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Cities listed in alphabetical order M to R
The tables list cities in alphabetical order. They provide city and metro population date. The column ‘mayor’ names the men and women who are carry out political and executive functions. They include elected and appointed mayors, city governors and executive city council leaders. Capital letters denote national capital cities.The research was carried out in late 2009 and early 2010. For the population data City Mayors consulted numerous national and international sources and in cases of large statistical inconsistencies elected to publish cautious averages. Readers and scholars are invited to inform of any discrepancies and/or provide missing facts and figures. The data is updated monthly. Please insert ‘Largest cities 2010’ in the subject line of any email.
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TABLES:
By size of cities: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 600 |
City by city: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Country by country: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Comments
Largest cities and their mayors in 2010 (M to R)
NB Metro population figures for China are often those of their prefectures; n/r = not ranked
|
World rank
|
City
|
Country
|
City
population |
Metro
population |
Mayor
|
|
n/r
|
MacAllen | USA |
110,000
|
1,058,000
|
|
|
437
|
Maceio | Brazil |
922,000
|
1,100,000
|
José Cícero Soares de Almeida |
|
152
|
Macheng | China |
1,880,000
|
|
|
|
73
|
MADRID | Spain |
3,213,000
|
5,300,000
|
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón |
|
355
|
Madurai | India |
1,130,000
|
|
Thenmozhi Gopinathan |
|
n/r
|
Magdeburg | Germany |
230,000
|
|
Lutz Trümper |
|
324
|
Maiduguri | Nigeria |
1,200,000
|
1,200,000
|
|
|
360
|
Makasar | Indonesia |
1,113,000
|
|
Ilham Arief Sirajuddin |
|
n/r
|
Malaga | Spain |
568,305
|
825,000
|
Francisoc de la Torre |
|
523
|
Malang | Indonesia |
742,000
|
921,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
Malmo | Sweden |
244,000
|
1,340,000
|
Ilmar Reepalu |
|
332
|
MANAGUA | Nicaragua |
1,185,000
|
1,342,000
|
Daisy Torres |
|
173
|
Manaus | Brazil |
1,739,000
|
1,924,000
|
Amazonino Mendes |
|
n/r
|
Manchester | UK |
464,000
|
2,240,230
|
Mavis Smitheman |
|
425
|
Mandalay | Myanmar (Burma) |
961,000
|
1,300,000
|
Phone Zaw Han |
|
7
|
MANILA METRO | Philippines |
11,550,000
|
13,503,000
|
Alfredo S Lim |
|
n/r
|
Mannheim | Germany |
311,000
|
1,456,000
|
Peter Kurz |
|
313
|
MAPUTO | Mozambique |
1,244,000
|
1,640,000
|
David Simango |
|
164
|
Maracaibo | Venezuela |
1,799,000
|
1,868,000
|
Daniel Ponne |
|
n/r
|
Maracay | Venezuela |
479,000
|
1,125,000
|
Humberto Prieto |
|
380
|
Marrakech | Morocco |
1,071,000
|
|
|
|
464
|
Marseille | France |
852,000
|
1,605,000
|
Jean-Claude Gaudin |
|
81
|
Mashhad | Iran |
2,910,000
|
3,000,000
|
Mohammad Pejman |
|
511
|
Masqat-Matrah | Oman |
776,000
|
776,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
Matamoros | Mexico |
370,000
|
780,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
Mataram | Indonesia |
330,000
|
1,081,000
|
|
|
444
|
Mbuji-Mayi | Congo D.R. |
905,000
|
1,054,000
|
|
|
177
|
Mecca | Saudi Arabia |
1,700,000
|
2,500,000
|
Osama Al-Bar |
|
141
|
