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Most Populous Countries in the World
- United Provinces of China - 1,623,574,000
- Hindustani Republic - 507,088,000
- Republic of Zanzibar - 303,128,000
- United States of America - 292,211,000
- Russian Sociocratic Cantonal Republic - 268,351,000
- Republic of Bengal - 254,642,000
- Republic of Sokoto - 236,248,000
- Vietnamese Republic - 163,432,000
- Punjabi Republic - 145,121,000
- Empire of Maharashtra - 139,035,000
- United Meridian States - 136,426,000
- Abyssinian Empire - 133,043,000
- Persian Republic - 132,371,000
- French Republic - 131,324,241
- Andhra Mechanics and Farmers Republic - 96,946,000
- Republic of Egypt - 87,311,000
- Sociocratic Republic of Tamil Nadu - 84,329,000
- Philippine Republic - 83,525,000
- Republic of Japan - 83,147,000
- British Isles - 82,142,000
- Cooperative Republic of Mexico - 79,191,000
- Empire of Korea - 76,803,000
- Republic of Gujarat - 74,091,000
- United Provinces of Buenaventura - 72,162,000
- Chokwe Empire - 70,845,000
- Empire of the German Nation - 67,315,000
Largest Cities in the World
| Rank | City | Country | Type | Metropolitan area population | City proper population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahore | Punjabi Republic | Metropolitan department | 38,408,000 | 32,700,000 |
| 2 | Nanjing | United Provinces of China | Province | 36,910,000 | 34,203,000 |
| 3 | Kolkata | Republic of Bengal | Consolidated city-county | 34,899,000 | 14,915,000 |
| 4 | Ningpo | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 27,108,000 | 13,039,000 |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | United Meridian States | Municipality | 26,610,000 | 11,540,000 |
| 6 | Giadinh | Vietnamese Republic | City-state | 25,993,000 | 10,241,000 |
| 7 | Chongqing | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 25,013,000 | 16,887,000 |
| 8 | Paris | French Republic | Metropolitan department | 24,677,000 | 9,715,000 |
| 9 | Moscow | Russian Sociocratic Cantonal Republic | Metropolitan oblast | 24,172,000 | 17,501,000 |
| 10 | New York City | United States of America | Municipality | 22,385,000 | 18,590,000 |
| 11 | Phuxuan | Vietnamese Republic | Municipality | 21,017,000 | 9,219,000 |
| 12 | Constantinople | Free City of Constantinople | Country | 20,785,000 | 20,785,000 |
| 13 | Hanseong | Empire of Korea | Province | 20,493,000 | 8,319,000 |
| 14 | Guangzhou | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 20,372,000 | 14,527,000 |
| 15 | Djakarta | Republic of Djakarta | Country | 19,983,000 | 19,983,000 |
| 16 | Fuzhou | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 19,885,000 | 16,180,000 |
| 17 | Havana | Antillean Confederation | Metropolitan province | 19,521,000 | 9,314,000 |
| 18 | Lagos | Republic of Lagos | Country | 19,252,000 | 19,252,000 |
| 19 | Manila | Philippine Republic | Municipality | 19,007,000 | 13,064,000 |
| 20 | Isfahan | Persian Republic | Metropolitan province | 18,910,000 | 12,973,000 |
| 21 | Sokoto | Republic of Sokoto | Municipality | 18,683,000 | 12,064,000 |
| 22 | Edo | Republic of Japan | Metropolitan department | 18,342,000 | 7,621,000 |
| 23 | Namvang | Vietnamese Republic | Municipality | 17,992,000 | 7,238,000 |
| 24 | Mexico City | Cooperative Republic of Mexico | City-state | 17,793,000 | 9,166,000 |
| 25 | Mumbai | Empire of Maharashtra | City-state | 17,615,000 | 10,180,000 |
| 26 | Petrograd | Russian Sociocratic Cantonal Republic | Metropolitan oblast | 17,314,000 | 12,538,000 |
| 27 | Hankou | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 17,211,000 | 10,223,000 |
| 28 | Buenos Aires | Platine Sociocratic Cantonal Republic | City-state | 16,981,000 | 12,731,000 |
| 29 | Cairo | Republic of Egypt | Metropolitan department | 16,761,000 | 10,785,000 |
| 30 | Zamboanga | Philippine Republic | City-state | 16,473,000 | 16,473,000 |
| 31 | Shantou | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 16,453,000 | 7,398,000 |
| 32 | Baroda | Republic of Gujarat | Municipality | 16,064,000 | 8,628,000 |
| 33 | Pune | Empire of Maharashtra | Municipality | 16,025,000 | 9,063,000 |
| 34 | Dali | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 15,832,000 | 9,113,000 |
| 35 | Ilahabad | Hindustani Republic | Municipality | 15,528,000 | 10,319,000 |
| 36 | Murshidabad | Republic of Bengal | Municipality | 15,231,000 | 8,937,000 |
| 37 | Wenzhou | United Provinces of China | Municipality | 15,137,000 | 10,032,000 |
| 38 | St. Louis | United States of America | Municipality | 15,038,000 | 11,121,000 |
Largest Cities by Country
Largest Cities in the French Republic
Post number Name Prefecture Created on Area (km^2) Additional notes 1 Ain Bourg 4 March 1790 5,499.63 [...] 2 Aisne Laon 4 March 1790 7,491.83 [...] 3 Allier Moulins 4 March 1790 7,422.72 [...] 5 Basses-Alpes Digne 4 March 1790 7,450.07 [...] 4 Hautes-Alpes Gap 4 March 1790 5,535.69 [...] 6 Ardèche Privas 4 March 1790 5,500.04 [...] 7 Ardennes Mézières 4 March 1790 5,252.81 [...] 8 Ariège Foix 4 March 1790 5,295.40 [...] 9 Aube Troyes 4 March 1790 6,106.08 [...] 10 Aude Carcassonne 4 March 1790 6,509.96 [...] 11 Aveyron Rodez 4 March 1790 8,220.71 [...] 12 Bouches-du-Rhône Marseille 4 March 1790 6,019.60 [...] 13 Calvados Caen 4 March 1790 5,704.27 [...] 14 Cantal Aurillac 4 March 1790 5,740.81 [...] 15 Charente Angoulême 4 March 1790 5,888.03 [...] 16 Charente-Inférieure Saintes 4 March 1790 7,168.14 [...] 17 Cher Bourges 4 March 1790 7,401.25 [...] 18 Corrèze Tulle 4 March 1790 5,947.17 [...] 19 Golo Bastia 11 August 1793 4,666 Cut from Corse department 20 Côte-d'Or Dijon 4 March 1790 8,769.56 [...] 21 Côtes-du-Nord Saint-Brieuc 4 March 1790 7,367.20 [...] 22 Creuse Guéret 4 March 1790 5,794.55 [...] 23 Dordogne Périgueux 4 March 1790 8,982.74 [...] 24 Doubs Besançon 4 March 1790 5,309.93 [...] 25 Drôme Valence 4 March 1790 6,759.15 [...] 26 Eure Évreux 4 March 1790 6,632.83 [...] 27 Eure-et-Loir Chartres 4 March 1790 6,079.15 [...] 28 Finistère Quimper 4 March 1790 6,933.84 [...] 29 Gard Nîmes 4 March 1790 5,997.23 [...] 30 Haute-Garonne Toulouse 4 March 1790 6,425.33 [...] 31 Gers Auch 4 March 1790 6,519.08 [...] 32 Gironde Bordeaux 4 March 1790 1,0325.52 [...] 