Data review

Nothing is filtered out of The Urban World. Every urban centre in GHS-WUP R2025A appears in the rankings, search, the directory and on the map, with the figures JRC published and their confidence beside them.

This page lists the centres that trip at least one diagnostic rule: low confidence, population jumps, tiny or barely built footprints, missing names. It is the working surface for deciding whether a curation rule is ever needed. How each rule is defined.

5,563 of 21,777 urban centres trip at least one rule.

Boundary under 5 km²

Country

1,855 centres flagged area under 5 km²· showing 1,801–1,855

Urban centre	Country	Exists	Population	Rules (epochs)
Pengshi	China	until 1985	31.7K	Low confidence 1975–1985 Area under 5 km² 1975–1985 Tiny footprint 1975–1985
Unnamed centre in Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2100	31.7K	Low confidence 2100 Area under 5 km² 2100 Unnamed 2100
Alanda	India	until 1980	31.7K	Area under 5 km² 1975–1980 Tiny footprint 1975–1980
Mahadipur	India	until 1975	31.7K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
Anju	China	until 1975	31.6K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
Gimja Bet	Ethiopia	until 1975	31.5K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
Buye-Tshibangu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2100	31.4K	Low confidence 2100 Area under 5 km² 2100 Tiny footprint 2100
Bilhaur	India	from 2025	31.4K	Area under 5 km² 2025–2100
Kibish	Ethiopia	from 2080	31.4K	Low confidence 2080–2100 Area under 5 km² 2080–2100 Tiny footprint 2080–2100
Unnamed centre near Mwene-Ditu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2100	31.3K	Low confidence 2100 Area under 5 km² 2100 Tiny footprint 2100 Unnamed 2100
Qiliping	China	until 1975	31.3K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
Ubundu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2025	31.3K	Low confidence 2090–2100 Area under 5 km² 2025–2030
Bayt `Adhaqah	Yemen	from 2030	31.3K	Low confidence 2030–2100 Built share under 1% 2030–2045 Area under 5 km² 2030–2065
Unnamed centre near Batī	Ethiopia	from 2080	31.2K	Low confidence 2080–2100 Area under 5 km² 2080–2100 Tiny footprint 2080–2100 Unnamed 2080–2100
Unnamed centre near Ch’ench’a	Ethiopia	from 2095	31.1K	Area under 5 km² 2095–2100 Tiny footprint 2095–2100 Unnamed 2095–2100
Tshimbadi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2080	31.1K	Low confidence 2080–2100 Area under 5 km² 2080–2100 Tiny footprint 2080–2100
Shekosh	Ethiopia	from 2030	31.1K	Low confidence 2030–2100 Area under 5 km² 2030–2100 Tiny footprint 2030–2100
Unnamed centre near Sangvi	India	from 2045	31.1K	Area under 5 km² 2045–2100 Tiny footprint 2045–2100 Unnamed 2045–2100
Camabatela	Angola	1985–2010	30.7K	Area under 5 km² 1985–2010 Tiny footprint 1985–2010
Unnamed centre near Kabkābīyah	Sudan	from 2055	30.7K	Low confidence 2055–2100 Area under 5 km² 2055–2090 Tiny footprint 2055–2100 Unnamed 2055–2100
Miisra	Somalia	from 2030	30.6K	Low confidence 2030–2100 Area under 5 km² 2030–2100 Tiny footprint 2030–2100
Odiama	Nigeria	from 2070	30.3K	Low confidence 2070–2100 Area under 5 km² 2070–2100 Tiny footprint 2070–2100
Zhenxi	China	until 1980	30.3K	Low confidence 1975–1980 Area under 5 km² 1975–1980 Tiny footprint 1975–1980
Kulithalai	India	2000–2015	30.1K	Area under 5 km² 2000–2015 Tiny footprint 2000–2015
Nandashan	China	until 1980	29.9K	Low confidence 1975–1980 Area under 5 km² 1975–1980 Tiny footprint 1975–1980
Unnamed centre in Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2100	29.7K	Low confidence 2100 Area under 5 km² 2100 Tiny footprint 2100 Unnamed 2100
