The suburban population more than tripled to some 1.5 million between 1940 and 1960, at a time when the city proper exceeded 3.3 million.

If anything, the city exceeded its reputation, but something bothered McCoy.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the city of Tunis exceeds 2,000,000 inhabitants.

It is in this decade that its growth was most spectacular, since the city exceeded 48,000 inhabitants in 1990.

The city, with a population exceeding two million inhabitants, houses many large national and international businesses.

He said the city had already exceeded this year's $10.1 million budget for snow removal by some $6 million.

In 1987 the city exceeded the standard on 86 days.

On some days, certain European cities exceed all the health safety limits.

Moreover, only in the last few years did the city exceed its peak population of 1960.

More than 100 major cities now exceed the maximum permissible smog levels at some point during the year.