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Lists of cities in Asia; Asia. List of metropolitan areas in Asia; List of urban agglomerations in Asia; Lists of cities; Lists of cities by country; List of cities by continent. List of cities in Africa; List of cities in North America; List of cities in South America; List of cities in Europe; List of cities in Oceania; Asia portal; Cities portal
East Asia 2,925,000 389 7,500 E / B 38 Taiyuan: China East Asia 2,900,000 311 9,300 E / B 39 Surabaya: Indonesia Southeast Asia 2,885,000 376 7,700 D / B 40 Changsha: China East Asia 2,720,000 389 6,600 E / B 41 Zhengzhou: China East Asia 2,590,000 466 5,600 E / B 42 Fukuoka [16] Japan East Asia 2,550,000 583 4,900 C / B 43 Shijiazhuang: China ...
This is a list of the largest cities in Asia ranked according to population within their city limits. It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries ( municipalities ) as opposed to urban areas or metropolitan areas , which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city.
The World Health Organization label this region the "Western Pacific", with East Asia not being used in their concept of major world regions. Their definition of this region further includes Mongolia and the adjacent area of Cambodia, as well as the countries of the South East Asia Archipelago (excluding East Timor and Indonesia). [91]
Name Nation View Population Mayor or governor Dhaka Bangladesh 6,594,962 (2013) North Dhaka: Atiqul Islam. South Dhaka: Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. Islamabad Pakistan 1,330,000 (2011)
These varying definitions are not generally reflected in the map of Asia as a whole; for example, Egypt is typically included in the Middle East, but not in Asia, even though the bulk of the Middle East is in Asia. The demarcation between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Bab-el-Mandeb.
Asia is one of the world's fastest-growing continents, with increasing urbanisation and a high growth rate for cities. Tokyo, in Japan, is the world's largest metropolitan area by population. The populations of the given cities are obtained from five sources: Cities; World Atlas; National Official Estimate (NOE)
The use of city proper as defined by administrative boundaries may not include suburban areas where an important proportion of the population working or studying in the city lives. [4] Because of this definition, the city proper population figure may differ greatly from the urban area population figure, as many cities are amalgamations of ...