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Geography

Cities, Towns, & Villages

Aachen
Aalst
Aarau
Aba
Abakan
Abbeville
Abbottabad
Abdera
Abéché
Abeokuta
Aberaeron
Aberdare
Aberdeen
Abergavenny
Aberystwyth
Abidjan
Abingdon
Abomey
Abu Dhabi
Abuja
Abydos (Asia Minor)
Abydos (Egypt)
Acadia
Acapulco
Accra
Acoma
Ad Dammām
Adamstown
Adana
Adapazari
Addis Ababa
Adelaide
Aden
Ado Ekiti
Aegium
Agadez
Agadir
Agartala
Agra
Agrigento
Aguascalientes
Ahmadabad
Ahmadnagar
Ahuachapán
Airdrie
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-les-Bains
Aizawl
Ajaccio
Ajanta
Ajmer
Akita
Akko
Akola
Akron
Akureyri
Al 'Aqabah
Al Bayḑā'
Al Fujayrah (town)
Al Ḩillah
Al Ḩudaydah
Al Hufūf
Al Jubayl
Al Karak
Al Kūt
Al Manşūrah
Al Minyā
Al Muḩarraq
Al Mukallā
Al Ubayyiḑ
Alajuela
Alba Longa
Albacete
Albany (city, Georgia, United States)
Albany (city, New York, United States)
Albany (town, Australia)
Albi
Ålborg
Albuquerque
Albury
Alcalá de Henares
Alcoy
Aldeburgh
Aldershot
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy
Alençon
Aleppo
Alès
Alessandria
Ålesund
Alexandria
Algeciras
Algiers
Alicante
Alice
Alice Springs
Aligarh
Alkmaar
Allahabad
Alleppey
Alloa
Alloway
Almaty
Almería
Alor Setar
Altdorf
Alton
Alwar
Amagasaki
Amalfi
Amarillo
Ambato
Ambleside
Ambon (city)
Amersfoort
Amherst
Amiens
Amman
Amoy
Amravati
Amritsar
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Amsterdam (United States)
An Najaf
Anagni
Anaheim
Anchorage
Ancona
Anderlecht
Andijon
Andong
Andorra la Vella
Andover
Angers
Angkor
Angoulême
Ankara
Ann Arbor
Annaba
Annapolis
Annapolis Royal
Annecy
Anshan
Antakya
Antananarivo
Antibes
Antigua
Antium
Antofagasta
Antrim (town)
Antsiraana
Antwerp
Anuradhapura
Anyang
Anzhero-Sudzhensk
Anzio
Aomori
Aosta
Aparri
Apia
Appenzell
Aquileia
Aranjuez
Ararat (town)
Arbroath
Archangel (city, Russia)
Arcot
Ardrossan
Ards
Arecibo
Arequipa
Arezzo
Argenteuil
Argos
Århus
Arica
Arles
Arlington (Texas, United States)
Armagh (town)
Armidale
Arnhem
Arnsberg
Arrah
Arras
Arundel
As Suwaydā'
Asahikawa
Asansol
Aschaffenburg
Ascot
Āseb
Ashbourne
Ashburton
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashford
Ashgabat
Ashqelon
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashur
Asmara
Aspen (city, United States)
Assen
Assisi
Astana
Astorga
Astrakhan
Asunción
Aswān
Asyūţ
AţŢā'if
Atakpamé
Atbara (town)
Athens
Athlone
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Auckland (city)
Augsburg
Augusta (Georgia)
Augusta (Italy)
Augusta (Maine)
Aurangabad
Austin
Autun
Auxerre
Avarua
Āvāz
Aveiro
Avellaneda
Avellino
Avignon
Ávila
Avranches
Axel Heiberg Island
Axminster
Aylesbury
Ayodhya
Ayr
Ayutthaya
Az Zarqā'
Azua (de Compostella)

