Trois-Rivières is the regional capital and ninth largest city in Quebec with a population of 142,598. Its prosperity has long been based on the manufacturing and paper industry, which experienced a crisis in the 1990s.
Longueuil is the most urbanized area in the southern suburbs of Montreal, with a population of 252,000.
Located on the banks of the Niger River, Ségou is the capital of the ancient Bambara Kingdom.
Ramallah, located in the Palestinian West Bank, is an open and plural city that hosts citizens from all over Palestine with different backgrounds.
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and has a population of 3 million comprised of different ethnic groups, with 60% of the population under 25 years old. It is a cosmopolitan crossroads city.
Dakar is the capital of Senegal, and is a place that brings together modernity and tradition. It is full of museums, historical monuments, and a number of natural and cultural sites, including Gorée, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Brussels is both the Belgian capital and one of the top European cities. Indeed, according to the IOM, it is the second-most cosmopolitan city in the world.
Yopougon was established in the 1970s in order to manage the urban sprawl of Abidjan, the country’s economic capital.
Vaudreuil-Dorion is located near Montreal and has a population of 43,000, but it is estimated that nearly 20,000 new citizens will move there by 2031.
With a population of 36,220, Esch-sur-Alzette is the second largest city in Luxembourg, despite having undergone an industrial decline.