Medan | Indonesia |
1,990,000
|
2,390,000
|
|
|
128
|
Medellin | Colombia |
2,223,000
|
3,312,000
|
Alonso Salazar Jaramillo |
|
291
|
Medina | Saudi Arabia |
1,300,000
|
1,300,000
|
Abdulaziz Bin Majid |
|
306
|
Meerut | India |
1,277,000
|
|
|
|
61
|
Melbourne | Australia |
3,635,000
|
|
Robert Doyle |
|
555
|
Memphis | USA |
670,000
|
1,281,000
|
AC Wharton |
|
n/r
|
Mendoza | Argentina |
113,000
|
849,000
|
Víctor Fayad |
|
525
|
Merida | Mexico |
734,000
|
890,000
|
César Bojórquez Zapata |
|
411
|
Mexicali | Mexico |
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
14
|
MEXICO CITY | Mexico |
8,841,000
|
21,163,000
|
Marcelo Ebrard |
|
n/r
|
Miami | USA |
386,000
|
5,413,000
|
Tomás Regalado |
|
292
|
Mianyang | China |
1,300,000
|
5,200,000
|
|
|
289
|
Milan | Italy |
1,302,000
|
4,051,000
|
Letizia Moratti |
|
569
|
Milwaukee | USA |
604,000
|
1,740,000
|
Tom Barrett |
|
n/r
|
Minneapolis | USA |
392,000
|
3,503,000
|
R T Rybak |
|
155
|
MINSK | Belarus |
1,831,000
|
|
Mikhail Pavlov |
|
370
|
Mirat | India |
1,095,000
|
1,095,000
|
|
|
218
|
MOGADISHU | Somalia |
1,500,000
|
2,500,000
|
Abdullahi Hassan Barise |
|
458
|
Mombasa | Kenia |
880,000
|
|
Ahmed Abubakar Mohdhar |
|
594
|
MONROVIA | Liberia |
543,000
|
1,010,000
|
Ophelia Hoff Saytumah |
|
137
|
Monterrey | Mexico |
2,057,000
|
3,650,000
|
Fernando Larrazabal |
|
285
|
MONTEVIDEO | Uruguay |
1,326,000
|
1,723,000
|
Ricardo Erlich |
|
n/r
|
Montpellier | France |
252,000
|
|
Hélène Mandroux-Colas |
|
189
|
Montreal | Canada |
1,621,000
|
3,636,000
|
Gérald Tremblay |
|
10
|
MOSCOW | Russia |
10,524,000
|
14,800,000
|
Yury Luzhkov |
|
348
|
Mosul | Iraq |
1,139,000
|
1,139,000
|
|
|
402
|
Mudanjiang | China |
1,014,000
|
2,707,000
|
|
|
243
|
Multan | Pakistan |
1,424,000
|
1,500,000
|
Mian Faisal Mukhtar |
|
3
|
Mumbai (Bombay) | India |
13,900,000
|
21,200,000
|
Shubha Raul |
|
271
|
Munich | Germany |
1,367,000
|
2,600,000
|
Christian Ude |
|
n/r
|
Münster | Germany |
274,000
|
|
Markus Lewe |
|
501
|
Mysore | India |
799,000
|
|
Purushotham |
|
125
|
Nagoya | Japan |
2,260,000
|
9,250,000
|
Takashi Kawamura |
|
117
|
Nagpur | India |
2,420,000
|
|
Archana Dehankar |
|
74
|
NAIROBI | Kenya |
3,130,000
|
3,300,000
|
Geoffrey Majiwa |
|
224
|
Nanan | China |
1,480,000
|
|
|
|
154
|
Nanchang | China |
1,844,000
|
3.790,000
|
Hu Xian |
|
144
|
Nanchong | China |
1,950,000
|
7,300,000
|
Liu Hongjian |
|
51
|
Nanjing | China |
4,150,000
|
7,600,000
|
Ji Jianye |
|
115
|
Nanning | China |
2,450,000
|
6,480,000
|
|
|
n/r
|
Nantes | France |
283,000
|
804,000
|
Jean-Marc Ayrault |
|
500
|
Nanyang | China |
800,000
|
10,700,000
|
Huang Xingwei |
|
423
|
Naples | Italy |
963,000
|
3,000,000
|
Rosa Russo Jervolino |
|
190
|
Nashik | India |
1,620,000
|
|
Naina Gholap |
|
565
|
Nashville | USA |
626,000
|
1,633,000
|
Karl Dean |
|
503
|
Natal | Brazil |
790,000
|
1,100,000
|
|
|
478
|
Naucalpan | Mexico |
822,000
|
835,000
|
Azucena Olivares Villagómez |
|
201
|
Neijiang | China |
1,560,000
|
|
|
|
n/r
|
New Orleans | USA |
488,000
|
1,350,000
|
Mitch Landrieu |
|
17
|
New York City | USA |
8,364,000
|
20,090,000
|
Michael Bloomberg |
|
n/r
|
Newcastle upon Tyne | UK |
234,000
|
800,000
|
|
|
346
|
Nezahualcoyotl | Mexico |
1,141,000
|
1,150,000
|
Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez |
