Cities That Are Instantly Identifiable With One Image

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Paris
The capital and most populous city of France, Paris is situated on the Seine River, in the north of the country, at the heart of the Île-de-France region. The city of Paris has a population of over two million inhabitants but its metropolitan area is one of the largest population centres in Europe, with more than twelve million inhabitants.

London
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. It is the most populous city in the United Kingdom with a metropolitan area of over 13 million inhabitants. Standing on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.

Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City which is often shortened to Salt Lake, or simply SLC, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Utah. With an estimated population of just under 200,000, the city lies in the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of well over one million.

Barcelona
Home to the La Sagrada Familia temple and one of the biggest football clubs in the world, Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia in Spain and the country’s second largest city. It is home to a population of 1.6 million residents with around four and a half million within its metropolitan area.

Chicago
Home of the Cloud Gate sculpture, Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States. With 2.7 million residents it is the most populous city in both the U.S. state of Illinois and the American Midwest. Its metropolitan area is home to 9.5 million people.

Vatican City
Vatican City, officially known as Vatican City State is a walled enclave within the city of Rome, with an area of approximately 44 hectares or 110 acres and a population of 842. It is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population.

Rio de Janeiro
Usually referred to as just “Rio”, it is famous for its beaches and the massive Christ the Redeemer stature. It is Brazil’s second largest city, the sixth largest city in the Americas and the world’s thirty-fifth largest city by population.

Moscow
Moscow is the capital city and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific centre in Russia and in Eastern Europe. It is the city with the world’s most billionaires in residence.

Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after Greater São Paulo in Brazil. Often referred to as the “Paris of South America”, Buenos Aires is home to about fifteen and a half million residents in it metropolitan area.

Dubai
Dubai is the most populous city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates, and the second largest emirate by territorial size after the capital, Abu Dhabi. Home to extravagance and many ‘world’s first’s and ‘world’s largest’s’, Dubai is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE.

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