# What's The Largest World City You've Never Heard Of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131 "2010-03-03T15:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/1 "2010-03-03T15:32:59Z")
Yes, I totally stole this idea from another thread. [List of most populous world cities](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population). For me it’s #44, Ahmedabad. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/2 "2010-03-03T15:38:19Z")
I made it to 54, Pune. Hehe Pune. Some of the ones earlier than that I needed a second to think about due to the fact that we used a different variation of the name back in school. Like Yangon and Kolkata. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/3 "2010-03-03T15:46:17Z")
#14, Wuhan. My mother was born in Pune. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/4 "2010-03-03T15:46:41Z")
Got to #50- Busan. I’ve been to eight of the cities on that list. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/5 "2010-03-03T15:47:28Z")
#24, Dhaka ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/6 "2010-03-03T15:52:41Z")
I only made it as far as Wuhan. After reading the linked Wikipedia article, I now know more! (Wuhan sounds like the Chicago of China: central west, major transporation hub… Ironocally I already knew about its famous bridge.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/7 "2010-03-03T15:56:30Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > I’ve been to eight of the cities on that list. I’ve been to 10, if you count changing planes in Berlin. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/8 "2010-03-03T16:00:54Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I only made it as far as Wuhan. That was the first for me, too. Odd, since I must have flown over Wuhan twice (it’s almost directly in line between Beijing and Hong Kong). ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/9 "2010-03-03T16:16:04Z")
I only made it to Wuhan, too. But, I’ve been to 12 of those cities. (13 if we’re counting changing planes.) ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/10 "2010-03-03T16:26:33Z")
I made it through all 61… but I have been to 18 of them and landed at the airport of an additional two in transit (Mumbai and Nairobi). ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/11 "2010-03-03T16:31:17Z")
I only made it to Dhaka. I get very confused, though, when they go around changing names on me. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/12 "2010-03-03T16:36:50Z")
Wuhan for me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/13 "2010-03-03T16:41:03Z")
Wuhan. ---
**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/14 "2010-03-03T16:41:36Z")
Mumbai? Istanbul? Beijing? Ho Chi Minh City? I’ve never heard of any of these. Are they near Bombay or Peking, perchance? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/15 "2010-03-03T16:43:01Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I only made it to Dhaka. I get very confused, though, when they go around changing names on me. Yeah, what’s with ‘Ho Chi Minh City’ anyway? Where’s is Saigon? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/16 "2010-03-03T16:43:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > #14, Wuhan. > > My mother was born in Pune. Whew, I don’t feel so bad then. I’d never heard of Wuhan either til just now. In the American cities version of this thread, I didn’t play along because I’m an American, and by the time I came across a city I didn’t know, I was down to city number bajillion. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/17 "2010-03-03T17:04:02Z")
I’ve not heard of Wuhan but I think I’ve heard of every other city on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/18 "2010-03-03T17:16:23Z")
Wuhan ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/19 "2010-03-03T17:21:10Z")
> [@davekhps](#): > > Istanbul? It was Contantinople now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople. So, if you’ve a date in Constantinople, she’ll be waiting in Istanbul. Why’d they change it? I can’t say. That’s nobodies business but the Turks. Wuhan for me. I though Wuhan was a province, not a city. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/20 "2010-03-03T17:26:50Z")
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