Provinces
From The Tower of Babel
As a result of extreme weather events and sea level rise, life along lowland seacoasts became impossible. Increasingly around the globe, people began moving inland and gathering in established areas. With the dominance of megacorporations over traditional governments and with advancements in large-scale 3D printing, the most highly populated cities expanded rapidly into megacities. By the early 22nd century, most of the world population had relocated itself to 66 megacities, known as Provinces.
| City | Continent | Elevation (meters) | Population (2150) | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addis Ababa | style='text-align:right;' | 2,355 m | style='text-align:right;' | 26,200,000 | Located on plateau with rivers | |||
| Almaty | style='text-align:right;' | 689 m | style='text-align:right;' | 28,400,000 | Located near rivers and lakes, mountainous region | |||
| Amsterdam | style='text-align:right;' | 14 m | style='text-align:right;' | 19,500,000 | Complex canal system | |||
| Ankara | style='text-align:right;' | 871 m | style='text-align:right;' | 27,200,000 | Located on central Anatolian plateau with water sources | |||
| Atlanta | style='text-align:right;' | 229 m | style='text-align:right;' | 13,000,000 | Located on Chattahoochee River | |||
| Bamako | style='text-align:right;' | 340 m | style='text-align:right;' | 25,700,000 | Located on Niger River | |||
| Bangui | style='text-align:right;' | 365 m | style='text-align:right;' | 13,800,000 | Located on northern bank of Ubangi River | |||
| Beijing | style='text-align:right;' | 51 m | style='text-align:right;' | 35,000,000 | Located near rivers and reservoirs, roughly 100 miles from ocean | |||
| Bogotá | style='text-align:right;' | 2,640 m | style='text-align:right;' | 27,700,000 | Located on Bogotá River and surrounded by multiple rivers flowing from Eastern Cordillera | |||
| Boston | style='text-align:right;' | 6 m | style='text-align:right;' | 12,300,000 | Located on Boston Harbor with multiple rivers | |||
| Brasília | style='text-align:right;' | 1,060 m | style='text-align:right;' | 26,300,000 | Located on central plateau with river systems | |||
| Bratsk | style='text-align:right;' | 416 m | style='text-align:right;' | 19,400,000 | Located on Angara River near vast Bratsk Reservoir | |||
| Budapest | style='text-align:right;' | 110 m | style='text-align:right;' | 28,900,000 | Located on Danube River | |||
| Buenos Aires | style='text-align:right;' | 25 m | style='text-align:right;' | 36,700,000 | Located on Rio de la Plata | |||
| Cairo | style='text-align:right;' | 23 m | style='text-align:right;' | 34,300,000 | Located on Nile River | |||
| Chengdu | style='text-align:right;' | 499 m | style='text-align:right;' | 35,300,000 | Located on Chengdu Plain with river systems | |||
| Chennai | style='text-align:right;' | 11 m | style='text-align:right;' | 32,800,000 | Located on Bay of Bengal coast | |||
| Chicago | style='text-align:right;' | 181 m | style='text-align:right;' | 26,300,000 | Located on Lake Michigan (Great Lakes system) | |||
| Columbus | style='text-align:right;' | 232 m | style='text-align:right;' | 19,000,000 | Located on Scioto and Olentangy Rivers | |||
| Copenhagen | style='text-align:right;' | 13 m | style='text-align:right;' | 12,000,000 | Located on coastal waterways | |||
| Delhi | style='text-align:right;' | 280 m | style='text-align:right;' | 35,400,000 | Located on Yamuna River (Ganges tributary) | |||
| Detroit | style='text-align:right;' | 175 m | style='text-align:right;' | 12,900,000 | Located on Detroit River connecting Lakes Huron and Erie | |||
| Fez | style='text-align:right;' | 300 m | style='text-align:right;' | 21,700,000 | Located on Fez River, a tributary of Sebou River, biggest river system in Morocco | |||
| Hamburg | style='text-align:right;' | 8 m | style='text-align:right;' | 27,800,000 | Located on Elbe River | |||
| Harare | style='text-align:right;' | 1,483 m | style='text-align:right;' | 29,200,000 | Located on plateau with rivers | |||
| Helsinki | style='text-align:right;' | 13 m | style='text-align:right;' | 18,600,000 | Located on Baltic Sea with lakes | |||
| Johannesburg | style='text-align:right;' | 1,753 m | style='text-align:right;' | 24,500,000 | Located on Witwatersrand (though limited freshwater) | |||
| Kampala | style='text-align:right;' | 1,189 m | style='text-align:right;' | 23,200,000 | Located near Lake Victoria with rivers | |||
| Khartoum | style='text-align:right;' | 390 m | style='text-align:right;' | 26,400,000 | Located at confluence of Blue and White Nile Rivers | |||
| Kiev | style='text-align:right;' | 178 m | style='text-align:right;' | 29,700,000 | Located on Dnieper River | |||
