LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THE THIRD WORLD 1979

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2005
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Largest Metropolitan Areas in the Third World 1979
Population
Latin America
South/Southwest Asia
East/South Asia
Africa
10-15 million
Mexico City, Mexico
Calcutta, India
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Buenos Aires, Arg.
5-10 million
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bombay, India
Seoul, Korea
Cairo, Egypt
Delhi, India
Manila, Phil.
Tehran, Iran
Jakarta, Indonesia
3-5 million
Bogota, Col.
Baghdad, Iraq
Bangkok, Thailand
Caracas, Ven.
Karachi, Pakistan
Taipei, Taiwan
Lima, Peru
Madras, India
Victoria, Hong Kong
Santiago, Chile
2-3 million
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Ahmadabad, India
Pusan, Korea
Alexandria, Egypt
Guadalajara, Mexico
Ankara, Turkey
Rangoon, Burma
Algiers
Algeria
Havana, Cuba
Bangalore, India
Singapore, Singapore
,
Casablanca
Morocco
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Dacca, Bangladesh
Surabaja, Indonesia
,
Kinshasa
Zaire
Recife, Brazil
Hyderabad, India
,
Lagos, Nigeria
Lahore, Pakistan
1-2 million
Cali, Colombia
Beirut, Lebanon
Bandung, Indonesia
Addis Ababa
Eth
Cordoba, Arg.
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Colombo, Sri Lanka
.
,
Tunis
Tunisia
Fortaleza, Brazil
Damascus, Syria
Kaohsiung
Taiwan
,
Guatemala, Guat.
Izmir, Turkey
,
Kuala Lumpur, Mala.
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Kanpus, India
Pyongyang, Korea
Medellin, Col.
Lucknow, India
Taegu, Korea
Monterrey, Mexico
Lyallpur, Pakistan
Montevideo, Uruguay
Nagpur, India
Rosario, Arg.
Pune, India
Salvador, Brazil
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Largest Metropolitan Areas of the World
1 January 1979
1. Tokyo - Yokohama, Japan
2. New York, USA
3. Osaka - Kobe - Kyoto, Japan
*4. Mexico City, Mexico
*5. Sao Paulo, Brazil
6. Moscow, USSR
7. London, England
*8. Calcutta, India
*9. Buenos Aires, Argentina
*10. Seoul, Korea
11. Paris, France
12. Los Angeles, USA
*13. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*14. Bombay, India
*15. Cairo, Egypt
16. Shanghai, China
17. Chicago, Illinois
*18. Manila, Phillipines
*19. Jakarta, Indonesia
*20. Delhi, India
21. Peking, China
*22. Tehran, Iran
23. Philadelphia, PA
24. Leningrad, USSR
25. Essen - Dortmund - Duisburg, West Germany
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