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The goal: Find the most populated city in the world whose name is an anagram of the country it exists in (but not the exact same name of course, e.g. Singapore is a city in Singapore, Mexico City is a city in Mexico). Such a city exists, but no one knows it and we can be the first to find out. But how? We have to use Google, but Google what? That is for us to figure out. If you include the smallest of cities (or towns or villages or whatever you want to call them), there is no website that lists out all the cities of a given country, because there are a lot more cities in a country that you think. Because a country has soooooo many cities, I figured that I can just pick a country that seems like there could be many anagrams for it and just guess a city name. In my first few minutes of trying to answer my own question, I picked Iran. I guessed Rani to be a city, but Google turned up nothing. So no such city exists in Iran, otherwise it would exist in Google, right (if not, then it couldn't be the winning city anyway)? Then I guess Nari, and this is what Google turn up:


There are multiple matches for Nari in Iran, including villages in Urmia County and Fariman County:

  • Nari, Urmia
    A village in the Dul Rural District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province. In 2006, the population of Nari was 698 people, living in 141 families.

  • Nari, Razavi Khorasan
    A village in the Balaband Rural District of Fariman County, Razavi Khorasan Province. In 2006, the population of Nari was 379 people, living in 80 families.
So, the current winning city is Nari of Iran, with a population of 698 (last counted in 2006, so it might be 700 something today). Now obviously, there's got to be a bigger city than that. Anyone want to improve on my answer? My method is rather crude of course, so maybe you can think of a better Googling method? The last person to post in this thread with the highest population is the winner and gets eternal bragging rights. Oh, you will also get a free SP as a trophy (if you go to that city).
 
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ChatGPT is wrong:


Most populated city whose spelling is an anagram of it's country but not identical spelling.
ChatGPT said:

The most populated city whose spelling is an anagram of its country (but not identical) is Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
  • "Tokyo" and "Japan" share the same letters, but in different arrangements, making them an anagram of each other.
  • Tokyo is also one of the largest cities in the world by population.
This fits the criteria: a city name that is an anagram of its country's name, but not the same exact spelling.

Second try:

Most populated city whose spelling is an anagram of it's country but not the same name.
ChatGPT said:

The most populated city whose name is an anagram of its country's name, but not exactly the same, is Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
Here’s how it fits:
  • Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico.
  • The letters of "Mexico" can be rearranged to form "Mexico City" (with the word "City" added to make it distinct from the country name).
  • It is not the same as the country's name, as it includes the word "City" and is a distinct entity from "Mexico."
Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world, with a population of over 9 million in the city proper and around 22 million in the metropolitan area.


Besides, why ruin the brain exercise by getting AI to give you the (wrong) answer?
 
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