Bombo
Uganda
Bamunanika
Added missing admin-1 capital. Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital.
No GeoNames match due to small population, not in GeoNames, or poor NEV placement.

Fort Portal
Uganda
Kabarole
Added missing admin-1 capital. Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital. Population from GeoNames.
Geonames ascii name + lat.d + long.d matching.

Potenza
Italy
Basilicata
Added missing admin-1 capital. Population from GeoNames.
Geonames ascii name + lat.d + long.d matching.

Campobasso
Italy
Molise
Added missing admin-1 capital. Population from GeoNames.
Geonames ascii name + lat.d + long.d matching.

Aosta
Italy
Valle d'Aosta
Added missing admin-1 capital. Population from GeoNames. Changed feature class.

Mariehamn
Finland
Aland
Finström
Added missing admin-1 capital. Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital. Population from GeoNames.

Ramallah
Indeterminate
Palestine
Added place. Population from GeoNames.
GeoNames spatial join with similar names only.

Vatican City
Vatican (Holy Sea)
Lazio
Changed scale rank.

Poitier
Poitiers
French Republic
France
Poitou-Charentes
Changed feature class.
GeoNames spatial join with similar names only.

Clermont-Ferrand
French Republic
France
Auvergne
Changed feature class.

Besancon
French Republic
France
Franche-Comté
Changed feature class.

Artigas Base
Uruguay
Indeterminate
Antarctica
New in 2.0

Chipata
Zambia
Eastern
Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital.

Jinja
Uganda
Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital. Changed scale rank.

Arua
Arua Municipality
Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital.

Mbale
Bungokho
Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital.

Moroto
GeoNames spatial join with similar names only.

Masaka

Mbarara
Kashari
GeoNames match with ascii name + lat + long whole numbers.

Otjiwarongo
Namibia
Otjozondjupa

Bologna
Emilia-Romagna

Cagliari
Sardegna

Catanzaro
Calabria

Bari
Apulia

L'Aquila
Aquila
Abruzzo

Ancona
Marche

Perugia
Umbria

Trieste
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
GeoNames match with ascii name + lat + long whole numbers.

Trento
Trentino-Alto Adige

Fort-de-France
Martinique

Gifu
Japan

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Albina
Guinaa
Location adjusted. Changed scale rank.

Caen
Basse-Normandie
GeoNames match with ascii name + lat + long whole numbers.

Nantes
Pays de la Loire

Ajaccio
Corse

Montpellier
Languedoc-Roussillon

Dijon
Bourgogne

Orleans
Centre

Rouen
Haute-Normandie

Reims
Champagne-Ardenne

Amiens
Picardie

Nancy
Lorraine

Basse-terre
Guadeloupe

Novi Sad
Republic of Serbia
Serbia
Juno-Backi

Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian Republic

George Town
United Kingdom
Cayman Islands
George Town1

Grand Turk
United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands

Douglas
United Kingdom
Isle of Man

San Marino

Willemstad
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Curacao

Oranjestad
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Aruba

Vaduz
Liechtenstein

Capitan Arturo Prat Station
Chile
Indeterminate
Antarctica
Capitan Arturo Prat Station (Chile)
No GeoNames match due to small population, not in GeoNames, or poor NEV placement.

Marambio Station
Argentina
Vicecomodoro Marambio Station
Antarctica
Vicecomodoro Marambio Station (Argentina)
No GeoNames match due to small population, not in GeoNames, or poor NEV placement.

Zucchelli Station
Formerly Terra Nova Bay
Terra Nova Bay
Added place. Changed feature class.

Rothera Station
UK
Location adjusted. Changed feature class.
Rothera Station (UK)

Palmer Station
USA
Palmer Station (USA)

Base Presidente Montalva
Chile
Formerly Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Station
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Station
Location adjusted. Changed feature class.
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Station (Chile)

Carlini Station
Argentina
Formerly Teniente Jubany Station
Teniente Jubany Station
Location adjusted. Changed feature class.
Teniente Jubany Station (Argentina)

King Sejong Station
South Korea
King Sejong Station (South Korea)

Great Wall Station
China
Great Wall Station (China)

Escudero Base
Chile
Escudero Station
Escudero Station (Chile)

Elephant Island
Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
Summer only

Scott Base
New Zealand
Scott Base (New Zealand)

McMurdo Station
USA
Added place. Changed feature class.

Zhongshan Station
China
Formerly Sun Yat-Sen Station
Zhongshan Station (China)

Vostok
Russia
Vostok (Russia)

Peter I Island
Norway
Peter I Island (Norway)

Mirny Station
Russia
Mirny Station (Russia)

Mawson Station
Australia
Mawson Station (Australia)

Davis Station
Australia
Davis Station (Australia)

Concordia Research Station
Concordia Research Station (France)

Casey Station
Australia
Casey Station (Australia)

AmundsenScott South Pole Station
USA
Name changed. Changed feature class.
AmundsenÛÒScott South Pole Station (USA)

Wasa Station
Sweden
Wasa Station (Sweden)

Troll Station
Norway
Troll Station (Norway)

Svea Station
Sweden
Summer only.
Svea Station (Sweden)

Novolazarevskaya Station
Russia
Novolazarevskaya Station (Russia)

Neumayer Station III
Germany
Neumayer
Neumayer (Germany)

Maitri Station
India
Maitri Station (India)

Halley Station
UK
Halley Station (UK)

Belgrano Station
Argentina
General Belgrano Station
General Belgrano Station (Argentina)

Camp Sobral
Doctor Sobral
Doctor Sobral (Argentina)

Aboa Station
Finland
Aboa Station (Finland)

San Martín Station
Name changed. Changed feature class.
San MartÌðn Station (Argentina)

Gen. O'Higgins Station
General Bernado O'Higgins Station
General Bernado O'Higgins Station (Chile)

Esperanza Station
Esperanza Station (Argentina)

Orcadas Station
Orcadas Station (Argentina)

Signy Research Station
South Orkney Islands, UK
Signy Island
From 1996 as a summer only station
Signy Island (South Orkney Islands)

Dumont d'Urville Station
New in 2.0

Showa Station
Japan
New in 2.0

Gibraltar
Location adjusted. Changed scale rank.