33 Hérault Montpellier 4 March 1790 6,309.35 [...] 34 Ille-et-Vilaine Rennes 4 March 1790 6,819.77 [...] 35 Indre Châteauroux 4 March 1790 6,877.60 [...] 36 Indre-et-Loire Tours 4 March 1790 6,230.76 [...] 37 Isère Grenoble 4 March 1790 8,412.30 [...] 38 Jura Lons-le-Saunier 4 March 1790 5,033.64 [...] 39 Landes Mont-de-Marsan 4 March 1790 9,005.34 [...] 40 Loir-et-Cher Blois 4 March 1790 6,021.16 [...] 41 Haute-Loire Le Puy 4 March 1790 5,028.54 [...] 42 Loire-Inférieure Nantes 4 March 1790 7,062.85 [...] 43 Loiret Orléans 4 March 1790 6,751.91 [...] 44 Lot Cahors 4 March 1790 5,311.36 [...] 45 Lot-et-Garonne Agen 4 March 1790 5,326.41 [...] 46 Lozère Mende 4 March 1790 5,095.43 [...] 47 Maine-et-Loire Angers 4 March 1790 7,188.07 [...] 48 Manche Saint-Lô 4 March 1790 6,757.13 [...] 49 Marne Châlons-sur-Marne 4 March 1790 8,202.73 [...] 50 Haute-Marne Chaumont 4 March 1790 6,331.73 [...] 51 Mayenne Laval 4 March 1790 5,188.63 [...] 52 Meurthe Nancy 4 March 1790 6,290.02 [...] 53 Meuse Bar-sur-Ornain 4 March 1790 6,044.39 [...] 54 Morbihan Vannes 4 March 1790 6,817.04 [...] 55 Moselle Metz 4 March 1790 6,308.40 [...] 56 Nièvre Nevers 4 March 1790 6,866.19 [...] 57 Nord Lille 4 March 1790 5,784.35 [...] 58 Oise Beauvais 4 March 1790 5,814.24 [...] 59 Orne Alençon 4 March 1790 6,456.76 [...] 60 Pas-de-Calais Arras 4 March 1790 6,796.88 [...] 61 Puy-de-Dôme Clermont 4 March 1790 7,943.70 [...] 62 Basses-Pyrénées Pau 4 March 1790 7,559.50 [...] 63 Hautes-Pyrénées Tarbes 4 March 1790 4,699.15 [...] 64 Pyrénées-Orientales Perpignan 4 March 1790 4,113.76 [...] 65 Bas-Rhin Strasbourg 4 March 1790 4,955.75 [...] 66 Haut-Rhin Colmar 4 March 1790 5,496.07 [...] 67 Rhône Lyon 19 November 1793 2,704.23 Resulting from the partition of Rhône-et-Loire, decided on 12 August 1793 at the headquarters of the army of the Alps, who besieged the city revolted against the Convention, and confirmed by the latter on 19 November 1793 68 Saône-et-Loire Mâcon 4 March 1790 8,576.78 [...] 69 Haute-Saône Vesoul 4 March 1790 4,569.64 [...] 70 Sarthe Le Mans 4 March 1790 6,392.76 [...] 71 Paris Paris 14 April 1898 504.78 Formerly the Department of Seine, turned into a metropolitan department with the recognition the entire department has become urbanized 72 Seine-Inférieure Rouen 4 March 1790 5,938.10 [...] 73 Seine-et-Marne Melun 4 March 1790 5,959.80 [...] 74 Seine-et-Oise Versailles 4 March 1790 5,750.42 [...] 75 Deux-Sèvres Niort 4 March 1790 5,852.73 [...] 76 Somme Amiens 4 March 1790 6,044.56 [...] 77 Tarn Albi 4 March 1790 5,768.21 [...] 78 Var Draguignan 4 March 1790 7,255.80 [...] 79 Vendée Fontenay-le-Peuple 4 March 1790 6,754.58 [...] 80 Vienne Poitiers 4 March 1790 6,890.83 [...] 81 Haute-Vienne Limoges 4 March 1790 5,700.35 [...] 82 Vosges Épinal 4 March 1790 5,879.55 [...] 83 Yonne Auxerre 4 March 1790 7,292.23 [...] 84 Mont-Blanc Chambéry 27 November 1792 6,404.27 Suppressed after the second Treaty of Paris (1815) 85 Alpes-Maritimes Nice 14 February 1793 3,222.74 [...] 86 Jemappes Mons 12 March 1793 3,766.58 [...] 87 Gênes Gênes 4 or 6 June 1805 2,376.00 Suppressed after the first Treaty of Paris (1814) 88 Loire Montbrison 19 November 1793 4,820.44 Resulting from the partition of Rhône-et-Loire, decided on 12 August 1793 at the headquarters of the army of the Alps, who besieged the city revolted against the Convention, and confirmed by the latter on 19 November 1793 89 Vaucluse Avignon 25 June 1793 2,345.60 [...] 90 Liamone Ajaccio 11 August 1793 4,014 Cut from Corse department 91 Lys Bruges 1st October 1795 3,669.11 [...] 92 Escaut Gand 1st October 1795 2,888.70 [...] 93 Deux-Nèthes Anvers 1st October 1795 2,853.81 [...] 94 Dyle Bruxelles 1st October 1795 3,428.48 [...] 95 Meuse-Inférieure Maëstricht 1st October 1795 3,786.33 [...] 96 Ourthe Liège 1st October 1795 4,357.54 [...] 97 Sambre-et-Meuse Namur 1st October 1795 4,579.22 [...] 98 Forêts Luxembourg 1st October 1795 6,910.35 [...] 99 Léman Genève 25 August 1798 2,800.00 [...] 100 Mont-Tonnerre Mayence 4 November 1797 3,599.48 Created on November 4th, 1797 by the French Directory, organized on January 23rd, 1798 (Decree of 4 Pluviôse year VI), formally incorporated into the french territory on March 9th, 1801. 101 Sarre Trèves 4 November 1797 4,935.13 [...] 102 Rhin-et-Moselle Coblence 4 November 1797 5,884.19 [...] 103 Roër Aix-la-Chapelle 4 November 1797 5,219.85 [...] 104 Simplon Sion 13 December 1803 5,000.00 formerly Swiss Canton of Valais, see this 105 Sarine et Broye Payerne 13 December 1803 Canton of Fribourg, see this 106 Oberland Thun 13 December 1803 see this 107 Tarn-et-Garonne Montauban 21 November 1808 3,716.30 Created from territories taken in the Haute-Garonne, the Lot and Lot-et-Garonne 108 Doubs Neuchâtel 22 August 1831 see this, annexed following the Second French War (1821-32).html)
Largest Cities in the United States of America
Rank City State City proper Metropolitan 1 New York City[1]Does not include Staten Island but does include Westchester, Rockland, and Nassau Counties New York 18,590,000 22,785,000 2 St. Louis Missouri 11,121,000 15,038,000 3 Cincinnati Ohio 8,547,000 10,415,000 4 Richmond Virginia 7,231,000 7,576,000 5 Charleston South Carolina 5,991,000 6,291,000 6 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 5,713,000 7,278,000 7 Segovia[2]Tulsa Cansa 4,876,000 5,147,000 8 Black Rock[3]Buffalo New York 4,733,000 4,813,000 9 St. Paul Ontonagon 4,422,000 6,042,000 10 Norfolk[4]Includes Norfolk and Virginia Beach Virginia 4,401,000 4,840,000 11 Persitia[5]Atlanta - Latinization of the indigenous name, Peachtree Georgia 4,269,000 4,405,000 12 Boston Massachusetts 4,210,000 7,521,000 13 New Orleans Orleans 4,180,000 6,743,000 14 Independence Missouri 3,788,000 5,012,000 15 East St. Louis Illinois 3,750,000 15,038,000[6]Greater St. Louis 16 Memphis Tennessee 3,719,000 6,948,000 17 Fairfax Virginia 3,287,000 9,083,000[7]part of the Washington metropolitan area 18 Vermillionville[8]Lafayette Orleans 3,191,000 3,421,000 19 Wilmington North Carolina 2,983,000 3,161,000 20 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 2,829,000 3,447,000 21 Concord[9]Indianapolis - proposed name Indiana 2,725,000 2,929,000 22 Greensboro North Carolina 2,659,000 