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Ilhéus
Ilhéus is a coastal municipality in southern Bahia, Brazil, on the Cocoa Coast; former cocoa export port, hometown of Jorge Amado, about 189,000 inhabitants (2026 estimate), 1,588.556 km².
Imperial County, California
Imperial County, California: southeastern border county (seat El Centro, est. 1907, pop. ~180,000) known for Imperial Valley winter-vegetable farming, Colorado River water via the Imperial Irrigation District, the Salton Sea, geothermal energy, and the Lithium Valley development effort.
Inyo County, California
Inyo County is a rural county in eastern California, established in 1866 with its seat at Independence, holding both Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states, and Badwater Basin.
Ipatinga
Ipatinga, Minas Gerais municipality in Brazil's Steel Valley (Vale do Aço); also Ipatinga MG. Company town built around the Usiminas steel plant (inaugurated 1962), emancipated 29 April 1964; 227,731 residents (2022), IDHM 0.771.
ISO 3166-2:GB
ISO 3166-2:GB is the United Kingdom's entry in ISO 3166-2, assigning codes like GB-ENG and GB-SCT to the four nations and to UK local government subdivisions, including counties, boroughs, and council areas.
Itabuna
Itabuna (Bahia, Brazil), also called grapiúna, a southern Bahia municipality on the Rio Cachoeira; founded as Arraial de Tabocas in 1857, emancipated 1910, former cocoa-trade hub, 186,708 residents (2022 census).
Itapevi
Itapevi (SP), Brazil: Greater São Paulo municipality, name means "flat and smooth stone" in Tupi-Guarani. Former district of Cotia, emancipated 18 February 1959; 232,297 residents (2022 census), CPTM Line B terminus.
Itaquaquecetuba
Itaquaquecetuba (Itaquá), a municipality in the São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil; founded 1560 by José de Anchieta, emancipated 1953; 384,436 estimated residents (2026), 82.575 km², industrial pole.
Itu, São Paulo
Itu, São Paulo: Brazilian municipality founded 1610, 100 km from the capital, known as the City of Exaggerations for giant monuments and as the Cradle of the Republic for the 1873 Republican Convention; population about 168,000 (2022).
Jackson County, Michigan
Jackson County, Michigan: south-central Lower Peninsula county named for President Andrew Jackson, set off 1829, organized 1832, county seat Jackson, 2020 population 160,366.
Jackson County, Mississippi, United States
Jackson County, Mississippi: Gulf Coast county founded 1812, named for Andrew Jackson; seat Pascagoula; cities Gautier, Moss Point, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula; home of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Port of Pascagoula; distinct from Jackson, the state capital.
Jackson County, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri: western Missouri county organized December 15, 1826, named for Andrew Jackson, with county seats Independence and Kansas City; 717,204 residents (2020), trail-head and Civil War history, and a 2023 property assessment scandal.
Jaraguá do Sul
Jaraguá do Sul is a municipality in Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded 25 July 1876 by Emílio Carlos Jourdan on dotal lands of Princess Isabel, emancipated from Joinville in 1934, renamed in 1943, and an industrial city anchored by WEG.
Jasper County, Missouri, United States
Jasper County, Missouri, a southwestern Missouri county with county seat Carthage, organized January 29, 1841 from Barry County and named for Revolutionary War soldier William Jasper; population 122,761 in 2020, 1895 courthouse on the National Register.
Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson County, Alabama: the state's most populous county, founded 1819, county seat Birmingham. 674,721 residents (2020 census); iron, steel, and civil rights history; five-member county commission.
Jēkabpils
Jēkabpils (Jakobstadt), a state city in eastern Latvia on both banks of the Daugava; founded 1670 by Duke Jacob, merged with Krustpils (first recorded 1237) in 1962; 21,150 residents in 2024, smallest Latvian state city.
Jhelum District (ضلع جہلم)
Jhelum District (ضلع جہلم), Punjab, Pakistan: 3,587 sq km district on the Pothohar Plateau and Salt Range, capital Jhelum City, 1,382,308 people (2023 census), home of the Khewra Salt Mine and known as the City of Soldiers.
Johnson County, Texas, United States
Johnson County, Texas, a county south of Fort Worth created in 1854 and named for Middleton T. Johnson, seat Cleburne; 179,927 people in 2020, 218,048 estimated 2025, 724.78 square miles, FIPS 48251.
Jones County, Mississippi
Jones County, Mississippi: a Piney Woods county established in 1826 and named for John Paul Jones, seat Laurel and Ellisville, population 67,246 (2020), famed for the Civil War Free State of Jones legend.
Joondalup
Joondalup: planned satellite city and local government area in Perth's northern suburbs, on Mooro Boodjar; Strategic Metropolitan Centre with Joondalup Health Campus, Edith Cowan University, Lakeside Joondalup, and the 1992 Joondalup rail line, now the Yanchep Line.
Juazeiro
Juazeiro (BA), Brazil: municipality on the right bank of the São Francisco River, twin of Petrolina; founded 1833, city 1878; 237,821 residents (2022 census); center of irrigated mango and grape export farming.
Juiz de Fora
Juiz de Fora, a major municipality in Minas Gerais's Zona da Mata, Brazil, nicknamed Manchester Mineira; 540,756 residents (2022 census), UFJF university, Paraibuna River floods, February 2026 disaster.
Jundiaí
Jundiaí is a municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil, between São Paulo and Campinas; founded as a village in 1656, known for the Serra do Japi, grape growing, and one of the state's highest IDHM scores (0.822).
Kabupaten Karawang
Kabupaten Karawang, or Karawang Regency, is a regency in West Java, Indonesia, with its capital at Karawang. Once western Java's main rice producer, it is now a leading manufacturing area.
Kabupaten Majalengka
Kabupaten Majalengka (Majalengka Regency) is a regency in eastern West Java, Indonesia, officially founded on 11 February 1840 and home to about 1,374,600 people in 2026.
Kâğıthane
Kâğıthane, a district on Istanbul's European side named for its stream, was the Ottoman Tulip Era's Sadabad pleasure ground, later an industrial and gecekondu area, now a 446,420-person urban transformation district.
Kahnawake
Kahnawà:ke (Kahnawake) is a Mohawk Kanien'kehá:ka territory south of Montreal, Quebec, part of the Seigneury of Sault Saint-Louis, governed by the 12-member elected Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, with gaming-driven finances, Peacekeepers policing, and active land-back negotiations.
Kane County, Illinois, United States
Kane County, Illinois: a Chicago collar county established January 16, 1836, named for Elias Kent Kane, county seat Geneva, 524 square miles, fifth-largest Illinois county, population about 524,780 (2026 estimate), largest cities Aurora and Elgin on the Fox River.
Kannur district
Kannur district (Malayalam: കണ്ണൂര്), formerly Cannanore, is a northern Kerala district of 2,966 sq km with 2,523,003 people (2011), five taluks, St. Angelo Fort, Theyyam, and a handloom industry.
Kargil district
Kargil district, in India's Union Territory of Ladakh, historically called Purig, formed in 1979; area 14,036 sq km, 2011 population 140,802; Zanskar and Drass carved out in 2026.