Aranghata	India	until 1975	29.4K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
Kumba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2085	29.4K	Low confidence 2085–2100 Area under 5 km² 2085–2100 Tiny footprint 2085–2100
Unnamed centre near Mulongo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2080	29.3K	Low confidence 2080–2100 Area under 5 km² 2080–2085 Unnamed 2080–2100
Telalak	Ethiopia	from 2080	29.3K	Low confidence 2080–2100 Area under 5 km² 2080–2100 Tiny footprint 2080–2100
Elila	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2015–2015	29.3K	Area under 5 km² 2015 Tiny footprint 2015
Pirgacha	Bangladesh	until 1975	29.2K	Low confidence 1975 Built share under 1% 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
Rupadiya	India	2005–2015	29.2K	Area under 5 km² 2005–2015
Mahadaay	Somalia	from 2025	29.1K	Low confidence 2025–2100 Area under 5 km² 2025–2060
Unnamed centre in Ethiopia	Ethiopia	from 2090	29.0K	Low confidence 2090–2100 Area under 5 km² 2090–2100 Tiny footprint 2090–2100 Unnamed 2090–2100
Unnamed centre in Afghanistan	Afghanistan	from 2015	28.9K	Low confidence 2015–2100 Population jump 2030 Built share under 1% 2015–2090 Area under 5 km² 2015–2025 Small and dense in 2025 2025 Unnamed 2015–2100
Sali	Tanzania	from 2100	28.8K	Low confidence 2100 Area under 5 km² 2100 Tiny footprint 2100
Unnamed centre in Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2065	28.7K	Low confidence 2065–2100 Area under 5 km² 2065–2100 Tiny footprint 2065–2100 Unnamed 2065–2100
Kalchini	India	1980–1990	28.5K	Low confidence 1980–1990 Built share under 1% 1980 Area under 5 km² 1980–1990 Tiny footprint 1980–1990
Dhayo	Somalia	from 2065	28.5K	Low confidence 2065–2100 Population jump 2070 Area under 5 km² 2065
Unnamed centre near Ramu	Kenya	from 2045	28.3K	Low confidence 2045–2100 Area under 5 km² 2045–2100 Tiny footprint 2045–2100 Unnamed 2045–2100
Kavula-Kifutu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2080	28.3K	Low confidence 2080–2100 Area under 5 km² 2080–2100 Tiny footprint 2080–2100
Mahadaay	Somalia	2015–2015	28.2K	Low confidence 2015 Area under 5 km² 2015 Tiny footprint 2015
Sahabad	India	until 1980	28.1K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975–1980 Tiny footprint 1975–1980
Shinia-Deh	Afghanistan	until 1980	28.1K	Low confidence 1975–1980 Built share under 1% 1975–1980 Area under 5 km² 1975–1980 Tiny footprint 1975–1980
Al Mahwit	Yemen	from 2040	27.3K	Low confidence 2040–2065 Area under 5 km² 2040–2065
Luekeshi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2070	27.2K	Low confidence 2070–2100 Area under 5 km² 2070–2100 Tiny footprint 2070–2100
Unnamed centre in Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2085	27.0K	Low confidence 2085–2100 Area under 5 km² 2085–2100 Tiny footprint 2085–2100 Unnamed 2085–2100
Unnamed centre near Kesabpur	Bangladesh	until 1975	26.8K	Low confidence 1975 Built share under 1% 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975 Unnamed 1975
Unnamed centre near Malemba-Nkulu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	from 2065	26.0K	Low confidence 2065–2100 Population jump 2085, 2100 Area under 5 km² 2065–2080 Tiny footprint 2065–2100 Unnamed 2065–2100
Kakrāla	India	2005–2015	25.9K	Area under 5 km² 2005–2015 Tiny footprint 2005–2015 Unnamed 2005–2015
Banqiaoji	China	until 1975	25.4K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
انجم آباد	Iran	1980–1995	24.2K	Low confidence 1980–1995 Area under 5 km² 1980–1995 Tiny footprint 1980–1995
Mayang	China	until 1975	24.0K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975
磨盘州社区	China	until 1975	20.2K	Low confidence 1975 Area under 5 km² 1975 Tiny footprint 1975