2,732,000 23 Sandusky Ohio 2,648,000 2,727,000 24 Jersey City[10]includes the whole of northwestern New Jersey, including Staten Island New Jersey 2,581,000 22,785,000[11]part of Greater New York 25 Raleigh North Carolina 2,501,000 2,578,000 26 Mandeville West Florida 2,442,000 6,743,000[12]part of the New Orleans metro area 27 Louisville Kentucky 2,422,000 3,991,000 28 Wichata Cansa 2,342,000 2,547,000 29 Fayetteville North Carolina 2,307,000 2,434,000 30 Millewackie Wisconsan 2,260,000 2,352,000 31 Lille[13]Birmingham, Alabama - named after a different industrial center Yazoo 2,201,000 2,329,000 32 Lynchburg Virginia 1,929,000 2,321,000 33 Miami[14]Toledo - named after river Michigan 1,903,000 3,562,000 34 Bladensburg Maryland 1,873,000 9,083,000[7]part of the Washington metropolitan area 35 Ballytone[15]Columbus, Ohio Ohio 1,859,000 2,175,000 36 Washington[16]Consists of OTL Washington east of Rock Creek, and not including the Anacostia coast Anacostia 1,643,000 9,083,000 37 Coatesbourg[17]Shreveport Orleans 1,638,000 1,814,000 38 West Memphis Tennessee 1,594,000 6,948,000[18]part of the Memphis metropolitan area 39 Rochester New York 1,586,000 1,638,000 40 Fernandina East Florida 1,577,000 2,473,000 41 Jeffersonville Indiana 1,512,000 3,991,000[19]part of the Louisville metropolitan area 42 Ballyburr[20]Michigan City - named by New Yorker settlers after Aaron Burr Indiana 1,483,000 1,997,000 43 St. Anthony[21]Minneapolis Juniper 1,460,000 6,042,000[22]part of Greater St. Paul 44 Chicago Wisconsan 1,441,000 1,512,000 45 Portsmouth New Hampshire 1,429,000 7,521,000[23]part of the Boston metro area 46 Pensacola West Florida 1,424,000 1,651,000 47 Covington Kentucky 1,401,000 10,415,000[24]part of Greater Cincinnati 48 Syracuse New York 1,392,000 1,453,000 49 Perrysburg Ohio 1,381,000 3,562,000[25]part of the Greater Miami Area 50 Fort Wayne Indiana 1,356,000 1,567,000 51 Knoxville Franklin 1,341,000 1,418,000 52 Mobile West Florida 1,344,000 1,836,000 53 Chattanooga Franklin 1,282,000 1,321,000 54 Topequa Cansa 1,234,000 1,341,000 55 Albany New York 1,212,000 1,349,000 56 Boston[26]Kansas City, Kansas Cansa 1,189,000 5,012,000[27]part of the Independence metro area 57 Baltimore Maryland 1,165,000 1,252,000 58 Worcester Massachusetts 1,103,000 7,521,000[23]part of the Boston metro area 59 Allentown Pennsylvania 1,074,000 1,162,000 60 Columbia South Carolina 1,054,000 1,223,000 61 Twickenham[28]Huntsville - former name, named after birthplace of Alexander Pope Yazoo 1,017,000 1,231,000 62 Fondulac[29]Duluth, Minnesota Ontonagon 968,000 1,045,000 63 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 947,000 1,032,000 64 Camden New Jersey 911,000 7,278,000[30]part of the Philadelphia metro area 65 Milan Ohio 888,000 921,000 66 Lexington Kentucky 879,000 993,000 67 St. Marys Georgia 865,000 2,473,000[31]part of the Fernandina metro area 68 Iron Gate Virginia 848,000 893,000 69 New Haven Connecticut 824,000 22,785,000[11]part of Greater New York 70 Providence Rhode Island 806,000 7,521,000[23]part of the Boston metro area 71 Dorr[32]Sioux City - named after Thomas Wilson Dorr Nibrasca 793,000 848,000 72 Savannah Georgia 764,000 1,241,000 73 Burlington Vermont 748,000 781,000 74 Appalachicola West Florida 729,000 904,000 75 Sowashee[33]Meridian, Mississippi Mississippi 701,000 732,000 76 Cedar Rapids Juniper 683,000 703,000 77 Augusta Georgia 662,000 991,000 78 Tipton[34]Southaven Yazoo 645,000 6,948,000[18]part of the Memphis metropolitan area 79 Green Bay Wisconsan 622,000 653,000 80 Espirito Santo[35]Tampa West Florida 603,000 739,000 81 Fitzgerald[36]Ann Arbor - named after Irish nationalist hero Lord Edward Fitzgerald Michigan 598,000 621,000 82 Cleveland Ohio 583,000 602,000 83 Steubenville Ohio 571,000 3,447,000[37]part of the Pittsburgh metro area 84 Trenton New Jersey 564,000 581,000 85 Harrisonopolis[38]Jefferson, Missouri Missouri 559,000 572,000 86 Harpers Ferry Virginia 549,000 582,000 87 Peoria Illinois 542,000 574,000 88 Wilmington Delaware 533,000 7,278,000[30]part of the Philadelphia metro area 89 Fredericksburg Virginia 524,000 549,000 90 Charleston Virginia 516,000 541,000 91 Lancaster Pennsylvania 508,000 531,000 92 Portland Maine 502,000 524,000 93 Galinee[39]New Buffalo Michigan 491,000 1,997,000[40]part of the Ballyburr metro area 94 Wheeling Alleghania 479,000 770,000 95 Geecheeville[41]parts of Jasper & Beaufort County South Carolina 462,000 1,241,000[42]part of the Savannah metro area 96 Vogels Ferry[43]Grand Forks Pembina 451,000 473,000 97 Nashville Tennessee 443,000 501,000 98 Cromwell[44]Portage Wisconsan 419,000 474,000 99 Brunswick Georgia 414,000 458,000 100 Detroit Michigan 406,000 445,000 101 Wetonqua[45]Wetonka, South Dakota Minasota 386,000 430,000
- Does not include Staten Island but does include Westchester, Rockland, and Nassau Counties ↩
- Tulsa ↩
- Buffalo ↩
- Includes Norfolk and Virginia Beach ↩
- Atlanta - Latinization of the indigenous name, Peachtree ↩
- Greater St. Louis ↩
- part of the Washington metropolitan area ↩
- Lafayette ↩
- Indianapolis - proposed name ↩
- includes the whole of northwestern New Jersey, including Staten Island ↩
- part of Greater New York ↩
- part of the New Orleans metro area ↩
- Birmingham, Alabama - named after a different industrial center ↩
- Toledo - named after river ↩
- Columbus, Ohio ↩
- Consists of OTL Washington east of Rock Creek, and not including the Anacostia coast ↩
- Shreveport ↩
- part of the Memphis metropolitan area ↩
- part of the Louisville metropolitan area ↩
- Michigan City - named by New Yorker settlers after Aaron Burr ↩
- Minneapolis ↩
- part of Greater St. Paul ↩
- part of the Boston metro area ↩
- part of Greater Cincinnati ↩
- part of the Greater Miami Area ↩
- Kansas City, Kansas ↩
- part of the Independence metro area ↩
- Huntsville - former name, named after birthplace of Alexander Pope ↩
- Duluth, Minnesota ↩
- part of the Philadelphia metro area ↩
- part of the Fernandina metro area ↩
- Sioux City - named after Thomas Wilson Dorr ↩
- Meridian, Mississippi ↩
- Southaven ↩
- Tampa ↩
- Ann Arbor - named after Irish nationalist hero Lord Edward Fitzgerald ↩
- part of the Pittsburgh metro area ↩
