Question: Which city has a larger population Laizhou or Qidong, Jiangsu? 

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Câmara de Lobos: Câmara de Lobos (] ; literally, Portuguese: "chamber of the sealions" ) is a municipality, parish and town in the south-central coast of the island of Madeira.  Technically a suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger population centres and an extension of the Funchal economy.

Qidong County, Hunan: Qidong County () is a county and the 8th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Hengyang City.  Located in the central south of Hunan Province, the county is bordered to the north by Hengyang and Shaodong Counties, to the west by Shaoyang and Dong'an Counties, to the south by Lengshuitan District of Yongzhou, Qiyang County, to the east by Changning City and Hengnan County.  Qidong County covers 1,872 km2 , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,067,000.  The county has 4 subdistricts, 17 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Hongqiao Subdistrict (洪桥街道).

Qidong protest: The Qidong protest was an environmental protest against a proposed waste water pipeline in the Chinese city of Qidong, Jiangsu province.  The protest took place on 28 July 2012.  The pipeline, which would have dumped industrial waste water into the sea, was to be part of a paper factory owned jointly by Japan's Oji Paper Company.  Thousands of citizens took to the streets demanding the cancellation of the project, citing environmental concerns.  An estimated 1,000 protesters stormed government offices, overturning vehicles, and forcing the city's mayor to strip off his shirt and instead wear a T-shirt with protest messages.  Protests ended after the government promised to permanently suspend the project.

Laizhou: Laizhou, formerly romanized as Laichow, is a county-level city in Yantai Prefecture, Shandong Province, China.  As of 2008, Laizhou had a population of 902,000, out of which 188,000 are urban residents.

Shia Muslims in the Arab world: Islam is historically divided into two major sects, Sunni and Shia Islam, each with its own sub-sects.  Large numbers of Shia Arab Muslims live in some Arab countries including Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, and Qatar.  Shia Muslims are a numerical majority in Iraq and Bahrain.  Approximately half of the population in Yemen are Shia Muslims.  Exactly half of Muslims in Lebanon are Shia Muslims.  There is also a very large population of Shia Muslims living in the Arab Persian Gulf countries especially in Saudi Arabia.  Approximately the whole population of East Saudi Arabia, the Eastern Province are Shia Muslims.  Although government statistics claim that roughly only 20-40% of the Muslim population are Shia Muslims, there has been dispute to the authenticity of this figure and recent reports and investigations indicate that there is in fact a much larger population of Shia Muslims present, with estimate figures over 45% or even making the majority of Muslim population.  Saudi Arabia follows a strict recently established sect of Islam, Wahhabism, there is little freedom of religion between the different sects even whilst all of the population are Muslims.  Smaller Shia groups are present in Egypt and Jordan.  Despite the heavy presence of Shia Muslims in some Arab countries, particularly among the population of the Persian Gulf Arab countries, they have been treated poorly throughout history.  Additionally, in recent times, Shia Muslims along with Kurds have faced genocide by the pan-Arabist regime of Saddam Hussein.  For both historical and political reasons, the Shia have fared rather poorly in much of the Arab world, and the topic of Shi‘ism and Shia groups is one of the most sensitive issues for the Sunni elite.  This article discusses both the history of Shī‘a Islam in the Arab world from the dawn of Islam and their current situation in the Arabic-speaking world.

Statistical inference: Statistical inference is the process of deducing properties of an underlying probability distribution by analysis of data.  Inferential statistical analysis infers properties about a population: this includes testing hypotheses and deriving estimates.  The population is assumed to be larger than the observed data set; in other words, the observed data is assumed to be sampled from a larger population.

Riverview, New Brunswick: Riverview is a Canadian town in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.  Riverview is located on the south side of the Petitcodiac River, across from the larger cities of Moncton and Dieppe.  Riverview has an area of 34 km2 , and a population density of 564.6 PD/km2 .  Riverview's slogan is "A Great Place To Grow".  With a population of 19,667, Riverview is the fifth largest municipality in New Brunswick, having a larger population than the cities of Edmundston, Bathurst, Campbellton, and Miramichi, despite its designation of "town".

City of Brisbane: The City of Brisbane is a local government area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia.  Brisbane is located in the county of Stanley and is the largest city followed by Ipswich with bounds in part of the county.  Unlike LGAs in the other mainland state capitals (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide), which are generally responsible only for the central business districts and inner neighbourhoods of those cities, the City of Brisbane administers a significant portion of the Brisbane metropolitan area, serving almost half of the population of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA, formerly statistical division).  As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia.  The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million.  Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory combined.  In 2016-2017, the council administers a budget of over $3 billion.

Walpole (CDP), Massachusetts: Walpole is a small census-designated place (CDP) located within the much larger town (21 square miles in size) of Walpole in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.  Walpole Town as it is called by the US Census Bureau, also includes a much larger population (24,070 in 2010).  The population of the Census Designated Place was 5,918 at the 2010 census.

Qidong, Jiangsu: Qidong is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nantong in southeastern Jiangsu province, China.  It is located on the north side of the Yangtze River opposite Shanghai and forms a peninsula jutting out into the East China Sea.  It has a population of 1.12 million.

Supporting paragraphs: Laizhou Qidong, Jiangsu
Answer: It has a population of 1.12 million.