Lobamba
Swaziland
Manzini
Changed scale rank.

Edinburgh
Changed scale rank.

Cardiff

Longyearbyen
Kingdom of Norway
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Svalbard
Added place. Population from GeoNames.

Luxembourg

Turin
Torino
Piemonte
Changed scale rank. Changed feature class.

Noumea
New Caledonia
Sud

Matsuyama
Japan
Ehime
Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital. Changed scale rank.

Rennes
Bretagne
Changed scale rank. Changed feature class.

Toulouse
Midi-Pyrénées
Changed scale rank. Changed feature class.

Limoges
Limousin

Lille
Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Strasbourg
Alsace

Batumi
Bat'umi
Georgia
Ajaria

Funchal
Portugal
Madeira

El Fasher
Sudan
Northern Darfur
Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital. Changed scale rank.

Keetmanshoop
Namibia
Karas
Changed feature class. Changed scale rank.

Swakopmund
Namibia
Erongo
Changed feature class. Changed scale rank.

Genoa
Liguria
Changed feature class. Changed scale rank.

Sukhumi
Sokhumi
Georgia
Abkhazia

Palikir
Federated States of Micronesia

Majuro
Marshall Islands

Agana
United States
Guam
Name changed. Changed scale rank.

Funafuti
Tuvalu
Population from GeoNames. Changed scale rank.

Melekeok
Palau
Location adjusted. Changed scale rank.

Bir Lehlou
Western Sahara
Added place.

Monaco

Tarawa
Kiribati

Moroni
Comoros

Macau
China
Macau S.A.R

Andorra

San Bernardino
Riverside-San Bernardino
United States
United States of America
California

Bridgeport
Bridgeport-Stamford
United States
United States of America
Connecticut

Rochester
United States of America
New York

Manchester

Gujranwala
Pakistan
Punjab

Incheon
Inch`on
Korea, South
South Korea
Inch'on-gwangyoksi

Benin City
Nigeria
Edo

Xiamen
Fujian

Nanchong
Sichuan

Neijiang
Sichuan

Nanyang
Nanyang, Henan
Henan

Jinxi
Jinxi, Liaoning
Liaoning

Yantai
Shandong

Zaozhuang
Shandong

Suzhou
Suzhou, Jiangsu
Jiangsu

Xuzhou
Jiangsu

Wuxi
Wuxi, Jiangsu
Jiangsu

Jilin

Chandigarh
India

Jammu
India
Jammu and Kashmir

Sholapur
Solapur
Maharashtra

Aurangabad
Maharashtra

Nasik
Nashik
Maharashtra

Dispur
Gauhati|Dispur
Assam
Guwahati

Jullundur
Jalandhar
Punjab

Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh

Moradabad
Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad
Uttar Pradesh

Agra

Aligarh

Meerut

Dhanbad
Jharkhand

Gwalior
Madhya Pradesh

Vadodara
Baroda
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Name changed. Changed scale rank.

Rajkot
Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Durazno
Uruguay

International Falls
Minnesota

St. Paul
Saint Paul
Minnesota

Billings
Montana

Great Falls
Montana

Missoula
Montana

Minot
North Dakota

Fargo
North Dakota

Hilo
Hawaii

Olympia
Washington

Spokane
Washington

Vancouver
Washington

Flagstaff
Arizona
Location adjusted.

Tucson
Arizona

Santa Barbara
California
Santa Barbara2

Fresno
California

Eureka
Location adjusted.

Colorado Springs
Colorado

Reno
Nevada

Elko
Nevada

Albuquerque
New Mexico

Salem
Oregon

Casper
Wyoming
Location adjusted.

Topeka
Kansas

Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas City1

Tulsa
Oklahoma

Sioux Falls
South Dakota

Shreveport
Louisiana

Baton Rouge
Louisiana

Ft. Worth
Fort Worth
Texas

Corpus Christi
Texas

Austin
Texas

Amarillo

El Paso

Laredo

Merida
Mérida
Venezuela

Burlington
Vermont

Montgomery
Alabama

Tallahassee
Florida

Orlando
Florida

Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Florida

Savannah
Georgia

Columbia
South Carolina

Indianapolis
Indiana

Wilmington
North Carolina

Knoxville
Tennessee

Richmond
Virginia

Charleston
West Virginia

Baltimore
Maryland

Syracuse
New York

Puerto Ayacucho
Venezuela
Amazonas

Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain

Augusta
Maine

Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan

Atakpame
Togo
Plateaux

Sousse
Tunisia

Taizz
Ta'izz
Yemen
Ta`izz

Sitka
Alaska

Lvov
L'viv
Ukraine

Odessa
Odesa
Ukraine

Zhytomyr
Zhytomyra
Ukraine

Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovs'k

Donetsk
Donets'k

Kharkiv

Turkmenbasy
Turkmenbashi
Turkmenistan
Balkan

Bukhara
Buxoro
Uzbekistan
Bukhoro
Name changed. Changed scale rank.

Nukus
Uzbekistan
Karakalpakstan

Turkmenabat
Chardzhev
Turkmenistan
Chardzhou

Mary
Turkmenistan

Andijon
Andizhan
Uzbekistan

Haiphong
Hai Phòng
Vietnam
Qu?ng Ninh

Da Nang
Vietnam
Ðà N?ng

Kabwe
Zambia
Central

Mufulira
Zambia
Copperbelt

Kitwe
Copperbelt

Livingstone
Southern

Chitungwiza
Zimbabwe
Harare

Douala
Cameroon
Littoral

Birmingham
West Midlands

Belfast

Izmir
Turkey

Bursa
Turkey

Samsun
Turkey

Konya

Adana
Seyhan

Gulu
Aswa

Kigali
Rwanda
Kigali City

Cottica
Suriname
Sipaliwini
Top 50 ranks with no GeoNames match due to small population, not in GeoNames, or poor NEV placement.