- Jefferson, Missouri ↩
- New Buffalo ↩
- part of the Ballyburr metro area ↩
- parts of Jasper & Beaufort County ↩
- part of the Savannah metro area ↩
- Grand Forks ↩
- Portage ↩
- Wetonka, South Dakota ↩
Largest cities in Commonwealth of Canada
Rank City County City proper Metropolitan population 1 Toronto Independent city 1,835,000 4,152,000 2 Kingston Frontenac 953,000 2,031,000 3 London Middlesex 707,000 1,544,000 4 Ancaster[1]Hamilton Wentworth 594,000 863,000 5 Windham[2]Parts of North York, up to Richmond Hill Mackenzie 561,000 4,152,000[3]Part of the Greater Toronto Area 6 Sheridan[4]Mississauga and parts of Etobicoke Whitbread 438,000 4,152,000[3]Part of the Greater Toronto Area 7 Ratisbon[5]Waterloo Ratisbon 398,000 772,000 8 Scarborough Willcocks 378,000 4,152,000[3]Part of the Greater Toronto Area 9 St. Catharines Niagara 343,000 645,000
Largest cities in Laurentian Republic
Rank City Department City proper Metropolitan population 1 Montreal Montréal 4,213,000 7,031,000 2 Chomedey[1]Laval Montréal 819,000 7,031,000[2]Part of Montreal Metro Area 3 Quebec Saint-Charles 625,000 1,251,000 4 Longueuil Montréal 432,000 7,031,000[2]Part of Montreal Metro Area 5 Prevostville[3]Sherbrooke Saint-François et Magog 417,000 623,000 6 Repentigny Montréal 318,000 7,031,000[2]Part of Montreal Metro Area 7 Mercier[4]Labrador City 211,000 323,000
Largest cities in United Provinces of China
Rank City Province City proper Metropolitan population 1 Nanjing Nanjing 34,203,000 36,910,000 2 Ningpo Zhejiang 13,039,000 27,108,000 3 Chongqing 16,887,000 25,013,000 4 Guangzhou Guangdong 14,527,000 20,372,000 5 Fuzhou 16,180,000 19,885,000 6 Hankou[1]Wuhan 10,223,000 17,211,000 7 Shantou 7,398,000 16,453,000 8 Dali Yunnan 9,113,000 15,832,000 9 Wenzhou Zhejiang 10,032,000 15,137,000 10 Siming[2]Xiamen 11,443,000 14,802,000 11 Hangzhou 8,329,000 14,391,000 12 Xi'an Hubei 6,329,000 13,947,000 13 Jiangmen Guangdong 10,318,000 13,445,000 14 Chengdu 10,439,000 12,932,000 15 Changsha 9,432,000 12,427,000 16 Taiyuan Shanxi 7,735,000 11,913,000 17 Guiyang Guizhou 7,361,000 11,491,000 18 Tieshan[3]Near Beihai 6,527,000 10,793,000 19 Shenyang 8,312,000 10,423,000 20 Haishenwai[4]Vladivostok 21 Lanzhou 4,247,000 10,281,000 22 Lushunkou 23 Nanning Sichuan 3,448,000 9,438,000 24 Kaifeng Henan 3,983,000 9,201,000 25 Yichang 3,639,000 9,094,000 26 Tengyue Yunnan 3,653,000 8,731,000 27 Beiping[5]Beijing 5,248,000 8,462,000 28 Jiujiang 3,025,000 8,093,000 29 Chengzhang[6]Daqing 30 Tsolotoisuko[7]Zheltuga
Largest cities in Russian Sociocratic Cantonal Republic
Rank City Canton City proper Metropolitan population 1 Moscow Independent city 17,501,000 24,172,000 2 Petrograd Independent city 12,538,000 17,314,000 3 Vartanyansk Independent city 5,421,000 8,826,000 4 Odessa Odessa 3,249,000 6,494,000 5 Kharkov Kharkov 4,131,000 6,032,000
Largest cities in Punjabi Republic
Rank City Population Metropolitan population 1 Lahore 32,700,000 38,408,000 2 Karachi 11,500,000 15,615,000 3 Rawalpindi 7,200,000 9,900,000 4 Sialkot 5,029,000 7,769,000 5 Peshawar 4,218,000 5,136,000 6 Patiala 3,709,000 5,014,000 7 Srinagar 3,591,000 4,157,000 8 Multan 3,220,000 3,910,000 9 Ludhiana 2,699,000 3,897,000 10 Dera Ismail Khan 2,119,000 2,610,000 11 Gujranwala 2,008,000 2,413,000 12 Kaulabad 1,808,000 2,476,000 13 Hyderabad 1,558,000 1,783,000 14 Quetta 1,301,000 1,392,000 15 Kangra 1,021,000 1,201,000
Largest cities in Empire of Maharashtra
Rank City State City proper Metropolitan population 1 Mumbai Mumbai 10,180,000 17,615,000 2 Pune Pune 9,063,000 16,025,000 3 Nashik Nashik 4,629,000 11,542,000 4 Shivajinagar[1]Aurangabad Shivajinagar 3,541,000 7,429,000 5 Ratnagiri Pune 4,289,000 5,228,000 6 Nagpur Nagpur 2,941,000 3,519,000
- Aurangabad ↩
Largest cities in Empire of the German Nation
Rank City State City proper Metropolitan population 1 Vienna Archduchy of Austria 4,711,000 7,121,000 2 Hamburg Free City of Hamburg 2,394,000 4,015,000 3 Dresden Electorate of Saxony 1,109,000 3,206,000 4 Frankfurt Free City of Frankfurt 803,000 2,384,000 5 Prague Kingdom of Bohemia 831,000 2,120,000 6 Leipzig Electorate of Saxony 749,000 1,994,000 7 Zurich Electorate of Tellgau 801,000 1,781,000 8 Hanover Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg 948,000 1,646,000
Largest cities in Republic of Australia
Rank Name Province Population Metropolitan population 1 Neramnew[1]Melbourne Foxland 2,431,000 4,709,000 2 Sydney New Erin 1,569,000 2,932,000 3 Bentham[2]Adelaide Felicitania 1,093,000 1,239,000 4 New Cork[3]Newcastle New Erin 769,000 1,020,000 5 Inverness[4]Brisbane New Alba 713,000 936,000 6 Lexington[5]Coffs Harbour Avalon 534,000 741,000 7 Dundee[6]Townsville New Pictland 397,000 485,000 8 Ballarat Foxland 361,000 447,000 9 Calcutta[7]Dunedin New Munster 344,000 401,000 10 Villiers[8]Gladstone New Selgovia 299,000 346,000 >
Largest cities in Commonwealth of Assiniboia
Rank City Shire City proper Metropolitan population 1 Selkirk[1]Winnipeg Selkirk 1,153,000 2,148,000 2 Sumnerville[2]Lethbridge Sumnerville 401,000 623,000 3 Stroud[3]Fort McMurray Stroud 301,000 612,000 4 Fort Scott[4]Qu'Appelle D'Urban 211,000 232,000
Tallest freestanding buildings in the world
| Name | Height | Held Record | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument to the Charter of Liberty and Security | 152 m | 1844-1863 | Brompton (now in London) | British Isles |
| Grand Mausoleum of Aix-la-Chapelle | 213 m | 1863-1879 | Aix-la-Chapelle | French Republic |
| Centennial Tower | 305 m | 1879-1903 | Philadelphia | United States of America |
| Union Tower | 343 m | 1903-1928 | St. Louis | United States of America |
| Tour Thyssen | 450 m | 1928-1971 | Courbevoie (now in Paris) | French Republic |
| Dresdener Photoniksturm | 501 m | 1971-1973 | Dresden | Empire of the German Nation |
| Wilno Spire | 553 m | 1973-1979 | Vilna | Commonwealth of Lithuania |
| Resurgence Tower | 581 m | 1979-1994 | Petrograd | Russian Sociocratic Cantonal Republic |
| Tremonia Tower | 681 m | 1994-2018 | Zamboanga | Philippine Republic |
| Cochin Bank Tower | 833 m | 2018-present | Cochin | Republic of Malabar |
Largest libraries in the world
