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's-Hertogenbosch
's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Dutch city in North Brabant founded by Duke Henry I of Brabant, city rights 1196; water fortress until the 1629 siege, home of Hieronymus Bosch, about 154,000 inhabitants.
‘Trebula’
Trebula: name of several ancient Italian cities, chiefly Trebula Mutuesca and Trebula Suffenas (Sabine) and Trebula Balliensium (Campania), distinguished by Pliny's cognomina and separate archaeological sites.
*Manatum
Manatum is a reconstructed Gallo-Roman place name for Ménat, Puy-de-Dôme, France, cited as Barrington Atlas 14 H2; its name derives from Celtic men (mountain), distinct from Manatum Tessera on Venus.
*Nemetodurum
Nemetodurum is the ancient name of Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, a Gaulish town of the Parisii (c. 150-30 BC, possibly their capital), from nemeto- 'sanctuary' and -duron 'gate'; first written mention in the 6th century by Gregory of Tours.
19th-century London
19th-century London, the Victorian-era capital (1837–1901), grew from 1 million to 6.7 million people; defined by Bazalgette's sewers after the 1858 Great Stink, the 1863 Metropolitan Railway, John Snow's cholera work, and the 1851 Great Exhibition.
6th of October (city)
6th of October City (مدينة السادس من أكتوبر) is an industrial satellite city in Giza Governorate, Egypt, established by presidential decree in 1979 about 32 km from central Cairo.
A Buraca
A Buraca names several Portuguese entities: Adega A Buraca, a 2007 wine-tourism estate with museum and liqueurs on Pico Island, Azores; a Portuguese restaurant in Barreiro; and the Buraca district of Amadora with its park and sports complex.
A Coruña
A Coruña (Corunna) is an Atlantic port city in Galicia, northwest Spain, founded as the Roman port of Brigantium. Distinguished by the Tower of Hercules, Spain's highest-density Galician city, the Punta Langosteira outer port, and ties to Inditex in neighboring Arteixo.
Aachen
Aachen (Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle) is a German border city of about 261,000 near Belgium and the Netherlands, built on hot springs, Charlemagne's residence and coronation site of German kings until 1531, home of RWTH Aachen.
Aalborg
Aalborg, city in northern Jutland, Denmark, on the Limfjord; also called Alaburg/Alabv historically. Viking-era trading town from ca. 750-800, market-town privileges 1342, cement and industrial center, home of Aalborg University (1974).
Aamby Valley City
Aamby Valley City, also written Amby Valley, is Sahara India Pariwar's planned gated hill city near Lonavala, Maharashtra, launched 2006 on about 10,000 acres, later attached by the Supreme Court in 2017 and auctioned unsuccessfully.
Aarhus
Aarhus (Aros), Denmark's second-largest city on Jutland's east coast, a Viking Age trading town at the mouth of the Aarhus Å, later a medieval bishopric, now a municipality of about 378,000 people.
Aba, Abia State
Aba, the Enyimba City, is the commercial and manufacturing hub of Abia State, Nigeria, on the Aba River between Port Harcourt and Umuahia. Known for Ariaria International Market, the Made in Aba footwear and garment clusters, and its 1913 railway link.
Abakan
Abakan (Абака́н), capital of the Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia, at the Abakan-Yenisei confluence. Founded as a 1675 ostrog, a city since 1931; about 187,000 residents, sharply continental climate, major rail, air, and road hub.
Abancay
Abancay is a city in southern Peru, capital of the Apurímac region and Abancay province, in an Andean valley on the Pachachaca river, founded by the Spanish in 1572.
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford, British Columbia: a Fraser Valley city of 153,524 (2021 census), fifth largest in BC, formed by 1995 amalgamation of Matsqui and Abbotsford districts; known for Sumas Prairie agriculture and flood risk.
Abbottabad (ایبٹ آباد)
Abbottabad (ایبٹ آباد), hill city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, headquarters of Hazara Division; founded 1853 by Major James Abbott. Elevation about 1,250 m, district population 1,419,072 (2023), economy based on education, the Pakistan Military Academy, and tourism.
Abéché
Abéché, capital of Ouaddaï Region in eastern Chad, fourth largest city, former capital of the Wadai Sultanate from the 1850s, taken by France in 1909, now a trade and refugee-crisis hub.
Abeokuta
Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria, founded about 1830 by the Egba under Sodeke beneath Olumo Rock; name means 'under the rock'; grew from 399,000 (2000) to over 533,000 (2020) as a Lagos satellite city.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Scotland's third-largest city on the North Sea coast, is the UK's oil and gas capital, nicknamed the Granite City. Known for its 1970s oil boom, lost decade of decline, and pending Jackdaw and Rosebank field decisions.
Aberdeen, SD Micro Area
Aberdeen, SD Micro Area (CBSA 10100) is a micropolitan statistical area covering Brown and Edmunds counties in northeastern South Dakota, principal city Aberdeen; population 41,925 (ACS 2024), distinct from Aberdeen, WA Micro Area.
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Aberdeen, South Dakota, the Hub City, is the county seat of Brown County and the state's third-largest city, founded in 1880 as a five-railroad junction; regional hub for healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture, and Northern State University.
Aberdeen, Washington
Aberdeen, Washington: city at the Chehalis-Wishkah confluence on Grays Harbor, founded 1884 by Samuel Benn, incorporated 1890; once a world lumber capital, now 17,013 residents, flood-protection projects, Lady Washington, Nirvana hometown.
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth, a coastal town in Ceredigion, west Wales, on Cardigan Bay. Chartered by Edward I in 1277; home of Aberystwyth University (1872, first University College in Wales) and the National Library of Wales (charter 1907); population about 10,700 in 2021.
Abha (أبها)
Abha (أبها) is the administrative capital of Aseer Province in southwest Saudi Arabia, a mountain city at about 2,270 m elevation with Saudi Arabia's highest rainfall, 422,243 residents (2022 census), and Al-Soudah, the Kingdom's highest peak, nearby.
Abidjan
Abidjan, economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire on the Ebrié lagoon; 6.3 million people, 13 communes, 40% of GDP; major West African port handling over 40 million tonnes; noted for congestion, sanitation deficits, and rapid informal growth.
Abilene, Texas
Abilene, Texas: county seat of Taylor County and principal city of the Abilene metro, founded 1881 by the Texas and Pacific Railway; about 125,000 residents, home of Dyess AFB, three private universities, and the flagship Stargate AI data center campus.
Abilene, TX Metro Area
Abilene, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA 10180), a Texas metro covering Callahan, Jones, and Taylor counties centered on Abilene; about 185,000 residents, Dyess AFB, and the first Stargate AI data center site.
Abingdon-on-Thames
Abingdon-on-Thames, also called Abingdon, is a market town in Oxfordshire, England, at the Ock–Thames confluence, claiming to be England's oldest continuously inhabited town, with a medieval abbey, County Hall, MG heritage, and no railway station.
Abohar
Abohar (ਅਬੋਹਰ) is a city and municipal corporation in Fazilka district, Punjab, India, called the "California of India" for cotton and kinnow. In July 2026 a court-supervised re-election made BJP's Pooja Wadhwa its first woman mayor.