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A4 Africa: Population of Major Cities (in thousands)

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  1. SOURCES: The major sources have been United Nations DemographicYearbook, early editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the national publications listed on pp. xvii–xix of the Introduction, and The Statesman’s Year Book. Additional information has come from M. Kennelly (ed.), L. Richard’s Comprehensive Geography of the Chinese Empire (Shanghai, 1907); Justin McCarthy (see footnote 2 below);

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Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. (2013). A4 Africa: Population of Major Cities (in thousands). In: International Historical Statistics. International Historical Statistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-30568-8_12

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