Cordoba
Kingdom of Spain
Spain
Andalucía

Maradi
Niger

Tahoua
Niger

Constanta
Romania

Luleå
Lulea
Sweden
Norrbotten

Sundsvall
Västernorrland

Iasi
Romania
Top 50 ranks with no GeoNames match due to small population, not in GeoNames, or poor NEV placement.

Surat Thani
Thailand

Chiang Mai
Thailand

Nakhon Ratchasima
Thailand

Mbabane
Swaziland
Hhohho

Piura
Peru

Arequipa
Peru

Chimbote
Peru
Ancash

Pucallpa
Ucayali

Iquitos
Loreto

Huancayo
Junín

Ciudad del Este
Paraguay
Alto Paraná
Added place.
Top 50 ranks with no GeoNames match due to small population, not in GeoNames, or poor NEV placement.

Ponta Delgada
Portugal
Azores

Vigo
Kingdom of Spain
Spain
Galicia

Bilbao
Kingdom of Spain
Spain
País Vasco

Kaolack
Senegal

Kaedi
Senegal
Matam

Geneina
Sudan
West Darfur

Medina
Al-Madinah
Saudi Arabia
Al Madinah

Tabuk
Saudi Arabia

Juba
South Sudan
Central Equatoria
Changed country.

Malakal
South Sudan
Upper Nile
Location adjusted. Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital. Changed country.

Omdurman
Sudan
Khartoum

El Obeid
North Kurdufan

The Hague
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands
Zuid-Holland

Kristiansand
Kingdom of Norway
Norway
Vest-Agder

Ljubljana
Slovenia
Osrednjeslovenska

Bratislava
Slovakia
Bratislavský

Hammerfest
Kingdom of Norway
Finnmark

Doha
Qatar
Ad Dawhah

Quetta
Pakistan
Baluchistan

Larkana
Pakistan
Sind

Springbok
South Africa
Northern Cape

Upington
South Africa
Northern Cape

Worcester
South Africa
Western Cape

George
Western Cape

Tete
Mozambique

Pemba
Mozambique
Cabo Delgado

Nampula
Mozambique

Welkom
Orange Free State

Xai-Xai
Gaza

Goroka
Papua New Guinea
Eastern Highlands

Mt. Hagen
Mount Hagen
Papua New Guinea
Western Highlands

Rabaul
Papua New Guinea
East New Britain

Lae
Morobe

David
Panama
Chiriquí

Oujda
Morocco
Oriental

Safi
Morocco
Doukkala - Abda

Podgorica
Montenegro

Quelimane
Zambezia

East London
Eastern Cape

Middelburg
Eastern Cape

Naltchik
Kabardin-Balkar

Stavropol
Stavropol'

Ugolnye Kopi
Ugolnyye Kopi
Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Kaliningrad

Pskov

Bryansk
Klintsy

Smolensk

Petrozavodsk
Karelia

Tver
Tver'

Vologda

Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl'
Name changed.
Yaroslave

Rostov
Rostov-on-Don|Rostov-na-Donu
Rostov-na-Donu

Sochi
Krasnodar

Krasnodar

Penza

Ryazan
Ryazan'

Voronezh

Magnitogorsk
Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk

Vorkuta
Komi

Kirov
Vyatka

Nizhny Tagil
Sverdlovsk

Astrakhan
Astrakhan'

Orenburg

Saratov

Ulyanovsk
Ul'yanovsk

Omsk

Tyumen
Tyumen'

Novokuznetsk
Kemerovo

Kemerovo

Groznyy
Chechnya

Kandy
Sri Lanka

Sri Jawewardenepura Kotte
Sri Lanka
Colombo
Name changed.
Kotte

Daejeon
Taejon|Daejon
Korea, South
South Korea
Daejon

Gwangju
Kwangju
Korea, South
Kwangju-gwangyoksi

Busan
Pusan

Zamboanga
Philippines
Zamboanga del Sur

Laoag
Philippines
Ilocos Norte

Baguio City
Philippines
Benguet

General Santos
South Cotabato

Ust-Ulimsk
Irkutsk

Angarsk
Irkutsk

Abakan
Krasnoyarsk

Norilsk
Taymyr

Khatanga
Taymyr
Population from GeoNames. Changed scale rank.

Kyzyl
Tuva

Ulan Ude
Buryat

Blagoveshchensk
Amur

Bukachacha
Chita

Dalnegorsk
Primor'ye

Ambarchik
Sakha (Yakutia)

Batagay
Sakha (Yakutia)
Added place. Population from GeoNames.

Chokurdakh
Sakha (Yakutia)

Ust Nera
Population from GeoNames.

Lensk

Aldan

Mirnyy

Zhigansk

Okhotsk
Khabarovsk
Location adjusted. Population from GeoNames.

Khabarovsk

Okha
Sakhalin

Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Sakhalin

Mexicali
Mexico
Baja California

La Paz
Mexico
Baja California Sur
La Paz1

Torreon
Torreón
Mexico
Coahuila

Culiacan
Culiacán
Sinaloa

Nogales
Sonora

Hermosillo
Sonora

Guaymas
Sonora
Name changed.
Guaynas

San Luis Potosi
San Luis Potosí

Matamoros
Tamaulipas

Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas

Colima

Campeche

Oaxaca

Leon
León de los Aldamas
Guanajuato

Maiduguri
Nigeria
Borno

Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Rivers

Makurdi
Benue

Ibadan
Oyo

Ogbomosho
Oyo
Manual GeoNames match, this large town missing from populated place export.

