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Kassala (district)
Kassala (كسلا) district, capital locality of Kassala State in eastern Sudan on the Ethiopia and Eritrea borders; founded 1840, Gash-flood agriculture, major livestock economy, and host to over 500,000 people displaced since 2023.
Kaunas District Municipality
Kaunas District Municipality (Kauno rajono savivaldybė) is a Lithuanian municipality of about 96,000 people forming a ring around Kaunas city, with 25 elderships, 1,495 km², strong suburban growth, and a top-three national quality-of-life ranking.
Kent
Kent: county in extreme south-east England, bordering London, Surrey and East Sussex, with Medway unitary authority inside its bounds. Largest non-metropolitan local authority area; 2024 population 1,639,000; four unitary councils planned from 2028.
Kern County, California
Kern County, California: county at the southern Central Valley and Mojave Desert, seat Bakersfield, founded 1866. Over 70 percent of state oil output, a top-five US farm county, population about 927,000.
Kingston (Vic.)
Kingston (Vic.), City of Kingston, Melbourne local government area formed December 1994 from Moorabbin, Mordialloc, Chelsea, Springvale, Oakleigh; 91 km2, 158,129 people (2021); name possibly from the King brothers' Kingstown.
Kirklees
Kirklees, a West Yorkshire metropolitan borough governed by Kirklees Council since 1974, centered on Huddersfield and Dewsbury; population about 433,300 (2021), no overall control with Reform UK largest after May 2026, adult social care rated requires improvement.
Klæbu
Klæbu (Old Norse Kleppabú), former Norwegian municipality in Trøndelag, 1838–2019, merged into Trondheim 1 January 2020; 6,076 inhabitants, 175 km², home of Klæbu seminar and the 1790 octagonal Klæbu church.
Klosters
Klosters, also Klosters-Serneus, is a Prättigau village and resort in Graubünden, Switzerland, founded around the 1222 St. Jakob monastery, settled by Walsers, served by the Rhaetian Railway since 1889, and merged with Saas in 2016.
Knox County, Tennessee
Knox County, Tennessee: East Tennessee county founded June 11, 1792 by Governor William Blount from Greene and Hawkins counties, named for Henry Knox, county seat Knoxville, 2020 population 478,971.
Kocēnu Novads
Kocēnu Novads (Kocēni Municipality) was a Latvian municipality 2009–2021, merging Bērzaine, Dikļi, Kocēni, Vaidava and Zilākalna parishes; 5,783 residents on 487.57 km² in 2020; merged into Valmiera Municipality in 2021.
Kolar district
Kolar district (ಕೋಲಾರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ), southeastern Karnataka, India; headquarters Kolar city. 1,536,401 people (2011), 979 sex ratio, 74.39% literacy; former Kolar Gold Fields produced over 800 t of gold before closing in 2001.
Kosofe
Kosofe is a Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria, headquarters Ogudu, created 1980, abolished 1984, recreated 1996; 2006 census population 682,772, area about 81 km2, known for Mile 12 market.
Kotdwar (कोटद्वार)
Kotdwar (कोटद्वार), also Kotdwara, is a foothill town of about 120,000 people in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, on the Khoh River; a Nagar Nigam, railway gateway, industrial hub, and Swachh Survekshan 2024 ninth-ranked city.
Kovel’s’ka Mis’krada
Kovel's'ka Mis'krada (Ковельська міська рада), Kovel City Council, governs Kovel and its 15-settlement hromada (311.7 km², 72,773 people) in Volhynia Oblast; mayor Ihor Chaika since 2020.
Kristiansund Municipality
Kristiansund Municipality (Kristiansund kommune), Møre og Romsdal, Norway: island town, clipfish history, 1742 town charter, Frei merger 2008, oil base on Haltenbanken, 24,390 residents.
Kullu district (कुल्लू ज़िला)
Kullu district (कुल्लू ज़िला), Himachal Pradesh, India: Beas valley district, headquarters Kullu town, 5,503 sq km, 437,903 people (2011). District of Punjab 1963, of Himachal Pradesh 1966; home of Manali and the UNESCO Great Himalayan National Park.
Kushavati district
Kushavati district (कुशावती) is a district in the Indian state of Goa, created on December 31, 2025 from the southern and eastern portions of the former South Goa district.
Kutch district
Kutch (Kachchh) district, Gujarat, India: largest district of the state at 45,674 sq km, headquarters Bhuj, home to the Rann salt deserts, Kandla and Mundra ports, seismic zone V, and 2011 population of 2,092,371.
Kwai Tsing District
Kwai Tsing District (葵青區), a Hong Kong District Council district in the southwest New Territories comprising Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi; about 495,800 residents (2021), major public housing, and the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals.
Kwun Tong District
Kwun Tong District (观塘区) is one of the 18 District Council districts of Hong Kong, covering southeastern Kowloon. With about 670,000 residents, it is the second most populated district after Sha Tin.
Lae
Lae is a port city on the Huon Gulf, capital of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, and one of the country's two largest cities. It is the industrial hub and commercial port at the end of the Highlands Highway, with a 2011 district population of 148,934.
Lahti
Lahti is a city of about 122,000 in southern Finland, capital of Päijät-Häme on Lake Vesijärvi, founded 1905, European Green Capital 2021, Salpausselkä Geopark, and a record host of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Lake County, Illinois
Lake County, Illinois: northeastern Illinois county on Lake Michigan between Chicago and Milwaukee; county seat Waukegan; established 1839; 718,604 residents (2024), third largest Illinois county; home to Great Lakes Naval Station and Ravinia Festival.
Lake Macquarie Shire
Lake Macquarie Shire, proclaimed 16 May 1906 in NSW, became a municipality in 1977 and the City of Lake Macquarie in 1984; Hunter region's largest LGA by population, 213,845 at the 2021 Census, centred on a 110 km2 coastal lake.
Lakewood Township, New Jersey
Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey: a township incorporated in 1893, once a Gilded Age resort, now a fast-growing municipality of about 144,000 people with a large Orthodox Jewish community, major yeshiva, and industrial parks.
Lambeth
Lambeth is an inner London borough in South East England with about 317,600 residents, governed by Lambeth Council, and its districts include Brixton, Clapham, and Waterloo.
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire (County of Lanark, Siorrachd Lanraig) is a historic county of southern Scotland containing Glasgow, divided into Upper, Middle, and Lower Wards, absorbed into Strathclyde region in 1975 and since 1996 split among North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and Glasgow council areas.
Lancashire
Lancashire, a county in North West England (Lancashire-12/Lancashire-14), with population, GDP, two-tier local government, and the paused 2026 four-unitary reorganisation.
Lander, Miranda
Lander (Municipio Autónomo Tomás Lander) is a municipality in Miranda state, Venezuela, capital Ocumare del Tuy; 478 km², 144,947 residents (2011 census), parishes La Democracia, Ocumare del Tuy, and Santa Bárbara, in the Valles del Tuy south of Caracas.
Lauro de Freitas
Lauro de Freitas is a coastal municipality in Bahia, Brazil, contiguous with Salvador in its metropolitan region. Formerly the district of Ipitanga, emancipated in 1962; 203,331 residents (2022), metro Line 2 terminus, GDP R$ 8.9 billion.