Rank Name Buildings Location Country Year [1]Originates with the library of the King of France. Following the French Revolution, the library was nationalized and formally granted to the public. Renovated and expanded as part of Parisian redevelopment and French expansion, the threat of dirigible bombing runs during the German Unification and Hungarian Independence Wars in the late part of the 19th century led to duplication, microfilm storage, and storage bunkers. During the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the building was emptied prior to its flattening by German bombers, and the government opened modern buildings for the library on the same site, with vast room for growth. Bibliothèque nationale de France A complex of buildings, and entrance at 58 Rue de la Loi Paris French Republic 1793 [2]Originates with the King's Library of George III; upon his death, its ownership was unclear. Following the British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9), Parliament nationalized it under the Frame of Government (1829), and following the Orange Riots of 1834, the new Senate House included a semi-separated Reading Room in the style of the Pantheon on the embankment front to store the King's Library and whatever other books Parliament might require, for the enjoyment of the public. Expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries forced it (despite an on-site expansion in 1881) to create an additional purpose-built building near Senate House in 1942. Library of Parliament 2, namely the Parliamentary Reading Room & Henry Brougham House London British Isles 1841 [3]During the rise of the Bai dynasty in China and the coronation of the Heads of China > 1858-1888 Mingzhi Emperor in 1858, the new state sought to modernize and adopt western norms, among which was the public library. With the confiscation of olden manuscripts from old institutions, most famously the Hanlin Academy, the Mingzhi Emperor opened the Imperial Library of China in a reserved building in the reconstructed Ming Palace to open this learning to the world. Over his thirty-year reign, the Emperor confiscated and bought a lot of books, including from the West, to make the library a truly national one in scope. With the Russo-Chinese War (1893-9) and the conquest of the Qing remnant in Mongolia and Manchuria, Lee Cheng-chang transported a lot of its manuscripts to Nanjing, where they were kept in the Imperial Library. When, in 1901, Marshal Lee overthrew the Bai dynasty and declared himself president of the new United Provinces of China (Heads of China > 1901-1926 Lee Cheng-chang (Tsuyu-Tungi-Tang) †), he renamed the Library to emphasize its republicanism, and he formally renovated it to make his mark over his twenty-five year long dictatorship, enshrining the Library in its state today. Republican Library of China 1, namely the Kan Chamber Nanjing United Provinces of China 1863 [4]During the Liberty and Union War (1868-76), New York City supported the Richmondite government while the rest of New York State supported the Constitutionalist cause. During the Battle of New York that ensued as a result, Richmondites torched gasworks and distilleries, causing massive destruction and a Great Fire despite their defeat. Postwar reconstruction included creating a library worthy of the city, and with endowments and donations it rapidly grew into the premier library of the Americas and, effectively, the national library of the United States of America. Great Library of New York 177 branches, centered around the Great Athenaeum at 4 Irving Place New York City United States of America 1879 [5]In the wake of the Punjabi Revolution, the new republic believed the creation of a national library to be a necessary aspect of republican ideology, and thus created one in Lahore on the model of the Bibliothèque Nationale, to the extent of naming it a Punjabization of the word. Its endowment and size expanded rapidly following Prem Nath Kaul's military coup in 1890, as he deposited manuscripts seized from his conquests of the hill kingdoms into it and made it the lynchpin of a national library network as a symbol of the active state. Every regime and administration since has attempted to make their own mark on the system and its central building, if nothing else to plaster their name on it. National Library of Punjab 1097 branches, centered around the Bibalithaink Lahore (head) Punjabi Republic 1884 [6]The International Library was a product of the French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5). The war, and the rise of bombing runs in this era, came with it a peace movement, and within this movement was a French author, Paul Otlet. To democratize knowledge and spread it across borders, he wanted to establish an institution he called the "Mundaneum", that would consolidate the knowledge of humanity and allow it to be transmitted across the world. Successfully campaigning for its inclusion under the Charter for an International Forum, this new institution gathered knowledge of all types - not just books, but also newspapers, magazines, and tabledisks - and sought to link them together. Despite success with using the index card to this end, with the rising Analyzers technology, he sought to use one - the Grand Analyzer of Aix-la-Chappelle - to organize and index this new data, copied in the form of microfilm. Additionally, the International Forum established several branches of the library around the world, with exact replication of its data across them. Most famously, it distilled this data into several encyclopedias, which it transmitted to universities and libraries all across the world for the diffusion of language. With the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the Aix-la-Chapelle branch was entirely destroyed - however, its microfilm collection, transported to the countryside with the dawn of the war, survived intact, as did replicas of its records in its other branches. With that, the mother branch of the International Library got reconstructed and expanded, and postwar it continued its existing task of consolidating and archiving the information of humanity. International Library 10, centered around the Palais Mondiale Aix-la-Chapelle (head) French Republic (head) 1905 [7]The