Cities & towns

Cities & towns

Cities and towns around the world and their related terms.

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Cities & towns

Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜市) is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south ...

Chongqing

Geography; Cities & towns

Chongqing (Chinese: 重庆) is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four ...

Kolkata

Geography; Cities & towns

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the ...

Surat

Geography; Cities & towns

Surat (Gujarati: સુરત), also known as Suryapur, is a commercial city of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in ...

Ankara

Geography; Cities & towns

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of 938 metres (3,077 ft), and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara ...

Alexandria

Geography; Cities & towns

Alexandria (Arabic: الإسكندرية‎ Al Iskandariyya, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ Rakotə, Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια Alexándria, Koine Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ' Αἴγυπτον) is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population ...

Shenyang

Geography; Cities & towns

Shenyang (Chinese: 沈阳; pinyin: Shěnyáng), is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as ...