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7 largest cities formerly held by Spain

7 cities, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The cities

  1. 1Milan6.6 M
  2. 2Tetouan407 k
  3. 3Dakhla165 k
  4. 4Tournai70 k
  5. 5Smara57 k
  6. 6Gibraltar34 k
  7. 7Sidi Ifni23 k

Population of the metro area: the city and the places continuously built up around it, as Thomas Brinkhoff’s Major Agglomerations of the World (citypopulation.de) counts them from censuses projected to 1 January 2026, the list most rankings use. It covers every agglomeration of 1 million or more; below that, a city ranks by its agglomeration in the United Nations’ World Urbanization Prospects 2018 (every one of 300,000 or more, from national censuses), and a smaller city by its city-proper figure. A city inside another city’s metro area (Giza in Cairo’s, Pretoria in Johannesburg’s) is not ranked on its own. Spain (with the Spanish Empire): places once under its rule and not now, from Wikidata’s dated country statements and colonial-empire membership, and the CIA World Factbook’s independence dates; military occupations of a few years are left out. A city of a country held as a whole is left out: the country is the answer there. Sources: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), GHSL UCDB R2024A (CC BY 4.0), Thomas Brinkhoff: Major Agglomerations of the World, citypopulation.de, United Nations, DESA, Population Division: World Urbanization Prospects 2018 (CC BY 3.0 IGO), Wikidata names (CC0).

On the map

Map of 7 largest cities formerly held by Spain, 7 cities: each one marked on the globe

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