# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/41 "2010-03-03T21:44:45Z")
#38 Surat for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/42 "2010-03-03T21:53:08Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > So is Pune pronounced “pooneh” or “poon”? Or even “pyoon”? The first. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/43 "2010-03-03T22:56:21Z")
Another vote for Wuhan. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/44 "2010-03-03T22:58:24Z")
Another vote for Wuhan here. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/45 "2010-03-03T22:58:51Z")
#17, Kinshasa. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/46 "2010-03-03T23:19:06Z")
I _think_ I’ve heard of Wuhan, though I wouldn’t swear to it. But I’ve definitely never heard of Tianjin. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/47 "2010-03-03T23:30:54Z")
#38, Surat, India. I totally thought I’d get tripped up on one of those Chinese cities that has quintupled in size over the last decade or two. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/48 "2010-03-04T00:14:22Z")
> [@TheFifthYear](#): > > #24, Dhaka Me too. Been to 22 of the cities, though. For all you people who have never heard of Wuhan, I’ve actually been there. It’s the terminus of the Three Gorges Yangtse river cruise, which I was lucky enough to go on before they finished that humongous damn. The start of it is Chongqing, #35 on the list. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/49 "2010-03-04T00:36:50Z")
Another vote for Surat. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/50 "2010-03-04T01:07:42Z")
Ahmedabad for me. I’ve been to Wuhan and it’s nothing special. All I remember about it was that it was 40C/105F. The only cities on the list I didn’t recognize were the Indian ones & I’ve been to 8 of them. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/51 "2010-03-04T01:26:11Z")
#38, Surat, India. I’ve probably heard of it before, but I don’t remember it at all. I may be in Wuhan later this year, if I decide to go out of the way a bit when going from Xi’an to Nanjing. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/52 "2010-03-04T01:36:19Z")
So, I’m the only person here who’d never heard of #6, Sao Paulo? _slinks back into hole_ Oh, and I’d never heard of Wuhan either. Or the next three Chinese cities on that list. Sigh. I’m better at capitals, really… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/53 "2010-03-04T01:38:23Z")
Never heard of Wuhan. Now I want to go there, just to see people’s expression when I tell them where I’ve been. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/54 "2010-03-04T01:43:50Z")
14 Wuhan for me. My parents are from Ahmedabad 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/55 "2010-03-04T01:58:56Z")
Wuhan for me too and then a couple of other Chinese ones. I had no trouble with the Indian and Pakistani ones though – even though I hadn;t realised Chennai was the same place as Madras. I’m in the UK I’m guessing we carry a lot more news form the sub continent than the US. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/56 "2010-03-04T02:29:58Z")
#30, Tianjin China ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/57 "2010-03-04T02:36:34Z")
Another Wuhan. It’s a quiet city, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/58 "2010-03-04T04:48:25Z")
Chennai here. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/59 "2010-03-04T06:07:08Z")
Yup, Wuhan. I too kinda want to visit now. After that I made it down to Chennai before getting stumped again. A couple of the Chinese and Indian cities are vaguely familiar and I could obviously tell that they were in those countries simply by the sound of the name but when pressed I couldn’t tell you where in the country they were or anything about them. ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131/60 "2010-03-04T06:14:37Z")
Surat for me. The only other non-Indian city that I haven’t heard of is Abidjan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-world-city-youve-never-heard-of/531131.md?page=4)