- Lisbon, Portugal
14 Jan '20
“Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated
population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05
km2. Lisbon’s urban area extends beyond the city’s administrative limits with
a population of around 2.7 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban
area in the European Union. About 3 million people live in the Lisbon
metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the
Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona.”
- Bangkok, Thailand
6 Nov '18
“Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially
as Krung Thep, 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 10.539 million,
15.3 percent of the country’s population.”
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1 Nov '18
“Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and
colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the ceremonial,
legislative and judicial capital city of Malaysia. It is one of the fastest
growing cities in Asia and the largest city in Malaysia, covering an area of
243 km2 (94 sq mi) with an census population of 1,982,112.”
- Hanoi, Vietnam
29 Oct '18
“Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam. It covers an area of 3,359.82 km2
(1,297.2 sq mi). The second largest city in Vietnam, it consists of 12 urban
districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within
the Red River Delta, Hanoi is the cultural and political centre of Vietnam.”
- Seoul, South Korea
22 Oct '18
“Seoul, officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest
metropolis of South Korea. Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and
forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon
metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as
an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC),
Seoul was the world’s 4th largest metropolitan economy in 2014 after Tokyo,
New York City and Los Angeles.”
- Kyoto, Japan
17 Oct '18
“Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in
Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a
part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. The city
has a population of 1.45 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a
substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan
statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people.”