These are the biggest cities in the world. Super populated cities with large areas. New York, Tokyo, Shanghai... Which one is the biggest?
-Tokyo
It was founded in the XV century under the name Edo and in 1868 it was converted in the capital of the country when the emperor left his reticence in Kyoto and established to this city, after this it was called Tokyo.
-New York
It was founded as a Dutch colony in 1624 and had the name of New Amsterdam, but after the English conquered them, they changed its name to New York.
The city was the United State’s capital until 1790. During the XIX and XX centuries, it received a lot of African migrants that left the southern places.
-Beijing
Its history comes from years ago, when it was named the Chinese capital during the Kublain Khan Kingdom, who was from Mongolia and decided to locate near that country. Also, Beijing was surrounded by big mountains, which made its defense easy. Its importance brought new residents and between the XV and XIX centuries
-Seoul
It has a Gross Domestic Product of 773 900 million dollars, one place behind Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles. According to the United Nations, the average life quality is superior to any big city like London and Melbourne.
-Shanghai
It’s the biggest Chinese urban area but, curiously, most of the people don’t speak mandarin but Shanghainese.
Its name means “upon the sea”, which is logic because it’s placed in the Yangtze river’s delta.
-Mumbai
In 1661, the English controlled the city and in the XIX century, they built roads that connected the islands with ground, converting Mumbai in a peninsula. Nowadays, 200 tongues are spoken on the street of this city.
-Sao Paulo
It was founded in 1554 by Jesuits and nowadays is considered as the most multiethnic city in Brazil. Between 1878 and 2010 it received more than 2.3 million immigrants, a lot of them were from Italy, reason why 60% of people from Sao Paulo has a close or distant family from this country.
-Jakarta
This city was the Indonesia’s capital and the most important on that country. In 1919 it was conquered by the Dutch who baptized it as Batavia and converted it in is colony’s capital, Dutch East Indies.
-Delhi
Most of the population speaks Hindi but also speaks English, this because the new government’s educational policy.
-Manila
It was an important open commerce dock until 1571, year where the Spanish took this city and forced it to only trade with Spain. Since then, it’s the main Philippines’ Catholic center and has the most Spanish speakers in the country.
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