Library of Alexandria had, before its fall, contained six microfilm duplicate copies of all its documents. Prior to its fall, these duplicates were all taken to France. While one of them was incorporated into the Bibliothèque Nationale, the other five were instead gifted to various republics as symbols of revolutionary values. Among them was the United States. Despite talk of incorporating them into the Smithsonian collection, they were instead shifted into their own institution in Alexandria, Anacostia state. Since then, this New Library of Alexandria has bloomed into a colossal institution with a special focus on numerized data and an early adopter of analyzer technology. Library of Alexandria (United States) 1, namely the Alexandria Library Building Alexandria United States of America 1954 [8]This library has its origins among the Habsburg emperors' collection from medieval times. It gradually expanded over time and incorporated a great number of books from across the Habsburg lands and Germany itself. With the unification of Germany under Habsburg leadership in 1884, it expanded even further as it served as a library of deposit, and despite the Hungarian War of Independence it retained its Hungarian collection. During the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the Hofburg faced attack from long-range Véronique missiles, destroying part of the library. Postwar, with the Heads of Germany > 1943-1949 Interregnum, the library was separated from national authority, and with the Perpetual Capitulation of 1949 and election of a Wettin to the throne, this was made permanent. In an act of magnanimity, the Head of the House of Habsburg - reduced to Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia - opened the library to the whole nation and moved out of the Hofburg to make room for more books. It has maintained being Germany's premiere collection as a result. Imperial Court Library 1, namely the Hofburg Palace Vienna Empire of the German Nation 1368 [9]In the nineteenth century, Egypt fell under French influence, although formally it continued to be ruled by its weak sultan. In this environment, a number of French businessmen seeking to "revive" the days of old founded what they intended to be a distant successor to the Library of Alexandria. As a repository of important documents to the French colonial empire, it grew rapidly. However, then came the Egyptian Revolution (1948-52), and France was too busy rebuilding after French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41) to secure its colonial interests. The Library became important to the Egyptian war effort as a symbol of French influence, and its administrators wanting to preserve it surrendered it without a shot. It was thence re-founded as a national library and object of much pride. Library of Alexandria (Egypt) 1, namely the Hurriyat Palace Alexandria Egyptian Republic 1874 [10]With the restoration of Chhatrapati Shahu III to real power over his hereditary prime minister in 1891, he committed himself to reform to secure his power. With the assistance of a consultative assembly, he moved against Brahmins by making reservations in administration and universities for non-Brahmins, and he formally nationalized all Hindu temples in Maharashtra, to be run from the hands of his appointees. As part of this grand takeover, he gathered a great many manuscripts, a personal collection for him and his favorites. This status quo continued for most of his reign, until British Wars > Hindustani War of Independence (1936-9) saw Maharashtra end its alliance with the British and the rise of a pro-democracy movement, and the grisly fate of many Hindustani aristocrats showed Shahu what would happen if he did nothing. When he finally accepted ministerial responsibility in 1945, his new diwan sought to make this great library available for the people. Eventually, after much negotiation, it was made a public library, but with the Hindu character of most manuscripts, it was a temple library and formally endowed under the goddess of knowledge. Despite talk of secularizing this collection as part of some mooted separation of religion and state, there is little chance of this, and the Mahapustakalaya has since become a site of some pilgrimage. Shree Saraswati Mahapustakalaya A complex of buildings, centered around the Great Saraswati Temple of Pune Pune Empire of Maharashtra 1947 [11][^12]: Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the city had a chance to be rebuilt almost from scratch - and with it being the economic and cultural center of Buenaventura, it had the resources too. Taking cues from New York, it was now to have a vast library at its very core, and it opened to much fanfare early in reconstruction, and it was swiftly endowed with nationalism by being named after the first General Director of Buenaventura. Its empty grandeur was gradually filled as its librarians acquired vast collections, many of them from across the Pacific, becoming the greatest library of the West Coast. Biblioteca Nacional de Las Antillas Havana Antillean Confederation [^12] Daniel C. Broderick Athenaeum San Francisco United Provinces of Buenaventura 1910 [13]Endowed under the fortune of James Smithson, further enhanced by a number of effective stock market bets, the Smithsonian in short succession became one of the United States' greatest institution. For much of this, it only had a working library, but this changed following the Liberty and Union War (1868-76), as the Smithsonian became the center of the National University of the United States of America. Its library grew with it as a result. Library of the Smithsonian Institution Washington United States of America 1845 [14][^15]: The Lunar Society was a historic eighteenth century scientific society in Birmingham, which mostly collapsed in the wake of the royalist Priestley Riots of 1791. After the British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9) in 1827 and Dissenter emancipation, it saw a revival, and in 1849 it became the core of the University of Birmingham, one of many land-grant universities endowed with former Crown land. Its library later became the seed of the new university's own