Baalbek
Babylon
Bacău
Bacolod
Bad Ems
Bad Godesberg
Bad Homburg
Badajoz
Badalona
Baden
Baden-Baden
Badrinath
Bafoussam
Baghdad
Baguio
Bahawalpur
Bahía Blanca
Baia Mare
Bairiki
Bākhtāran
Baku
Balaklava
Balıkesir
Balikpapan
Balkh
Ballarat
Ballina
Ballycastle
Ballymena (town)
Ballymoney
Baltimore
Bamako
Bambari
Bamberg
Bamenda
Banbridge
Banbury
Banda Aceh
Bandar-e Anzalī
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandung
Bangalore
Banghāzī
Bangkok
Bangor (Northern Ireland)
Bangor (Wales)
Bangui
BanīḨasan
Banja Luka
Banjarmasin
Banjul
Bankstown
Bannu
Banská Bystrica
Bantry
Baoding
Baoji
Baotou
Barahona
Barbizon
Barcelona
Bareilly
Bari
Bariloche
Barisal
Barnaul
Barnsley (town)
Barquisimeto
Barranquilla
Barrie
Barrow-in-Furness
Barry
Basel
Basildon
Basra
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
Bassein
Basseterre (St Kitts and Nevis)
Bastia
Bat Yam
Bath (city, England)
Bathurst
Batman
Batna
Baton Rouge
Battambang
Batumi
Bayamo
Bayamón
Bayeux
Bayonne
Bayreuth
Beaumont
Beaune
Beauport
Beauvais
Bedford
Beechworth
Beersheba
Beijing
Beira
Beirut
Beja
Bejaïa
Belém
Belfast
Belfast City
Belfort
Belgaum
Belgrade
Belize City
Bellary
Belleville
Bellinzona
Belluno
Belmopan
Belo Horizonte
Bendery
Bendigo
Bene Beraq
Benevento
Bengbu
Bengkulu
Benguela
Beni Suef
Benin City
Benoni
Benxi
Berbera
Berbérati
Berchtesgaden
Berdyansk
Berenice (ancient towns, northern Africa)
Bergamo
Bergen
Bergerac
Berkeley
Berlin (city)
Bern
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Besançon
Beşiktaş
Bethesda
Bethlehem (United States)
Bethlehem (West Bank)
Bethsaida
Beverley
Beverly
Beverly Hills
Béziers
Bhagalpur
Bhaktapur
Bharatpur
Bhatpara
Bhavnagar
Bhopal
Bhubaneshwar
Białystok
Biarritz
Biel
Bielefeld
Biella
Bielsko-Biała
Biên Hòa
Bihar
Bijapur
Bikaner
Bilbao
Biratnagar
Birkenhead
Birmingham (city, England)
Birmingham (United States)
Bishkek
Bisho
Bishop Auckland
Biskra
Bismarck (city)
Bissau
Bitola
Bizerte
Blackburn
Blackpool (town)
Blantyre
Blarney
Blenheim
Bletchley
Blida
Bloemfontein
Blois
Bloomington (Indiana, United States)
Bloomington (Minnesota, United States)
Bloomsbury
Bo
Boa Vista
Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobruysk
Bochum
Bodh Gaya
Bodmin
Boğazköy
Bognor Regis
Bogor
Bogotá
Boise
Boksburg
Bolama
Bologna
Bolton (town)
Bolzano
Boma
Bongor
Bonn
Bootle
Borås
Bordeaux
Boston (England)
Boston (United States)
Botoşani
Bottrop
Bouaké
Bouar
Boucherville
Boulder (United States)
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Bourg-en-Bresse
Bourges
Bourke
Bournemouth (town)
Bracknell
Bradford (city)
Braemar
Braga
Brăila
Brakpan
Brampton
Brandenburg (city)
Brantford
Brasília
Braşov
Bratislava
Bray