Warri
Delta

Kaduna

Gdansk
Danzig
Poland
Pomeranian

Kraków
Krakow
Poland
Lesser Poland

Dalandzadgad
Mongolia
Ömnögovi

Wonsan
Korea, North
North Korea
Kangwon-do

Sinuiju
Korea, North
North Korea
P'yongan-bukto

Dund-Us
Hovd
Mongolia

Choybalsan
Mongolia
Dornod

Lüderitz
Luderitz
Karas
LÌùderitz

Walvis Bay
Erongo

Mwanza
United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzania

Morogoro
United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzania

Dodoma
United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzania

Arusha

Napier
New Zealand
Gisborne

Manukau
New Zealand
Auckland

Hamilton
Auckland

Blenheim
Marlborough

Dunedin
Otago

Bern
Switzerland

Malmö
Malmo
Skåne

Laayoune
Morocco
Laâyoune - Boujdour - Sakia El Hamra

Ternate
Indonesia
Maluku Utara

Ambon
Indonesia
Maluku

Raba
Indonesia
Nusa Tenggara Barat
GeoNames rough area, rough name, requires further research.

Jayapura
Papua

Florence
Toscana

Catania
Sicily

Pristina
Kosovo

Meru
Kenya
Eastern

Eldoret
Kenya
Rift Valley

Banda Aceh
Aceh

George Town
Pinang|Penang
Malaysia
Pulau Pinang
George Town2

Zhangye
Gansu

Wuwei
Gansu

Dunhuang
Gansu

Tianshui

Dulan

Golmud
Top 50 ranks with partial GeoNames match, requires more research.

Yulin
Yulin, Guangxi
Guangxi

Bose
Guangxi

Wuzhou
Guangxi

Lupanshui
Guizhou
Liupanshui

Quanzhou
Fujian

Hefei
Anhui

Suzhou
Suzhou, Anhui
Anhui
Added from GeoNames for UN mega cities.

Zhanjiang
Guangdong

Shaoguan
Guangdong

Balikpapan
Kalimantan Timur

Kuching
Malaysia
Sarawak

Antsiranana
Madagascar

Fianarantsoa
Madagascar

Mahajanga
Madagascar

Toliara
Toliary

Surakarta
Jawa Tengah

Bandar Lampung
Lampung

Tanjungpandan
Bangka-Belitung

Malang
Jawa Timur

Kupang
Nusa Tenggara Timur

Parepare
Sulawesi Selatan

Cuenca
Ecuador
Azuay

Santa Cruz
Ecuador
Galápagos

Puerto Limon
Costa Rica
Limón

Santiago de Cuba
Santiago De Cuba
Cuba

Santiago
Santiago de los Caballeros
Dominican Republic

Manizales
Colombia
Caldas

Pasto
Colombia
Nariño

Barranquilla
Colombia
Atlántico

Roseau
Dominica
Saint George

Mbandaka
Congo (Kinshasa)
Équateur

Moundou
Chad
Logone Oriental

Suez
El Suweis
Egypt
As Suways

Bur Said
Port Said
Egypt
Bur Sa`id

El Faiyum
Egypt
Al Fayyum

Aswan

Asyut

Kisangani
Congo (Kinshasa)
Orientale

Assab
Eritrea
Debubawi Keyih Bahri

Djibouti

Dresden
Germany
Sachsen

Xigaze
Xizang

Shache
Xinjiang Uygur

Yining
Xinjiang Uygur

Altay
Xinjiang Uygur

Putrajaya
Malaysia
Selangor

Shizuishan
Ningxia Hui

Yulin
Shaanxi

Ankang
Shaanxi

Houma
Shanxi

Yueyang
Hunan
Manual GeoNames match, this large town missing from populated place export.

Hengyang
Hunan

Mianyang
Mianyang, Sichuan
Sichuan

Xichang

Baoshan
Yunnan

Gejiu
Yunnan

Shijianzhuang
Shijiazhuang
Hebei

Handan
Hebei

Anshan
Anshan, Liaoning
Liaoning

Dalian
Liaoning

Qingdao
Shandong

Linyi
Linyi, Shandong

Huaiyin
Huai'an

Wenzhou
Zhejiang

Ningbo
Zhejiang

Fukuoka
Fukuoka-Kitakyushu

Miyazaki

Naha
Okinawa

Kochi

Gorontalo

Tongliao
Nei Mongol

Hohhot
Huhot
Nei Mongol

Chifeng
Nei Mongol

Ulanhot

Hailar

Jiamusi
Heilongjiang

Beian
Heilongjiang

Daqing
Heilongjiang

Jixi
Jixi, Heilongjiang

Nagoya
Aichi

Nagano

Kushiro
Hokkaido

Hakodate
Hokkaido

Kyoto

Sendai
Miyagi

Sakata
Yamagata

Bandundu
Congo (Kinshasa)

Kananga
Kasaï-Occidental

Kasongo
Maniema

Mbuji-Mayi
Kasaï-Oriental

Kalemie
Katanga

Butembo
Nord-Kivu

Goma
Gisenyi
Nord-Kivu

Mzuzu
Malawi
Mzimba

Blantyre
Malawi

Quetzaltenango
Quezaltenango
Guatemala

Banjul
Gambia, The
The Gambia

Faridabad
Haryana

Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir

Vijayawada
Bezwada|Bezawada
Andhra Pradesh

Thiruvananthapuram
Trivandrum
Kerala

Kochi
Cochin
Kerala

Cuttack
Orissa

Hubli
Hubli-Dharwad
Karnataka

Mangalore
Karnataka

Mysore
Karnataka

Gulbarga

Kolhapur

Nanded

Akola

Guwahati
Gauhati|Dispur|Gauhati
Assam
Name changed. Feature class changed.

