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Gwinnett County, Georgia
Gwinnett County is a north-central Georgia county with county seat Lawrenceville, about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta, and Georgia's second most populous with 957,062 residents in 2020.
Gwynedd
Gwynedd (Cyngor Gwynedd) is a county and unitary authority in northwest Wales, created 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and reorganised in 1996; 69 councillors, Plaid Cymru-led, 64 communities, Welsh-speaking, tourism-heavy economy.
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland's third-largest municipality (about 32,400 people), a historic harbour town in the Reykjavík Capital Region, once the Hanseatic League's main Icelandic port, granted borough status 1 June 1908.
Haidian, Beijing
Haidian District (海淀区), northwest Beijing, is the core of the Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, home to Tsinghua, Peking University, and 92 national key laboratories; 2025 GDP near 1.37 trillion yuan, about 26% of Beijing's output.
Halton
Halton (Regional Municipality of Halton), Ontario regional municipality in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area; municipalities Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, Oakville; 596,637 residents (2021), 965.71 km², 24-member Regional Council, projected 1.1 million by 2051.
Hamilton County, Ohio
Hamilton County, Ohio: southwestern Ohio county organized 1790 as the Northwest Territory's second county, named for Alexander Hamilton; county seat Cincinnati, 830,639 residents (2020), 49 jurisdictions, 413 square miles.
Hampshire
Hampshire, a county in South East England, runs two-tier local government under Hampshire County Council plus 11 districts, with Southampton and Portsmouth as unitaries; a 2026 five-unitary reorganisation was withdrawn for review in September 2026.
Harlan County, Kentucky
Harlan County, Kentucky: southeastern Appalachian coal county formed 1819, named for Silas Harlan, seat at Harlan. Known for the 1931–39 Harlan County War, the 1973–74 Brookside strike, and the documentary Harlan County, USA; 2020 population 26,831.
Harris County, Texas
Harris County, Texas: Gulf Coast county with seat at Houston; most populous in Texas and third in the U.S. (4.73 million in 2020, 5.05 million estimated 2025), governed by a five-member Commissioners Court.
Harrow, London
Harrow is a town in north-west Greater London, England, named for Harrow on the Hill, home to Harrow School, founded by John Lyon in 1572.
Hemne
Hemne, a former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway (1837–2019), administrative center Kyrksæterøra; merged 1 January 2020 with Halsa and part of Snillfjord into Heim kommune; 4,228 inhabitants (2019), 635 km², highest peak Ruten 1,040 m.
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hennepin County, Minnesota: most populous Minnesota county, seat at Minneapolis, established March 6, 1852 and named for Father Louis Hennepin; 1,281,565 residents (2020 census), $3.15 billion 2026 budget.
Henrico County, Virginia
Henrico County, Virginia: county of 342,775 (2025 est.) surrounding Richmond on three sides; chartered 1634 as an original shire, county manager government since 1934, $1.4 billion FY2026 general fund budget.
Herefordshire
Herefordshire, formally the County of Herefordshire, is a rural county in western England on the border with Wales, governed as a unitary authority from Hereford.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire: county in the East of England north of London, population about 1.24 million (2025), ten districts, 124 parish councils; two-tier government set to become four unitary councils in 2028, now paused for review.
Highland (council area)
Highland is one of Scotland's 32 council areas, governed by The Highland Council with 74 councillors across 21 multi-member wards. Population 237,260 (2025), 7th of 32; covers a third of Scotland's land area.
Hillsborough County, Florida
Hillsborough County, Florida: west-central Gulf Coast county created January 25, 1834, named for the Earl of Hillsborough, county seat Tampa, 4th most populous Florida county with about 1.57 million residents in 2025.
Hiroshima (district)
Hiroshima (広島) is an administrative district established in 1878 and the name of the castle district at the heart of Hiroshima City, named "Wide Island" by Terumoto Mori.
Historic counties of England
The historic (traditional) counties of England: 39 medieval territorial divisions, including Middlesex, Cumberland and Westmorland, that survive as cultural and geographical entities despite 1974 local government reorganisation.
Hölstein
Hölstein (Hulestein, first record 1101–03) is a municipality in Waldenburg district, canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, home of watchmaker Oris since 1904 and of the Roman villa at Hinterbohl whose 15 m² mosaic is displayed at Augusta Raurica.
Hornsby
Hornsby (Council of the Shire of Hornsby, Hornsby Shire) is a Sydney local government area established 6 March 1906, with about 154,000 residents across roughly 500 sq km, three wards, 10 councillors, and a TOD rezoning for 6,000+ homes.
Hortolândia
Hortolândia is a municipality in the Campinas metropolitan region, São Paulo, Brazil; formerly Jacuba, a district of Campinas then Sumaré, emancipated by the 1991 plebiscite (97.4% in favor) with about 236,600 residents.
Howard County, Maryland
Howard County, Maryland: central Maryland county founded 1851 from Anne Arundel's Howard District, named for John Eager Howard; seat Ellicott City; home of planned city Columbia; no incorporated towns; population 332,317 (2020).
Hudson County, New Jersey
Hudson County, New Jersey: smallest county by area, formed February 22, 1840 from southern Bergen County; seat Jersey City; 724,854 residents (2020), density 15,691.5 per square mile, twelve municipalities.
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County, California: North Coast county with seat Eureka, formed 1853 from Trinity County, named for Alexander von Humboldt; 136,463 people in 2020, redwood forests, Humboldt Bay port, and Emerald Triangle cannabis country.
Hume
Hume (Hume City) is a Victorian local government area in Melbourne's north; created 1994, population 243,901 (2021), 504 km², named after explorer Hamilton Hume, distinct from the NSW electorate and Greater Hume shire.
Hurum
Hurum: former municipality in Buskerud, Norway, on the Hurumlandet peninsula between the Oslofjorden and Drammensfjorden; merged with Asker and Røyken into Asker municipality on 1 January 2020; 9,521 inhabitants (2019), center Sætre.
Ibirité
Ibirité is a municipality of about 178,700 inhabitants in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Created in 1962 from Betim, its name means 'firm ground'; key facts include COPASA sanitation, a 2014 metropolitan bus terminal, and IDEB 5.7.
Idukki district (ഇടുക്കി ജില്ല)
Idukki district (ഇടുക്കി ജില്ല), a high-range Kerala district in the Western Ghats formed 26 January 1972 from Kottayam and Ernakulam territory; second largest by area, lowest population density, 66% of Kerala's hydropower, spice garden economy.
Ilfov County
Ilfov County (Județul Ilfov) is Romania's smallest county, 1,593 km², encircling Bucharest, its seat. 8 towns, 32 communes; abolished 1981, restored 1996-1997; highest Romanian human development index.