library. Advocates Library 1, namely Parliament House Edinburgh British Isles 1682 [^15] Lunar Library of the University of Birmingham Birmingham British Isles 1849 [16][^17]: O'Connell University Library Dublin British Isles [^17] Library of the American Philosophical Society Philadelphia United States of America 1828 [18][^19]: Petrograd Russian Sociocratic Cantonal Republic [^19] Bibliothèque nationale de Laurentie Montreal Laurentian Republic [20][^21]: National Library of Canada 1, namely 30 Whitbread Street East Toronto Commonwealth of Canada [^21] Library of the University of St. Louis St. Louis United States of America [22][^23]: Library of the Manchester Lyceum 1, namely Free Trade In Land Hall Manchester British Isles [^23] National Library of Zanzibar Dar es-Salaam Republic of Zanzibar [24][^25]: Library of the University of Black Rock Black Rock United States of America [^25] National Library of Sokoto Sokoto Republic of Sokoto
- Originates with the library of the King of France. Following the French Revolution, the library was nationalized and formally granted to the public. Renovated and expanded as part of Parisian redevelopment and French expansion, the threat of dirigible bombing runs during the German Unification and Hungarian Independence Wars in the late part of the 19th century led to duplication, microfilm storage, and storage bunkers. During the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the building was emptied prior to its flattening by German bombers, and the government opened modern buildings for the library on the same site, with vast room for growth. ↩
- Originates with the King's Library of George III; upon his death, its ownership was unclear. Following the British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9), Parliament nationalized it under the Frame of Government (1829), and following the Orange Riots of 1834, the new Senate House included a semi-separated Reading Room in the style of the Pantheon on the embankment front to store the King's Library and whatever other books Parliament might require, for the enjoyment of the public. Expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries forced it (despite an on-site expansion in 1881) to create an additional purpose-built building near Senate House in 1942. ↩
- During the rise of the Bai dynasty in China and the coronation of the Heads of China > 1858-1888 Mingzhi Emperor in 1858, the new state sought to modernize and adopt western norms, among which was the public library. With the confiscation of olden manuscripts from old institutions, most famously the Hanlin Academy, the Mingzhi Emperor opened the Imperial Library of China in a reserved building in the reconstructed Ming Palace to open this learning to the world. Over his thirty-year reign, the Emperor confiscated and bought a lot of books, including from the West, to make the library a truly national one in scope. With the Russo-Chinese War (1893-9) and the conquest of the Qing remnant in Mongolia and Manchuria, Lee Cheng-chang transported a lot of its manuscripts to Nanjing, where they were kept in the Imperial Library. When, in 1901, Marshal Lee overthrew the Bai dynasty and declared himself president of the new United Provinces of China (Heads of China > 1901-1926 Lee Cheng-chang (Tsuyu-Tungi-Tang) †), he renamed the Library to emphasize its republicanism, and he formally renovated it to make his mark over his twenty-five year long dictatorship, enshrining the Library in its state today. ↩
- During the Liberty and Union War (1868-76), New York City supported the Richmondite government while the rest of New York State supported the Constitutionalist cause. During the Battle of New York that ensued as a result, Richmondites torched gasworks and distilleries, causing massive destruction and a Great Fire despite their defeat. Postwar reconstruction included creating a library worthy of the city, and with endowments and donations it rapidly grew into the premier library of the Americas and, effectively, the national library of the United States of America. ↩
- In the wake of the Punjabi Revolution, the new republic believed the creation of a national library to be a necessary aspect of republican ideology, and thus created one in Lahore on the model of the Bibliothèque Nationale, to the extent of naming it a Punjabization of the word. Its endowment and size expanded rapidly following Prem Nath Kaul's military coup in 1890, as he deposited manuscripts seized from his conquests of the hill kingdoms into it and made it the lynchpin of a national library network as a symbol of the active state. Every regime and administration since has attempted to make their own mark on the system and its central building, if nothing else to plaster their name on it. ↩
- The International Library was a product of the French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5). The war, and the rise of bombing runs in this era, came with it a peace movement, and within this movement was a French author, Paul Otlet. To democratize knowledge and spread it across borders, he wanted to establish an institution he called the "Mundaneum", that would consolidate the knowledge of humanity and allow it to be transmitted across the world. Successfully campaigning for its inclusion under the Charter for an International Forum, this new institution gathered knowledge of all types - not just books, but also newspapers, magazines, and tabledisks - and sought to link them together. Despite success with using the index card to this end, with the rising Analyzers technology, he sought to use one - the Grand Analyzer of Aix-la-Chappelle - to organize and index this new data, copied in the form of microfilm. Additionally, the International Forum established several branches of the library around the world, with exact replication of its data across them. Most famously, it distilled this data into several encyclopedias, which it transmitted to universities and libraries all across the world for the diffusion of language. With the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the Aix-la-Chapelle branch was entirely destroyed - however, its microfilm collection, transported to the countryside with the dawn of the war, survived intact, as did replicas of its records in its other branches. With that, the mother branch of the International Library got reconstructed and expanded, and postwar it continued its existing task of consolidating and archiving the information of humanity. ↩
