The tables show the populations of eight capital and eight provincial cities in 1999. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables indicate the populations of eight capital and eight provincial

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in 1999. They can be grouped into Asian and Western

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. In Asian

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, provincial

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ranged from 125,000 for Siem Reap to 1,700,000 for Kobe, and capital

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ranged from 4,500,000 for Phnom Penh to 16,000,000 for Tokyo.

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, the population of Tokyo was the highest, and Siem Reap was the lowest. In Western

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, provincial

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ranged from 2,300,000 for Marseilles to 3,900,000 for Sheffield, and capital

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ranged from 5,500,000 for Paris to 9,000,000 for Washington.

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, the population of Washington was the highest, and Marseilles was the lowest.

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, populations were higher in nearly all Asian capital

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than in Western capital

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, Bangkok and Berlin populated 10,700,000 and 7,000,000 respectively,

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, Paris and Phnom Penh populated 5,500,000 and 4,500,000.