, 1945 – 49) not as capital, and called Beiping (“Northern Peace”). Contains seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Has very bad air-pollution problems, including dust-storms copiously depositing material from the deserts of northern / north-western China. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213/25 "2016-03-17T23:54:05Z")
Tianjin Fourth largest city after Shanghai, Beijing, Ghuangzhou. It’s one of five national central cities of China. Tianjin’s main central area is located at the Hai River. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213/26 "2016-03-17T23:58:15Z")
Dongguan: Important industrial city in central Guangdong Province, China. Home to one of the world’s largest BUT EMPTY shopping malls- New South China Mall. City administration of Dongguan is very progressive in seeking foreign direct investment. Next: Chongqing ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213/27 "2016-03-19T15:52:02Z")
#27: Chongqing Located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers. Functioned as the capital of China during the 1937 - 1945 state of war between China and Japan. Has a miserable climate, with usually over 100 days of fog per year. #28: Nanjing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-all-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/742213.md?page=1)