{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-largest-city-not-capital",
 "id": "geo-largest-city-not-capital",
 "title": "Big City vs. Capital Around the World",
 "category": "geography",
 "subject": "Geography",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Countries where the biggest or best-known city is not the capital.",
 "tags": [
  "capitals",
  "cities",
  "countries",
  "tricky"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Country",
 "backLabel": "Capital (and the big city people often guess)",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Australia",
   "Canberra, not Sydney or Melbourne"
  ],
  [
   "Brazil",
   "Brasília, not Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo"
  ],
  [
   "Canada",
   "Ottawa, not Toronto"
  ],
  [
   "Turkey (Türkiye)",
   "Ankara, not Istanbul"
  ],
  [
   "New Zealand",
   "Wellington, not Auckland"
  ],
  [
   "Switzerland",
   "Bern, not Zurich or Geneva"
  ],
  [
   "Nigeria",
   "Abuja, not Lagos"
  ],
  [
   "Tanzania",
   "Dodoma, not Dar es Salaam"
  ],
  [
   "Morocco",
   "Rabat, not Casablanca"
  ],
  [
   "India",
   "New Delhi, not Mumbai"
  ],
  [
   "Pakistan",
   "Islamabad, not Karachi"
  ],
  [
   "Vietnam",
   "Hanoi, not Ho Chi Minh City"
  ],
  [
   "Myanmar",
   "Naypyidaw, not Yangon"
  ],
  [
   "Kazakhstan",
   "Astana, not Almaty"
  ],
  [
   "Côte d'Ivoire",
   "Yamoussoukro, not Abidjan"
  ],
  [
   "Belize",
   "Belmopan, not Belize City"
  ],
  [
   "Benin",
   "Porto-Novo, not Cotonou"
  ],
  [
   "Bolivia",
   "Sucre is official, La Paz is the government seat; Santa Cruz is the largest city"
  ],
  [
   "Ecuador",
   "Quito, not Guayaquil"
  ],
  [
   "Sri Lanka",
   "Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, not Colombo"
  ],
  [
   "Israel",
   "Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is a famous large city"
  ],
  [
   "Netherlands",
   "Amsterdam, but the government sits in The Hague"
  ],
  [
   "South Africa",
   "Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein; Johannesburg is the biggest city"
  ],
  [
   "Malaysia",
   "Kuala Lumpur, but the government offices are in Putrajaya"
  ],
  [
   "Germany",
   "Berlin, not Bonn (the old West German capital)"
  ],
  [
   "United States",
   "Washington, D.C., not New York"
  ],
  [
   "Scotland",
   "Edinburgh, not Glasgow"
  ],
  [
   "Cameroon",
   "Yaoundé, not Douala"
  ],
  [
   "Mexico",
   "Mexico City, which is also the biggest city"
  ],
  [
   "Japan",
   "Tokyo, also the biggest city"
  ],
  [
   "France",
   "Paris, also the biggest city"
  ],
  [
   "Egypt",
   "Cairo, also the biggest city"
  ],
  [
   "Russia",
   "Moscow, also the biggest city"
  ]
 ]
}