|
n/r
|
Nice | France |
347,000
|
943,000
|
Christian Estrosi |
|
486
|
Niigata | Japan |
812,000
|
|
Akira Shinoda |
|
130
|
Ningbo | China |
2,201,000
|
5,600,000
|
Mao Guanglie |
|
304
|
Nizhniy Novgorod | Russia |
1,280,000
|
1,900,000
|
Vadim Bulavinov |
|
466
|
Norfolk | USA |
850,000
|
1,616,000
|
|
|
469
|
Nova Iguacu | Brazil |
846,000
|
959,000
|
Lindberg Farias |
|
258
|
Novosibirsk | Russia |
1,396,000
|
1,429,000
|
Vladimir Gorodetsky |
|
n/r
|
Nuremberg | Germany |
504,000
|
1,008,000
|
Ulrich Maly |
|
n/r
|
Oberhausen | Germany |
216,000
|
|
Klaus Wehling |
|
377
|
Odessa | Ukraine |
1,080,000
|
1,200,000
|
Eduard Gurwits |
|
527
|
Ogbomosho | Nigeria |
726,000
|
985,000
|
|
|
539
|
Okayama | Japan |
700,000
|
1,250,000
|
Shigeo Takaya |
|
588
|
Oklahoma City | USA |
551,000
|
1,276,000
|
Mick Cornett |
|
118
|
Omdurman | Sudan |
2,400,000
|
|
|
|
350
|
Omsk | Russia |
1,137,000
|
1,145,000
|
Viktor Shreyder |
|
n/r
|
Onitsha | Nigeria |
509,000
|
1,001,000
|
|
|
547
|
Oran | Algeria |
683,000
|
772,000
|
Saddek Benkada |
|
n/r
|
Orlando | USA |
231,000
|
2,055,000
|
Buddy Dyer |
|
95
|
Osaka | Japan |
2,647,000
|
17,590,000
|
Kunio Hiramatsu |
|
n/r
|
Oshogbo | Nigeria |
421,000
|
1,309,000
|
|
|
575
|
OSLO | Norway |
584,000
|
876,000
|
Fabian Stang |
|
483
|
OTTAWA | Canada |
815,000
|
1,131,000
|
Larry O'Brien |
|
225
|
OUAGADOUGOU | Burkina Faso |
1,475,000
|
1,727,000
|
Simon Debruyne |
|
481
|
Padang | Indonesia |
820,000
|
900,000
|
Fauzi Bahar |
|
195
|
Palembang | Indonesia |
1,600,000
|
|
Eddy Santana Putra |
|
546
|
Palermo | Italy |
684,000
|
947,000
|
Diego Cammarata |
|
467
|
PANAMA CITY | Panama |
850,000
|
1,220,000
|
Bosco Vallarino |
|
n/r
|
Panzhihua | China |
478,000
|
771,000
|
|
|
133
|
PARIS | France |
2,113,000
|
11,769,000
|
Bertrand Delanoë |
|
160
|
Patna | India |
1,800,000
|
2,500,000
|
GhanShyam Kumar |
|
404
|
Perm | Russia |
1,010,000
|
1,200,000
|
Igor Shubin |
|
193
|
Perth | Australia |
1,603,000
|
|
Lisa Scaffidi |
|
367
|
Peshawar | Pakistan |
1,100,000
|
3,100,000
|
Muhammad Umar Khan |
|
205
|
Philadelphia | USA |
1,540,000
|
5,345,000
|
Michael Nutter |
|
314
|
PHNOM PENH | Cambodia |
1,242,000
|
2,001,000
|
Keb Chutema |
|
199
|
Phoenix | USA |
1,568,000
|
4,282,000
|
Phil Gordon |
|
325
|
Pikine-Guediawaye | Senegal |
1,200,000
|
|
|
|
213
|
Pimpri Chinchwad | India |
1,515,000
|
|
Yogesh Behl |
|
316
|
Pingdingshan | China |
1,230,000
|
5,200,000
|
Deng Yongjian |
|
281
|
Pingdu | China |
1,340,000
|
|
|
|
n/r
|
Pittsburgh | USA |
335,000
|
2,411,000
|
Luke Ravenstahl |
|
n/r
|
Pointe Noire | Congo Br |
527,000
|
789,000
|
|
|
471
|
Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
833,000
|
1,245,000
|
Nondumiso Maphasi |
|
94
|
Port Harcourt | Nigeria |
2,667,000
|
3,761,000
|
Azubuike Nmerukini |
|
376
|
PORT-AU-PRINCE | Haiti |
1,083,000
|
1,728,000
|
Jean Yves Jason |
|
596
|
Portland | USA |
542,000
|
2,255,000
|
Sam Adams |
|
n/r
|
Porto | Portugal |
263,000
|
1,210,000
|
Rui Rio |
|
273
|
Porto Alegre | Brazil |
1,355,000
|
3,646,000
|
José Fogaca |
|
315
|
PRAGUE | Czech Republic |
1,242,000
|
1,900,000
|
Pavel Bém |
|
150
|
Puebla | Mexico |
1,888,000
|
2,500,000
|
Blanca Alcala Ruiz |
|
71
|
Pune | India |
3,337,000
|
4,470,000
|
Mohansingh Rajpa |
|
72
|