Kayes
Congo (Brazzaville)
Bouenza

Franceville
Masuku
Gabon
Haut-Ogooué

Bordeaux
Aquitaine

Marseille
Marseille-Aix-en-Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Le Havre
Haute-Normandie

Gao
Mali

Coihaique
Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Arica
Arica y Parinacota

Copiapo
Atacama

La Serena
Coquimbo

Los Angeles
Bío-Bío
Los Angeles2

Narsarsuaq
Denmark
Greenland
Kommune Kujalleq

Sisimiut
Holsteinsborg
Denmark
Greenland
Qeqqata Kommunia

Upernavik
Denmark
Greenland
Qaasuitsup Kommunia
Location adjusted. Population from GeoNames.

Qaanaaq
Thule
Qaasuitsup Kommunia
Qaanaq

Nouadhibou
Mauritania
Dakhlet Nouadhibou

Kayes
Mali

Ayoun el Atrous
Ayoun El Atrous
Mauritania
Hodh el Gharbi
Ayounel el Atrous

Segou
Mali
Ségou

Skopje
Macedonia
Centar

Al Jawf
Libya
Al Kufrah

Tmassah
Libya
Murzuq

Misratah
Libya

Zuwarah
An Nuqat al Khams

Kirkuk
Iraq
At-Ta'mim

Mosul
Al-Mawsil
Iraq
Ninawa

An Najaf
Iraq
An-Najaf

Bahir Dar
Ethiopia
Amhara

Mekele
Mek'ele
Ethiopia
Tigray

Dire Dawa
Ethiopia

Rovaniemi
Finland
Lapland

Vaasa
Western Finland

Tampere
Pirkanmaa

Aqtobe
Aktyubinsk
Kazakhstan
Aqtöbe

Rudny
Kazakhstan
Qostanay

Qyzylorda
Qyzlorda|Kyzylorda
Kazakhstan

Atyrau

Ekibastuz
Pavlodar

Pavlodar

Semey
Semipalatinsk
East Kazakhstan

Oskemen
Ust'-Kamenogorsk
East Kazakhstan

Yazd
Iran

Ahvaz
Ahwaz
Iran
Khuzestan

Basra
Al-Basrah

Bandar-e-Abbas
Bandar-E Abbas
Iran
Hormozgan

Hamadan

Tabriz
East Azarbaijan

Ludhiana
Punjab

Kota
Rajasthan

Jodhpur
Rajasthan

Shymkent
South Kazakhstan

Taraz
Dzhambul
Zhambyl

Lucknow

Saharanpur

Ranchi
Jharkhand

Bhagalpur
Bihar

Raipur
Chhattisgarh

Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh

Indore
Madhya Pradesh

Pondicherry
Puducherry

Salem
Tamil Nadu

Tiruchirappalli
Trichinopoly|Tiruchirappalli
Tamil Nadu
Tiruchchirappalli

Pointe-Noire
Congo (Brazzaville)
Kouilou

Kankan
Guinea

Nzerekore
Guinea

Bouake
Ivory Coast
Vallée du Bandama

St.-Denis
La Réunion

Rio Branco
Brazil
Acre
Location adjusted. Population from GeoNames.

São Luís
Grande São Luís
Sao Luis
Brazil
Maranhão

Porto Velho
Brazil
Rondônia

Alvorada
Tocantins

Corumba
Mato Grosso do Sul

Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais

Montes Claros
Minas Gerais

Uberlandia
Minas Gerais

Colider
Mato Grosso

Alta Floresta
Mato Grosso
Population from GeoNames.

Cuiaba
Cuiabá
Mato Grosso

Pelotas
Rio Grande do Sul

Caxias do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul

Ponta Grossa
Paraná

Teresina
Piauí

Maceio
Maceió
Alagoas

Vitoria da Conquista
Bahia

Barreiras
Bahia

Vila Velha
Espírito Santo

Natal
Rio Grande do Norte

Thompson
Canada
Manitoba

Brandon
Canada
Manitoba

Fort Smith
Canada
Alberta
Fort Smith2

Fort McMurray
Alberta

Peace River
Alberta

Fort St. John
British Columbia

Iqaluit
Nunavut

Cambridge Bay
Nunavut
Campbridge Bay

Kugluktuk
Nunavut

Chesterfield Inlet

Arviat

Taloyoak

Igloolik

Dawson City
Dawson
Yukon
Top 50 ranks with partial GeoNames match, requires more research.

Timmins
Ontario

North Bay
Ontario

Kuujjuarapik
Québec

Kuujjuaq
Québec

Sydney
Nova Scotia

Labrador City
Newfoundland and Labrador

Ebolowa
Cameroon
Sud

Bambari
Central African Republic
Ouaka

Venice
Veneto

El Calafate
Santa Cruz

San Juan
San Juan2

Rawson
Chubut

Neuquen
Neuquén

Trinidad
Bolivia
El Beni

Santa Rosa
La Pampa
Santa Rosa2

San Carlos de Bariloche
Río Negro

Salta

Tucumán
San Miguel De Tucuman|San Miguel de Tucumán
San Miguel de Tucuman
San Miguel de Tucumán

Formosa

Santa Fe
Santa Fe2

Rosario
Santa Fe

Campinas
São Paulo

Sorocaba
São Paulo

Ribeirao Preto
São Paulo

Petrolina
Pernambuco

Bamenda
Cameroon
Nord-Ouest

Garoua
Nord

Herat
Afghanistan
Hirat

Mazar-e Sharif
Mazar-E Sharif
Afghanistan
Balkh

Battambang
Batdambang
Cambodia
Batdâmbâng

Siem Reap
Siemreab
Cambodia
Siemréab

Malanje
Malange
Angola

Benguela
Angola
Banguela

Lubango
Angola
Huíla

Namibe

Tarija
Bolivia

Bridgetown
Barbados
Saint Michael

Annaba
Algeria

Parakou
Benin
Borgou

Porto-Novo
Benin
Ouémé

Constantine
Algeria

Brest
Belarus

Khulna
Bangladesh

Francistown
Botswana
Central

Mahalapye
Botswana
Central

Serowe
Botswana

Katherine
Northern Territory

Busselton
Western Australia

Mandurah
Western Australia

Broome
Western Australia

Kalgoorlie

Albany

Port Hedland

Karratha

Geraldton

Griffith
New South Wales

Orange
New South Wales

Dubbo
New South Wales

Armidale

Broken Hill

Port Lincoln
South Australia

Whyalla
South Australia

Portland
Victoria

Bendigo
Victoria

Wangaratta
Victoria

Windorah
Queensland

Mount Isa
Queensland

Rockhampton
Queensland

Cairns

Gold Coast

Devonport
Tasmania

Bobo Dioulasso
Burkina Faso
Houet

Rajshahi
Bangladesh

Mandalay
Myanmar

Sittwe
Myanmar
Rakhine

Bujumbura
Burundi
Bujumbura Mairie

Pago Pago
American Samoa

Kingstown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Castries
Saint Lucia