Brazzaville
Brecon
Breda
Bregenz
Bremen (city)
Bremerhaven
Brescia
Bressanone
Brest (Belarus)
Brest (France)
Bridgend (town)
Bridgeport
Bridgetown
Bridgwater
Brighton
Brindisi
Brisbane
Bristol (city)
Brixham
Brno
Broadway
Broken Hill
Bromsgrove (town)
Bronx, The
Brooklyn
Broome
Bruges
Brunswick (city, Georgia)
Brunswick (city, Germany)
Brussels
Bryansk
Bubastis
Bucaramanga
Buchanan
Bucharest
Buckingham
Budapest
Budaun
Bude
Buenaventura
Buenos Aires
Buffalo (city, United States)
Bujumbura
Bukavu
Bukhara
Bulawayo
Bunbury
Bundaberg
Bundoran
Buraydah
Burgas
Burgos
Burhanpur
Burnie
Burnley
Bursa
Burton upon Trent
Bury St Edmunds
Bury (town)
Būshehr
Butare
Butte (city)
Buxton
Buzǎu
Byblos
Bydgoszcz
Bytom

Cabanatuan
Cabimas
Čačak
Cáceres
Cacheu
Cádiz
Caen
Caerleon
Caernarfon
Caerphilly (town)
Caesarea
Caesarea Philippi
Cagayan de Oro
Cagliari
Cahors
Cairns
Cairo
Calais
Calgary
Cali
Callao
Caloocan
Caltanissetta
Camagüey
Cambrai
Cambridge (Canada)
Cambridge (city, England)
Cambridge (city, United States)
Campina Grande
Campinas
Campo Grande
Campobasso
Cân Thỏ
Canberra
Cannae
Cannes
Canossa
Canterbury (city, England)
Cap-de-la-Madeleine
Cap-Haïtien
Cape Coast
Cape Town
Capitoline Hill
Caracas
Carcassonne
Cárdenas
Cardiff (city)
Cardigan
Carlisle
Carlow (town)
Carlsbad
Carmarthen
Carmel
Carnac
Carnarvon
Carrara
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrickfergus (town)
Carson City
Cartagena (Colombia)
Cartagena (Spain)
Cartago
Carthage
Casablanca (city)
Caserta
Cassino
Castel Gandolfo
Castellón de la Plana
Castle Douglas
Castlebar
Castlemaine
Castries
Catania
Catanzaro
Caulfield
Cavan (town)
Cayenne
Cayey
Cebu (city)
Cedar Rapids
Ceduna
Cefalù
Celaya
Celle
České Budějovice
Cessnock
Ceuta
Chaeronea
Chalcedon
Chalfont St Giles
Chalon-sur-Saône
Châlons-en-Champagne
Chambéry
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Chandannagar
Chandigarh (city)
Changchun
Changsha
Chantilly
Chārīkār
Chärjew
Charleroi
Charlesbourg
Charleston (city, South Carolina)
Charleston (city, West Virginia)
Charlestown
Charleville
Charlotte
Charlottetown
Charters Towers
Chartres
Châteauguay
Châteauroux
Chatham
Chattanooga
Châu Ðôc
Chaumont
Cheb
Cheboksary
Cheddar
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Chelyabinsk
Chemnitz
Chengdu
Chennai
Chepstow
Cherbourg
Cherkasy
Cherkessk
Chernivtsi
Chernobyl
Chesapeake
Chester
Chesterfield
Cheyenne
Chhapra
Chiai
Chiang Mai
Chiba
Chicago (city)
Chichén Itzá
Chichester
Chiclayo
Chicoutimi
Chieti
Chihuahua (city)
Chilung
Chinandega
Chiniot
Chinju
Chinon
Chioggia
Chipping Norton
Chiquimula
Chiquinquirá
Chişinău
Chita
Chittagong
Cholula
Chongjin
Chǒngju
Chǒnju
Chōshi
Christchurch
Christiansted
Chunchǒn
