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Kinshasa, the largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in Africa, is the nation's financial and economic centre. Lagos, Nigeria is the second largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent. Cairo, Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world.
The former province is today part of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh states and Chandigarh union territory in India, and Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory in Pakistan. This list deals with the areas within city administrative boundaries (city propers), urban areas, and metropolitan areas.
This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa. Figures are from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report, as well as from citypopulation.de. Figures for administrative areas are also given.
This table shows all cities or conurbations with a total urbanised area of at least 5,000 km 2, according to Demographia's annual World Urban Areas [62] publication, that uses a consistent methodology between countries to provide comparable population and area figures.
Africa 2021 [42] City Taiyuan China 4,303,673 Asia 2020 [1] Prefecture-level city (urban) eThekwini South Africa 4,239,901 Africa 2022 [53] Metropolitan municipality: Bamako Mali 4,227,569 Africa 2022 [54] Region-level city: Jaipur India 4,067,826 Asia 2021 [55] Municipal corporation: Ekurhuleni South Africa 4,066,691 Africa 2022 [56]
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting. [6] [7]
Toggle Largest urban areas, by continent subsection. 1.1 Africa. 1.2 Asia. 1.3 Europe. 1.4 North America. 1.5 Central America and Caribbean. 1.6 South America. 1.7 ...
The following table lists the 81 cities in Punjab with a population of at least 100,000 on 1 March 2023, according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan. [1] [2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.