Basseterre
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Las Palmas

Berbera
Somaliland

Port Louis
Mauritius

Gaza
Palestine

Saint George's
Grenada
Saint George?s

Papeete
French Polynesia

Manama
Bahrain

Freeport
Bahamas, The
The Bahamas

Saint John's
Antigua and Barbuda

Taichung
T'aichung
Taiwan
Taichung City
Changed featurecla.

Kozhikode
Calicut
Kerala

Bhubaneshwar
Bhubaneswar
Orissa

Jamshedpur
Jharkhand

Montevideo
Uruguay

Helena

Bismarck
North Dakota

Boise
Idaho

San Jose
San Jose3

Sacramento

Las Vegas
Nevada
Las Vegas2

Santa Fe
New Mexico
Santa Fe1

Portland
Oregon

Salt Lake City
Utah

Cheyenne
Wyoming

Des Moines
Iowa

Omaha
Nebraska

Oklahoma City
Oklahoma

Pierre
South Dakota

San Antonio
San Antonio1

San Cristobal
Venezuela
Táchira

Valencia
Carabobo

Jackson
Mississippi

Raleigh
North Carolina

Cleveland
Ohio

Cincinnati
Ohio

Nashville
Nashville-Davidson
Tennessee

Memphis
Tennessee

Norfolk
Virginia

Milwaukee
Wisconsin

Buffalo
New York

Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Ciudad Guayana
Bolívar

Lome
Lomé
Togo
Maritime

Tunis
Tunisia

Kodiak
Alaska

Cold Bay
Alaska

Bethel

Point Hope

Barrow

Nome

Valdez

Juneau

Fairbanks

Prudhoe Bay

Sevastapol
Crimea

Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Ashgabat
Ahal

Samarqand
Samarkand

Lusaka

Harare
Zimbabwe

Bulawayo
Zimbabwe

Dili
East Timor

Port Vila
Port-Vila
Vanuatu
Shefa

Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Francisco Morazán

Georgetown
Guyana
East Berbice-Corentyne

Reykjavík
Reykjavik
Iceland
Suðurnes

Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Ouest

Glasgow

Kampala

Aden
Yemen
`Adan

Paramaribo
Suriname

Seville
Andalucía

Zinder
Niger

Niamey

Port Sudan
Red Sea

Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Tadzhikistan Territories

Cusco
Cuzco

Tacna

Trujillo
La Libertad

Ica

Asuncion
Asunción
Paraguay

Managua
Nicaragua

Freetown
Sierra Leone
Western

Agadez

Niyala
South Darfur

Wau
South Sudan
West Bahr-al-Ghazal
Changed feature to Admin-0 region capital. Changed country.

Dongola
Northern

Kassala

Tromsø
Tromso
Troms

Trondheim
Sør-Trøndelag

Bergen
Hordaland

Islamabad
F.C.T.

Multan

Hyderabad
Sind

Peshawar
N.W.F.P.

Kathmandu
Nepal
Bhaktapur

Nacala
Nampula

Bloemfontein
Orange Free State

Pretoria
Gauteng

Port Moresby

Honiara
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal

Panama City
Ciudad de Panamá|Panama City|Panama
Panama
Ciudad de Panamá (Panama City)
Panama City1

Fez
Fes|Fès
Fès - Boulemane
Fès

Rabat
Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer

Marrakesh
Marrakech
Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz

Chisinau
Moldova

Beira
Sofala

Port Elizabeth
Eastern Cape

Maputo

Tomsk

Anadyr
Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Murmansk

Archangel
Arkhangel'sk

Nizhny Novgorod
Gor'kiy|Nizhniy Novgorod|Novgorod
Nizhegorod
Nizhniy Novgorod

Volgograd

Ufa
Bashkortostan

Yekaterinburg
Sverdlovsk

Samara
Kuybyskev

Kazan
Kazan'
Tatarstan

Surgut
Khanty-Mansiy

Barnaul
Altay

Novosibirsk

Mogadishu
Muqdisho
Somalia
Banaadir

Muscat
Oman

Colombo
Sri Lanka

Cebu

Iloilo

Davao
Davao Del Sur

Bratsk
Irkutsk

Krasnoyarsk

Dickson
Taymyr

Chita

Vladivostok
Primor'ye

Nizhneyansk

Yakutsk

Tiksi

Magadan
Maga Buryatdan

Tijuana
Baja California

Chihuahua

Mazatlan
Sinaloa

Tampico
Tamaulipas

Acapulco
Guerrero

Veracruz

Tuxtla Gutierrez
Chiapas

Cancun
Quintana Roo

Merida
Yucatán
Mérida

Enugu

Sokoto

Perm
Perm'

Erdenet
Orhon

Ulaanbaatar

Wellington
Manawatu-Wanganui

Mbeya

Windhoek
Khomas

Grootfontein
Otjozondjupa

Zanzibar
Zanzibar West

Christchurch
Canterbury

Valencia
Comunidad Valenciana

Palana
Kamchatka
Location adjusted. Changed feature class. Population from GeoNames.

Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy
Kamchatka

Abuja
Federal Capital Territory

Padang
Sumatera Barat

Bissau
Guinea Bissau

Palermo
Sicily

Amman
Jordan

Vilnius
Lithuania
Vilniaus

Riga
Latvia

Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan

Jiayuguan

Xining

Guilin

Huainan
Anhui

Shantou
Guangdong

Tarakan
Kalimantan Timur

Mombasa
Kenya
Coast

Maseru
Lesotho

Antananarivo

Semarang
Jawa Tengah

Palembang
Sumatera Selatan

Bandjarmasin
Bandjermasin
Kalimantan Selatan

Ujungpandang
Ujung Pandang
Sulawesi Selatan

Lyon
Rhône-Alpes

Quito
Ecuador
Pichincha

San Jose
San José
Costa Rica
San Jose1

San Salvador
El Salvador

Kingston
Jamaica

Cartagena
Bolívar

Mitu
Vaupés

Bumba
Équateur

Ndjamena
N'Djaména
Chad
Hadjer-Lamis

Abeche
Chad
Ouaddaï

Malabo
Equatorial Guinea
Bioko Norte

Luxor
Qina

Asmara
Eritrea
Anseba

Zagreb
Croatia
Grad Zagreb

Tallinn
Estonia
Harju

Lhasa
Xizang

Hami

Hotan

Kashgar
Kashi

Yinchuan
Ningxia Hui

Pingxiang
Pingxiang, Jiangxi
Jiangxi

Nagasaki

Qiqihar
Qiqihaer

Kikwit
Bandundu

Matadi
Bas-Congo

Kolwezi
Katanga

Lubumbashi
Lumumbashi
Katanga

Lilongwe
Malawi

Guatemala
Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City)

Cayenne
Guinaa

Libreville
Gabon
Estuaire

Vishakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh

Suva
Fiji

Port-Gentil
Port Gentil
Gabon
Ogooué-Maritime

Timbuktu

Punta Arenas
Magallanes y Antártica Chilena

Iquique
Tarapacá

Antofagasta

Valparaiso
Valparaíso

Valdivia
Los Ríos

Concepcion
Bío-Bío

Puerto Montt
Los Lagos

Nuuk
Godthab
Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
Nuuk (Godthab)

Nouakchott
Mauritania

Bamako

Atar
Adrar

Djenne
Mopti

Sabha
GeoNames rough area, rough name, requires further research.

Banghazi
Benghazi

Thessaloniki
Greece
Kentriki Makedonia

Beirut
Bayrut
Lebanon

Tbilisi
T'Bilisi

Gonder
Amhara

Astana
Aqmola

Qaraghandy

Almaty

Isfahan
Esfahan

Shiraz
Fars

Amritsar

Varanasi
Banaras
Benares

Asansol
West Bengal
Added from GeoNames for UN mega cities.

Bhilai
Durg-Bhilainagar
Chhattisgarh

Bhopal

Madurai
Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore

Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane [prefecture]

Brazzaville
Congo (Brazzaville)
Pool

Conakry
Guinea

Yamoussoukro
Ivory Coast
Lacs

Cruzeiro do Sul
Acre

Leticia
Amazonas

Manaus
Amazonas

Caxias
Maranhão

Santarem
Pará

Maraba
Pará

Vilhena
Rondônia

Ji-Parana
Rondônia

Campo Grande
Mato Grosso do Sul

Florianopolis
Florianópolis
Santa Catarina

Feira de Santana
Bahia

Winnipeg
Manitoba

Churchill
Top 50 ranks with partial GeoNames match, requires more research.

Regina
Saskatchewan

Saskatoon
Saskatchewan

Calgary

Prince Rupert
British Columbia

British Columbia

Arctic Bay

Resolute

Repulse Bay

Yellowknife
Northwest Territories

Fort Good Hope
Northwest Territories

Whitehorse
Yukon

Boa Vista
Roraima

Macapá
Macapa
Amapá

Ottawa
Ottawa-Gatineau
Ontario

Fort Severn

Thunder Bay

Québec
Quebec

Halifax
Nova Scotia

St. Johns
St. John's
Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John?s

Nain
Newfoundland and Labrador

Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island

Ndele
Central African Republic
Bamingui-Bangoran

Belgrade
Beograd
Republic of Serbia
Serbia
Grad Beograd

Obo
Central African Republic
Haut-Mbomou

Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei
Brunei and Muara

Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz

Rio Gallegos

Comodoro Rivadavia
Chubut

Mendoza

Sucre
Bolivia
Chuquisaca

Riberalta
El Beni

Bahia Blanca
Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Mar del Plata
Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Córdoba
Cordoba

Posadas
Misiones
Encarnacion

Belmopan
Belize
Cayo

Bangui

Maroua
Extrême-Nord

Yaounde
Yaoundé
Centre

Tirana
Albania
Durrës

Yerevan
Armenia
Erevan

Baku
Azerbaijan
Baki

Kandahar
Afghanistan

Phnom Penh
Phnum Pénh
Cambodia

Menongue
Cuando Cubango

Huambo

La Paz
La Paz3

Santa Cruz de La Sierra
Santa Cruz1

Oran
Wahran
Algeria

Cotonou
Benin
Ouémé

Tamanrasset
Tamanghasset

Ghardaia
Ghardaïa

Sofia
Bulgaria
Grad Sofiya

Minsk
Belarus

Thimphu
Bhutan

Gaborone
South-East

Darwin
Northern Territory

Alice Springs
Northern Territory

Canberra
Australian Capital Territory

Newcastle

Adelaide
South Australia

Townsville

Brisbane

Hobart
Tasmania

Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Kadiogo

Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Naypyidaw
Nay Pyi Taw
Myanmar
Mandalay

San Juan
Puerto Rico
San Juan1

Stanley
Falkland Islands

Hamilton
Bermuda

Nukualofa
Tonga

Hargeysa
Somaliland

Seychelles

Sao Tome
Sao Tome and Principe

Apia
Samoa

Valletta
Malta

Male
Maldives

Jerusalem
Israel

Praia
Cape Verde

Nassau
Bahamas, The
The Bahamas

Nicosia
Cyprus

Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Kaohsiung City
Changed featurecla.