PYONGYANG | North Korea |
3,255,000
|
3,400,000
|
|
|
330
|
Qianjiang | China |
1,190,000
|
|
|
|
342
|
Qidong | China |
1,160,000
|
|
|
|
88
|
Qingdao | China |
2,755,000
|
7,580,000
|
Xia Geng |
|
240
|
Qiqihaer | China |
1,439,000
|
6,011,000
|
|
|
393
|
Qom | Iran |
1,042,000
|
|
|
|
220
|
Quanzhou | China |
1,490,000
|
7,790,000
|
Zhu Ming |
|
n/r
|
Québec | Canada |
495,000
|
717,000
|
Régis Labeaume |
|
92
|
Quezon City | Philippines |
2,680,000
|
|
Feliciano Belmonte |
|
187
|
QUITO | Ecuador |
1,648,000
|
1,842,000
|
Augusto Barrera |
|
564
|
RABAT | Morocco |
627,000
|
1,790,000
|
Omar El Bahraoui |
|
283
|
Rajkot | India |
1,336,000
|
|
Sandhya Vyas |
|
n/r
|
Raleigh | USA |
393,000
|
1,691,000
|
Charles Meeker |
|
298
|
Ranchi | India |
1,290,000
|
|
|
|
202
|
Rawalpindi | Pakistan |
1,558,000
|
2,548,000
|
Raja Javed Ikhlas |
|
200
|
Recife | Brazil |
1,561,000
|
3,769,000
|
João da Costa Bezerra Filho |
|
n/r
|
Rennes | France |
206,000
|
|
Daniel Delaveau |
|
591
|
Ribeirao Preto | Brazil |
547,000
|
789,000
|
Dárcy Vera |
|
n/r
|
Richmond | USA |
200,000
|
1,213,000
|
Dwight Clinton Jones |
|
528
|
RIGA | Latvia |
725,000
|
878,000
|
Nils Usakovs |
|
31
|
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
6,093,000
|
14,387,000
|
Eduardo Paes |
|
40
|
RIYADH | Saudi Arabia |
4,950,000
|
5,855,000
|
Abdul Aziz ibn 'Ayyaf Al Migrin |
|
299
|
Rizhao | China |
1,290,000
|
|
Zhao Xiaowei |
|
n/r
|
Rochester | USA |
220,000
|
1,100,000
|
Robert Duffy |
|
90
|
ROME | Italy |
2,732,000
|
3,555,000
|
Gianni Alemanno |
|
343
|
Rosario | Argentina |
1,160,000
|
1,358,000
|
Miguel Lifschitz |
|
n/r
|
Rostock | Germany |
201,000
|
|
Roland Methling |
|
382
|
Rostov on Don | Russia |
1,068,000
|
1,250,000
|
Mikhail Chernyshyov |
|
572
|
Rotterdam | Netherlands |
590,000
|
1,187,000
|
Ahmed Aboutaleb |
|
232
|
Rugao | China |
1,453,000
|
|
|
|
311
|
Ruian | China |
1,250,000
|
|
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City Mayors, the international think tank on urban affairs, is seeking voting for the 2010 World Mayor Prize. The Prize, which has been awarded since 2004, honours mayors with the vision, passion and skills to make their cities incredible places to live in, work in and visit. The World Mayor Project aims to show what outstanding mayors can achieve and raise their profiles nationally and internationally.
The organisers of the World Mayor Project are looking for city leaders who excel in qualities like: leadership and vision, management abilities and integrity, social and economic awareness, ability to provide security and to protect the environment as well as the will and ability to foster good relations between communities from different cultural, racial and social backgrounds
Previous winners
and runner-ups:
In 2004: Winner: Edi Rama (Tirana); Runner-up: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico City}; In third place - Walter Veltroni (Rome)
In 2005: Winner – Dora Bakoyannis (Athens); Runner-up - Hazel McCallion (Mississauga); In third place - Alvaro Arzú (Guatemala City)
In 2006: Winner – John So (Melbourne); Runner up – Job Cohen (Amsterdam); In third place - Stephen Reed (Harrisburg)
In 2008: Winner – Helen Zille (Cape Town); Runner up - Elmar Ledergerber (Zurich); In third place - Leopoldo López (Chacao)