- The Library of Alexandria had, before its fall, contained six microfilm duplicate copies of all its documents. Prior to its fall, these duplicates were all taken to France. While one of them was incorporated into the Bibliothèque Nationale, the other five were instead gifted to various republics as symbols of revolutionary values. Among them was the United States. Despite talk of incorporating them into the Smithsonian collection, they were instead shifted into their own institution in Alexandria, Anacostia state. Since then, this New Library of Alexandria has bloomed into a colossal institution with a special focus on numerized data and an early adopter of analyzer technology. ↩
- This library has its origins among the Habsburg emperors' collection from medieval times. It gradually expanded over time and incorporated a great number of books from across the Habsburg lands and Germany itself. With the unification of Germany under Habsburg leadership in 1884, it expanded even further as it served as a library of deposit, and despite the Hungarian War of Independence it retained its Hungarian collection. During the French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), the Hofburg faced attack from long-range Véronique missiles, destroying part of the library. Postwar, with the Heads of Germany > *1943-1949 Interregnum*, the library was separated from national authority, and with the Perpetual Capitulation of 1949 and election of a Wettin to the throne, this was made permanent. In an act of magnanimity, the Head of the House of Habsburg - reduced to Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia - opened the library to the whole nation and moved out of the Hofburg to make room for more books. It has maintained being Germany's premiere collection as a result. ↩
- In the nineteenth century, Egypt fell under French influence, although formally it continued to be ruled by its weak sultan. In this environment, a number of French businessmen seeking to "revive" the days of old founded what they intended to be a distant successor to the Library of Alexandria. As a repository of important documents to the French colonial empire, it grew rapidly. However, then came the Egyptian Revolution (1948-52), and France was too busy rebuilding after French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41) to secure its colonial interests. The Library became important to the Egyptian war effort as a symbol of French influence, and its administrators wanting to preserve it surrendered it without a shot. It was thence re-founded as a national library and object of much pride. ↩
- With the restoration of Chhatrapati Shahu III to real power over his hereditary prime minister in 1891, he committed himself to reform to secure his power. With the assistance of a consultative assembly, he moved against Brahmins by making reservations in administration and universities for non-Brahmins, and he formally nationalized all Hindu temples in Maharashtra, to be run from the hands of his appointees. As part of this grand takeover, he gathered a great many manuscripts, a personal collection for him and his favorites. This status quo continued for most of his reign, until British Wars > Hindustani War of Independence (1936-9) saw Maharashtra end its alliance with the British and the rise of a pro-democracy movement, and the grisly fate of many Hindustani aristocrats showed Shahu what would happen if he did nothing. When he finally accepted ministerial responsibility in 1945, his new diwan sought to make this great library available for the people. Eventually, after much negotiation, it was made a public library, but with the Hindu character of most manuscripts, it was a temple library and formally endowed under the goddess of knowledge. Despite talk of secularizing this collection as part of some mooted separation of religion and state, there is little chance of this, and the Mahapustakalaya has since become a site of some pilgrimage. ↩
- [^12]: Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the city had a chance to be rebuilt almost from scratch - and with it being the economic and cultural center of Buenaventura, it had the resources too. Taking cues from New York, it was now to have a vast library at its very core, and it opened to much fanfare early in reconstruction, and it was swiftly endowed with nationalism by being named after the first General Director of Buenaventura. Its empty grandeur was gradually filled as its librarians acquired vast collections, many of them from across the Pacific, becoming the greatest library of the West Coast. ↩
- Endowed under the fortune of James Smithson, further enhanced by a number of effective stock market bets, the Smithsonian in short succession became one of the United States' greatest institution. For much of this, it only had a working library, but this changed following the Liberty and Union War (1868-76), as the Smithsonian became the center of the National University of the United States of America. Its library grew with it as a result. ↩
- [^15]: The Lunar Society was a historic eighteenth century scientific society in Birmingham, which mostly collapsed in the wake of the royalist Priestley Riots of 1791. After the British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9) in 1827 and Dissenter emancipation, it saw a revival, and in 1849 it became the core of the University of Birmingham, one of many land-grant universities endowed with former Crown land. Its library later became the seed of the new university's own library. ↩
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Largest empires in human history
| Rank | Empire | Year | Size (million km^2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Empire | 1890 | 25.7 |
| 2 | Mongol Empire | 1270 | 24.0 |
| 3 | British Empire | 1935 | 20.4 |
| 4 | Qing dynasty | 1790 | 14.7 |
| 5 | Spanish Empire | 1800 | 13.7 |