| Kinshasa | style='text-align:right;' | 300 m | style='text-align:right;' | 36,800,000 | Located on Congo River (one of world's largest rivers) | |||
| Kolkata | style='text-align:right;' | 15 m | style='text-align:right;' | 31,000,000 | Located on Ganges Delta | |||
| London | style='text-align:right;' | 11 m | style='text-align:right;' | 22,100,000 | Located on Thames River | |||
| Louisville | style='text-align:right;' | 142 m | style='text-align:right;' | 15,000,000 | Located on Ohio River | |||
| Lusaka | style='text-align:right;' | 1,280 m | style='text-align:right;' | 24,900,000 | Located on plateau with rivers | |||
| Melbourne | style='text-align:right;' | 30 m | style='text-align:right;' | 22,000,000 | Located on Port Phillip Bay and Yarra River | |||
| Memphis | style='text-align:right;' | 103 m | style='text-align:right;' | 14,100,000 | Located on Mississippi River | |||
| Mexico City | style='text-align:right;' | 2,250 m | style='text-align:right;' | 24,400,000 | Located in Valley of Mexico with Lerma River system nearby | |||
| Minneapolis | style='text-align:right;' | 253 m | style='text-align:right;' | 16,600,000 | Located on Mississippi River and Chain of Lakes | |||
| Moscow | style='text-align:right;' | 151 m | style='text-align:right;' | 35,000,000 | Located on Moskva River (tributary of Volga system) | |||
| Mumbai | style='text-align:right;' | 6 m | style='text-align:right;' | 36,100,000 | Located on Arabian Sea coast | |||
| Nairobi | style='text-align:right;' | 1,795 m | style='text-align:right;' | 25,000,000 | Located on Nairobi River (place of cool waters) | |||
| Nashville | style='text-align:right;' | 182 m | style='text-align:right;' | 11,300,000 | Located on Cumberland River | |||
| Omsk | style='text-align:right;' | 86 m | style='text-align:right;' | 25,800,000 | Located at its junction of Irtysh and Om Rivers | |||
| Ottawa | style='text-align:right;' | 71 m | style='text-align:right;' | 24,800,000 | Located on Ottawa River | |||
| Philadelphia | style='text-align:right;' | 12 m | style='text-align:right;' | 27,900,000 | Located on Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers | |||
| Pittsburgh | style='text-align:right;' | 373 m | style='text-align:right;' | 17,000,000 | Located at confluence of three rivers | |||
| Prague | style='text-align:right;' | 190 m | style='text-align:right;' | 27,200,000 | Located on Vltava River | |||
| Reykjavik | style='text-align:right;' | 0 m | style='text-align:right;' | 19,900,000 | No major rivers | |||
| Richmond | style='text-align:right;' | 46 m | style='text-align:right;' | 12,300,000 | Located on James River | |||
| Rome (Vatican City) | style='text-align:right;' | 21 m | style='text-align:right;' | 25,600,000 | Located on Tiber River | |||
| San Francisco | style='text-align:right;' | 16 m | style='text-align:right;' | 17,300,000 | Located on San Francisco Bay | |||
| São Paulo | style='text-align:right;' | 710 m | style='text-align:right;' | 38,800,000 | Located on plateau with river systems (though closer to coast than ideal) | |||
| Seattle | style='text-align:right;' | 10 m | style='text-align:right;' | 13,600,000 | Located on Puget Sound with rivers and lakes | |||
| Shanghai | style='text-align:right;' | 4 m | style='text-align:right;' | 36,500,000 | Located on Yangtze River Delta | |||
| St. Louis | style='text-align:right;' | 142 m | style='text-align:right;' | 14,100,000 | Located on Mississippi River | |||
| Stockholm | style='text-align:right;' | 13 m | style='text-align:right;' | 27,300,000 | Located on archipelago with extensive waterways | |||
| Sydney | style='text-align:right;' | 6 m | style='text-align:right;' | 24,100,000 | Located on harbor with rivers | |||
| Tokyo | style='text-align:right;' | 40 m | style='text-align:right;' | 36,100,000 | Located on Tokyo Bay with rivers | |||
| Toronto | style='text-align:right;' | 90 m | style='text-align:right;' | 29,600,000 | Located on Lake Ontario (Great Lakes system) | |||
| Tsilgehtchic | style='text-align:right;' | 150 m | style='text-align:right;' | 9,400,000 | Located at confluence of Mackenzie and Arctic Red Rivers | |||
| Warsaw | style='text-align:right;' | 108 m | style='text-align:right;' | 30,000,000 | Located on Vistula River | |||
| Wuhan | style='text-align:right;' | 35 m | style='text-align:right;' | 31,200,000 | Located at confluence of Yangtze and Han Rivers | |||
| Xi'an | style='text-align:right;' | 411 m | style='text-align:right;' | 33,500,000 | Located on Wei River (Yellow River tributary) | |||
| Yakutsk | style='text-align:right;' | 100 m | style='text-align:right;' | 15,800,000 | Located on Lena River | |||
| Yellowknife | style='text-align:right;' | 200 m | style='text-align:right;' | 10,000,000 | Located near Yellowknife River but on Great Slave Lake |
