Top ten Largest Cities in the world

Here are the ten largest cities in the world which was sorted into list based on the land size. The size of the city and population also given in these list for the purpose of comparison.

1) New York ( USA )

Statue of Liberty at New York

The capital of USA stands at the top of largest city in the world with Urban Land area of about 12,000 square kilometers and 17.8 million people population. This city is famous for its Statue of liberty, Empire state building, museums, fancy restaurants and hip fashion.

2) Tokyo Yokohama ( Japan )

Tokyo Yokohama

The capital of Japan Covers around 8000 square kilometers which is way behind New York but still it manages to grab the second position in this list. This city houses a population of about 37.5 million which is greater than any other city in the world. The city is famous for world's largest Electronic Manufacturers and also for its expensive standard of living.

3) Chicago ( USA )

Chicago 

The Chicago measures around 6200 square kilometers and  houses a population of about 10 million ( 2014 Estimation). The city is well known for business, finance, telecommunications and transport. O'hare International airport in Chicago is the second busiest Airport in the world when it comes to traffic movements.

4) Atlanta ( USA )

Atlanta

The city measures around 6100 square kilometers and estimated people population of about 4.47 million. The City is famous for Centennial Olympic park, Georgia aquarium, Phoenix statue and Midtown skyline. Atlanta's economy ranks 15th among the world cities and sixth in the nation with a domestic product of $270 million.

5) Los Angeles ( USA )

Los Angeles

It measures around 6000 square Kilometers and estimated population of about 3.7 million. The city is well known for its Night attractions, fashion, media, sports and much more. Above all these things this city has countless Movie and television studios within and so called as the Entertainment capital of the world.

6) Boston ( USA )

Boston

Boston measures around 5800 square kilometers and holds a population of about 6.45 million people. Well known for some of great schools within the city and has become international center of higher education for   Apart from Education the city also holds international standard hospitals and considered as center of medicine in the nation.

7) Dallas-Fort Worth ( USA )

Dallas Fort Worth

Dallas possess 4500 square kilometers of urban land area and population of about 4.15 million. Many Telecommunication giant firms establishes their office in here and the city also has highest concentrations of corporate headquarters in the country.

8) Philadelphia ( USA )

Philadelphia 

The city extends up to 4400 Square kilometers of urban land area and population of about 1.45 million dwells in this city. The city's economy mainly driven by the financial sector and considered as one of the economic and cultural center of the Delaware Valley. The city is also known for being one of the top education and research centers in USA.

9) Moscow ( Russia )

Moscow

The capital of Russia covers 4300 square kilometers of land area and people population of about 12,108,257 in this city. The city is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific center in Russia as well as in the Eastern Europe. According to Forbes Moscow has the largest number of Billionaire Residents in the world, well it tells about the economic strength of the city.

10) Houston ( USA )

Houston

Houston covers a 4300 square kilometers of the urban land area and 3.82 million people dwells in this city. It is the home to second most number of headquarters after New York City. Its economy is driven by Dynamic industries such as Oil field equipment manufacturing, energy transportation and aeronautics.

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