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Bidoni

Bidonì (Bidoniu) is a village of about 150 inhabitants in Barigadu, province of Oristano, Sardinia, known for the Roman Temple of Jupiter on Monte Onnariu, the island's only Jupiter temple, with an inscribed IOVIS altar.

Bilotserkivska Miskrada

Bilotserkivska Miskrada (Білоцерківська міська рада), Bila Tserkva City Council, is the urban council of Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, governing a 394.7 km² hromada of about 219,000 people; distinct from the rural Bilotserkivska hromada in Poltava Oblast.

Bjugn

Bjugn (Bjugn kommune) was a Norwegian municipality on the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag, founded 1853 from Ørland, merged into Ørland municipality 1 January 2020; 4,904 inhabitants in 2019, center Botngård.

Blacktown

Blacktown is a local government area in Western Sydney, NSW, governed by Blacktown City Council. Established as a shire in 1906 and a city in 1979, it is NSW's largest LGA by population (438,843 in 2024), with strong Darug heritage and major growth precincts.

Blagoevgrad

Blagoevgrad (Благоевград), city in southwestern Bulgaria, capital of Blagoevgrad Province; about 68,000 residents, 371 m elevation, 100 km from Sofia, home of the American University in Bulgaria.

Boa Vista, Roraima

Boa Vista, Roraima (capital of Roraima, Brazil): only Brazilian capital north of the equator, planned from 1946 by Darcy Aleixo Derenusson, over 485,000 residents, over 63% of the state's population, and hub of Operation Welcome for Venezuelan migrants.

Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (DC37) is a Category C district municipality in South Africa's North West Province, seat Rustenburg, comprising Kgetlengrivier, Madibeng, Moretele, Moses Kotane, and Rustenburg local municipalities; a platinum-mining and tourism district of 1.62 million people.

Boroondara

City of Boroondara, a Melbourne local government area formed 22 June 1994 from Camberwell, Kew, and Hawthorn; 167,900 residents (2021), $280 million 2025-26 budget, Camberwell council offices.

Borough (New Jersey)

Borough (New Jersey): the most common of New Jersey's five municipal forms, used by over 200 of 564 municipalities. Weak-mayor, six-member council government dating to the 1878 Borough Act; the 1894 school-tax law drove the boroughitis wave.

Borough of Bury

Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (Bury Metropolitan Borough Council): smallest of the ten GM boroughs, population 195,500 (2023), six towns including Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Whitefield; formed April 1974, charter 1876, Labour-run, Local Plan 2022–2043.

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees: a unitary authority in Tees Valley, north east England, governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Divided by the River Tees; main towns Stockton, Billingham, Thornaby; about 202,000 residents; whole council elections every four years.

Botoşani

Botoșani is a city in northeastern Romania, the seat of Botoșani County in the historical region of Moldavia, first documented in 1401 and best known as the birthplace of the poet Mihai Eminescu.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) is an English unitary authority formed 1 April 2019 from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole borough councils; 76 councillors, 33 wards, over 400,000 residents, no overall control since May 2023.

Braga

Braga (Bracara Augusta), city and municipality in northwestern Portugal founded by Augustus around 16 BC; former capital of Gallaecia and the Suebian kingdom; 212,635 residents in 2025, seat of Portugal's oldest archdiocese.

Brasília

Brasília, Brazil's planned federal capital inaugurated 21 April 1960, designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, built in 1,310 days, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.

Braunau am Inn

Braunau am Inn, Upper Austrian district town of 17,614 on the Inn opposite Simbach, Bavaria; medieval salt and river-trade town, Austrian since the 1779 Treaty of Teschen, and Adolf Hitler's birthplace, now home to a police centre in the renovated birth house.

Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County, Florida, a Space Coast county on the Atlantic in central Florida; established 1854-1855, named for Theodore W. Brevard; about 664,000 residents, home to Kennedy Space Center and Patrick Space Force Base.

Brno

Město Brno (Brno), statutory city in the Czech South Moravian Region, second largest Czech city with 404,296 residents (2025), 29 districts, seat of the Constitutional, Supreme, and Supreme Administrative Courts.

Broward County, Florida

Broward County, Florida: southeastern county in the Miami metro, seat Fort Lauderdale, founded 1915 and named for Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward; about 2.01 million residents (2025 estimate), Port Everglades, and two-thirds of its land in Everglades conservation areas.

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (Bucks) is a county in south-east central England with Aylesbury as its administrative centre; since 2020 governed by the unitary Buckinghamshire Council. Population about 579,000, £14.6bn economy, Chiltern Hills and Green Belt landscape.

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM), a Category A metro in South Africa's Eastern Cape around East London, Bhisho, and King William's Town; population 975,255, R12.1 billion budget, qualified audit.

Büsingen am Hochrhein

Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German municipality in Baden-Württemberg with about 1,500 residents, entirely surrounded by Swiss territory and joined to the Swiss customs area since 1964.

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, a municipality in southern Espírito Santo, Brazil, on the Rio Itapemirim; emancipated 25 March 1867, coffee port, and Brazil's Capital of Marble and Granite, supplying 80% of the national marble market.

Caerphilly County Borough

Caerphilly County Borough (Welsh: Caerffili) is a unitary authority in south-east Wales, north of Cardiff. Population 175,900 (2021 census, down 1.6% since 2011), ranked 5th of 22 Welsh authorities; principal towns Bargoed, Blackwood, Caerphilly, Risca, Ystrad Mynach.

Caithness

Caithness, historic county in far northeastern Scotland (county until 1975), now a lieutenancy area and Highland Council committee area; towns Wick and Thurso; flat Old Red Sandstone flagstone landscape; population with Sutherland 38,300 (2021).

Calderdale

Calderdale, a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire centred on Halifax, formed 1 April 1974 from nine authorities. Population 210,734 (2025), 140 sq mi, over 80% rural; Reform UK won the 2026 all-out election with 34 of 54 seats.

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire, an East of England county of 3,397 square kilometres and about 678,850 people, has five districts, a two-tier council system, a 2017 mayoral combined authority, and a paused local government reorganisation.

Camden County, New Jersey, United States

Camden County, New Jersey, a Delaware River county across from Philadelphia, formed 1844 from Gloucester County, named for Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden; seat Camden City; 523,485 residents (2020), 36 municipalities.

Cameron Highlands

Cameron Highlands, or Tanah Tinggi Cameron, is a highland district in Pahang, Malaysia, known for its cool climate, tea plantations, and farming of temperate vegetables, flowers, and strawberries.

Campbelltown (NSW)

Campbelltown (NSW) is a local government area in south-western Sydney, founded and named by Governor Macquarie on 1 December 1820 after his wife's maiden name. City since 1968; 176,519 people at the 2021 Census; distinct from Campbelltown, South Australia.