Chungju
Chuquicamata
Chur
Ciego de Ávila
Cienfuegos
Cilacap
Cincinnati
Cirencester
Cirta
Ciudad Bolívar
Ciudad Guayana
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Rodrigo
Ciudadela
Cividale del Friuli
Civitavecchia
Clacton-on-Sea
Clarence (city)
Cleethorpes
Clermont-Ferrand
Cleveland (United States)
Clichy
Clonmel
Cluj-Napoca
Cluny
Clydebank
Cnidus
Coatbridge
Cobán
Cobh
Coburg
Cochabamba
Cochin
Cody
Coeur d'Alene
Coffs Harbour
Cognac
Coimbatore
Coimbra
Colchester
Coleraine (town)
Colmar
Cologne
Colombo
Colón (city)
Colonia del Sacramento
Colorado Springs
Columbia (city)
Columbus (Georgia, United States)
Columbus (Ohio, United States)
Colwyn Bay
Comacchio
Comilla
Como
Comodoro Rivadavia
Compiègne
Conakry
Concepción (Chile)
Concepción (Paraguay)
Concord (Massachusetts, United States)
Concord (New Hampshire, United States)
Concordia
Coney Island
Constance
Constanţa
Constantine
Conwy (town)
Coober Pedy
Cookstown (town)
Cooktown
Coolgardie
Copenhagen
Copiapó
Corby
Córdoba (city, Argentina)
Córdoba (city, Spain)
Corinth (ancient)
Corinth (modern)
Cork (city)
Coro
Coronel
Corpus Christi (city)
Corrientes
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortona
Cosenza
Cotabato
Cotonou
Cottbus
Coventry (city)
Cowes
Craiova
Crawley
Cremona
Créteil
Crewe
Cromwell
Crotone
Croydon
Ctesiphon
Cúcuta
Cuddalore
Cuenca (city, Ecuador)
Cuenca (city, Spain)
Cuernavaca
Cuiabá
Culiacán
Cumae
Cumaná
Curitiba
Cuttack
Cuxhaven
Cuzco
Cwmbrân

Đà Lạt
Đa Nãng
Dakar
Dalian
Dalkeith
Dallas
Daman
Damanhur
Damascus
Damietta
Dampier (town)
Dan (ancient town)
Dandong
Dar es Salaam
Darbhanga
Darhan
Darjiling
Darlington (town)
Darmstadt
Dartford
Dartmouth
Darwen
Darwin
Datong
Daugavpils
Davao
David (city, Panama)
Davos
Dayr az Zawr
Dayton
Daytona Beach
De Aar
Dearborn
Deauville
Debar
Debrecen
Dehiwala
Dehra Dun
Delémont
Delft
Delhi
Delphi
Dendera
Denizli
Denpasar
Denver
Dera Ghazi Khan
Derby (city, England)
Derby (town, Australia)
Des Moines (city)
Desē
Dessau
Detroit (city)
Deurne
Deventer
Devonport (Australia)
Devonport (New Zealand)
Dhaka
Dhanbad
Dharmsala
Dholavira
Dieppe
Dijon
Dili
Dinājpur
Dinant
Dinard
Dingle
Dirē Dawa
Dispur
Djibouti (city)
Dniprodzerzhynsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dobrich
Dodge City
Dodoma
Doha
Doncaster (town)
Donegal (town)
Donetsk
Dorchester
Dordrecht
Dorking
Dortmund
Douai
Douala
Douglas (town)
Dover
Downpatrick
Drammen
Dresden
Drogheda
Droichead Nua
Dubai
Dubbo
Dublin (city)
Dubrovnik
Dudley (town)
Duisburg
Dumbarton
Dumfries
Dún Laoghaire
Dunbar
Dundalk
Dundee (city)
Dunedin
Dunfermline
Dungarvan
Dunkerque
Durango
Durban
Düren
Durham (city, England)
Durrës
Dushanbe
Düsseldorf
Dzerzhinsk