Shenzhen

Zibo

Minneapolis
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota

Honolulu
Hawaii

Seattle

Phoenix
Phoenix-Mesa
Arizona

San Diego

St. Louis
Missouri

New Orleans
Louisiana

Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth

Maracaibo
Zulia

Boston
Massachusetts

Tampa
Tampa-St. Petersburg

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Detroit
Michigan

Anchorage

Hanoi
Hà Noi
Vietnam
Thái Nguyên

Ho Chi Minh City
Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh
H? Chí Minh city

Ankara

Budapest
Hungary

Sanaa
Sana'a'
Yemen
Amanat Al Asimah

Barcelona
Cataluña

Bucharest
Bucuresti
Romania

Aleppo
Halab
Syria
Aleppo (Halab)

Damascus
Dimashq
Syria

Zürich
Zurich
Switzerland
ZÌùrich

Lisbon
Lisboa
Portugal

Khartoum
Al-Khartum

Jeddah
Jiddah
Saudi Arabia
Makkah
Location adjusted. Changed scale rank. Changed scale rank.

Makkah
Mecca

Oslo

Lahore

Karachi
Sind

Durban
KwaZulu-Natal

St. Petersburg
Sankt Peterburg|Saint Petersburg
City of St. Petersburg
Sankt Peterburg
St. Petersburg2

Guadalajara
Jalisco

Puebla

Kano

Warsaw
Warszawa
Poland
Masovian

Pyongyang
P'yongyang
Korea, North
North Korea

Dar es Salaam
Dar-Es-Salaam

Medan
Sumatera Utara

Dublin
Ireland

Monrovia
Liberia
Montserrado

Naples
Napoli
Campania

Milan
Milano
Lombardia

Kuala Lumpur
Selangor

Lanzhou

Nanning

Guiyang
Guizhou

Chongqing

Fuzhou
Fuzhou, Fujian
Fujian

Guangzhou
Dongguan, Guangdong
Guangzhou, Guangdong

Dongguan
Added from GeoNames for UN mega cities.
Dongguan, Guangdong

Bandung
Jawa Barat

Surabaya
Surabaja
Jawa Timur

Guayaquil
Guayas

Medellin
Medellín
Antioquia

Cali
Valle del Cauca

Havana
La Habana
Cuba
Ciudad de la Habana

Alexandria
Al-Iskandariyah
Al Iskandariyah

Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Hessen

Hamburg

Munich
München
Bayern

Prague
Praha
Czech Republic

Kuwait
Al Kuwayt|Kuwait City
Al Kuwayt
Al Kuwayt (Kuwait City)

Xian
Xi'an, Shaanxi
Shaanxi

Taiyuan
Taiyuan, Shanxi
Shanxi

Wuhan
Hubei

Changsha
Changsha, Hunan
Hunan

Kunming
Yunnan

Zhengzhou
Henan

Shenyeng
Shenyang

Jinan
Jinan, Shandong

Tianjin

Nanchang
Jiangxi

Nanjing
Nanjing, Jiangsu

Hangzhou
Zhejiang

Hiroshima

Changchun
Jilin

Baotou

Harbin
Haerbin

Sapporo
Hokkaido

Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Distrito Nacional

Accra
Ghana
Greater Accra

Delhi
Changed feature class. Changed scale rank. Changed scale rank.

Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh

Pune
Poona

Nagpur

Tripoli
Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba
Tarabulus

Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Israel
Tel Aviv

Helsinki
Southern Finland

Mashhad
Razavi Khorasan

Jaipur
Rajasthan

Kanpur

Patna
Bihar

Chennai
Madras

Ahmedabad
Ahmadabad
Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Surat

København
Copenhagen
Kobenhavn
Hovedstaden

Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Lagunes

Belem
Belém
Pará

Brasilia
Brasília
Distrito Federal

Porto Alegre
Rio Grande do Sul
Pôrto Alegre

Curitiba
Paraná

Fortaleza
Ceará

Salvador

Edmonton

Montréal
Montreal

Goiania
Goiânia
Goiás

Recife
Pernambuco

Brussels
Bruxelles-Brussel
Belgium

Dhaka
Bangladesh

Luanda

Algiers
El Djazaïr
Alger

Chittagong

Perth

Rangoon
Yangon

San Francisco
San Francisco-Oakland
San Francisco1

Denver
Denver-Aurora
Colorado

Houston

Miami

Atlanta

Chicago
Illinois

Caracas
Distrito Capital

Kiev
Kyiv

Dubai
Dubayy
United Arab Emirates
Dubay

Tashkent

Madrid
Comunidad de Madrid

Geneva
Switzerland
Genève

Stockholm

Bangkok
Krung Thep
Bangkok Metropolis

Lima

Dakar
Senegal

Johannesburg
Gauteng

Amsterdam
Netherlands
Noord-Holland

Casablanca
Dar-el-Beida
Grand Casablanca

Seoul

Manila
Metropolitan Manila

Monterrey
Nuevo León

Auckland

Berlin

Urumqi
Ürümqi|Wulumqi
Ürümqi (Wulumqi)

Chengdu

Osaka
Osaka-Kobe

Kinshasa
Kinshasa City

New Delhi
Delhi

Bangalore
Bengaluru

Athens
Athínai
Athinai
Greece
Attiki

Baghdad

Addis Ababa

Tehran

Vancouver

Toronto

Buenos Aires
Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Kabul

Vienna
Wien
Austria

Melbourne
GeoNames rough area, rough name, requires further research.

Taipei
Taiwan
Taipei City
Corrected coordinates.

Los Angeles
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
Los Angeles1

Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C.
District of Columbia

New York-Newark

London
Westminster

Istanbul

Riyadh
Ar-Riyadh
Ar Riyad

Cape Town
Western Cape

Moscow
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