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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)
In 1947, after the end of British rule, the city became the administrative capital of East Pakistan. It was declared the legislative capital of Pakistan in 1962. In 1971, following the Liberation War, it became the capital of independent Bangladesh. In 2008, Dhaka celebrated 400 years as a municipal city. [31] [32] [33]
City Chinese Pinyin Province Population (2010); Urban Population (2010) Administrative Population (2010); Shanghai: 上海: Shànghǎi: Municipality: 22,315,426 ...
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including China, Japan, ... Taipei City is the capital of Taiwan, with a population of 2.6 million.
Astana is the second-coldest national capital in the world after Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, a position formerly held by the capital of Canada, Ottawa, until Astana attained capital city status in 1997. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Astana has an extreme continental climate with warm summers (featuring occasional brief rain showers) and long, very cold, dry winters.
Bangkok, [a] officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon [b] and colloquially as Krung Thep, [c] is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 9.0 million as of 2021, 13% of the country's population.
With twenty cities, East Asia accounts for half of cities under this list, with China having the most with fifteen cities, South Asia comes second with ten cities, seven of which are in India. Southeast Asia accounts for seven cities and West Asia with just four cities.
East Asia 2,530,000 363 7,000 E / B 45 Qingdao: China East Asia 2,495,000 440 5,700 E / B 46 Sapporo: Japan East Asia 2,475,000 648 4,000 C / B 47 Nanchang: China East Asia 2,465,000 155 5,300 E / B 48 Guiyang: China East Asia 2,440,000 207 11,800 E / B 49 George Town: Malaysia Southeast Asia 2,412,616 2,563 941 A / A 50 Fuzhou: China East Asia ...