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Addu City
Addu City (އައްޑޫ ސިޓީ), also called Addu Atoll or Seenu, is the Maldives' southernmost city, about 540 km from Malé, with 35,359 residents, a 14 km causeway, the former RAF Gan base, and an economy of fisheries and tourism.
Anuradhapura (අනුරාධපුරය)
Anuradhapura (අනුරාධපුරය), ancient Sri Lankan capital and Theravada Buddhist sacred city, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982; founded ca. 440 BC, flourished 1,300 years, abandoned after 993 invasion, famed for stupas, Sri Maha Bodhi, and tank irrigation.
Bagerhat
Bagerhat (বাগেরহাট) is a coastal district in Khulna Division, southwestern Bangladesh, home to the UNESCO Historic Mosque City founded by Khan Jahan in the 15th century; district since 1984, 9 upazilas, prone to cyclones and salinity.
Barishal, Barisal Division
Barishal (বরিশাল), also spelled Barisal, is a city on the Kirtankhola River in south-central Bangladesh and capital of Barishal Division (est. 1993, six districts). Its city corporation, formed 2002 from an 1869 municipality, covers 58 sq km with about 419,000 people (2022 census).
Bharatpur, Bagmati Province
Bharatpur (भरतपुर), Nepal: metropolitan city and headquarters of Chitwan District in Bagmati Province, on the Narayani River. 369,268 people (2021 census), 432.95 km², 29 wards; commercial, healthcare, and education hub of south central Nepal.
Biratnagar
Biratnagar (विराटनगर), capital of Koshi Province and a metropolitan city in Morang district, southeastern Nepal; Nepal's industrial capital since the 1936 Biratnagar Jute Mill, with 243,927 residents (2021) and the Jogbani border crossing.
Bogra
Bogra (Bogura, বগুড়া) is an industrial city in Rajshahi Division, northern Bangladesh, gateway to North Bengal. Upgraded to Bangladesh's 13th city corporation in May 2026 with 21 wards; near Mahasthangarh.
Butwāl
Butwāl (बुटवल), Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City, is a city in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Province, Nepal, on the Tinau River at the Mahendra-Siddhartha Highway junction; 194,335 residents (2021 census), former interim Lumbini capital.
Capital of Sri Lanka
Capital of Sri Lanka: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital and seat of Parliament since 1982; Colombo remains the commercial capital and largest city.
Chittagong (চট্টগ্রাম)
Chittagong (চট্টগ্রাম), officially Chattogram, is Bangladesh's second-largest city and busiest Bay of Bengal seaport, handling 104.29 million tonnes of cargo and generating 40% of industrial output, 80% of trade, and 50% of government revenue.
Colombo
Colombo (கொழும்ப) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka, on the island's west coast and home to one of South Asia's busiest ports.
Comilla
Comilla, officially Cumilla (কুমিল্লা), is a city in eastern Bangladesh on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, seat of Cumilla City Corporation (founded 2011; 440,233 people in the 2022 census) in Chattogram Division.
Cox's Bazar (কক্সবাজার)
Cox's Bazar (কক্সবাজার) is a coastal town and district headquarters in southeastern Bangladesh, named for East India Company officer Captain Hiram Cox, famed for its roughly 120-km natural sea beach, Marine Drive to Teknaf, and domestic tourism.
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස) is a coastal municipality south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, a 2,109-hectare, 29-ward Municipal Council since 1959 with about 184,000 residents (2012 census).
Dhaka (ঢাকা)
Dhaka (ঢাকা), capital and largest city of Bangladesh on the Buriganga River; Mughal provincial capital from 1610 as Jahangirnagar, capital of Bangladesh since 1971, now a megacity of about 11-18 million.
Dhangaḍhi̇̄
Dhangadhi (धनगढी), a sub-metropolitan city in Kailali District, Sudurpashchim Province, far-western Nepal near the Indian border; provincial hub of about 198,792 people (2021), 261.75 sq km, 19 wards, known for extreme heat and green-transition waste management.
Dharān
Dharān (धरान), also Dharān Bāzār, is a sub-metropolitan city in Sunsari District, Koshi Province, Nepal, at the Terai-foothill junction; 173,096 people in the 2021 census, a former Limbuwan seat at Vijayapur, a British Gurkha recruitment town, and home of BPKIHS.
Dinajpur
Dinajpur (দিনাজপুর), city and district headquarters in Rangpur Division, northwestern Bangladesh, 413 km from Dhaka; municipality since 1869; 2020 city population about 234,852; district of 3,437.98 sq km with 3,315,238 people (2022 census).
Galle
Galle (ගාල්ල, காலி) is a southwest Sri Lankan port city, capital of the Southern Province, home to the UNESCO-listed Dutch-built Galle Fort (inscribed 1988) and governed by Galle Municipal Council.
Gazipur
Gazipur (গাজীপুর), Bangladesh: industrial district and city north of Dhaka; Gazipur City Corporation, established 16 January 2013, is the country's largest by area (~330 km²) and a major garment hub.
Hetauda
Hetauda (हेटौंडा) is a sub-metropolitan city in Makwanpur District, Bagmati Province, Nepal, and the province's capital. At the Tribhuvan–Mahendra highway junction, it had 193,576 residents in 2021 and hosts Nepal's largest industrial estate.
Jaffna (யாழ்ப்பாணம்)
Jaffna (யாழ்ப்பாணம், Yalpanam) is the capital city of Sri Lanka's Northern Province, its Tamil cultural heartland. Former seat of the Jaffna Kingdom, ruled by Portuguese, Dutch, and British; heavily damaged in the 1983–2009 civil war and now the focus of post-war reconstruction.
Janakpur
Janakpur (Janakpurdham), capital of Madhesh Province, Nepal, in the Terai about 225 km from Kathmandu; birthplace of Sita in Hindu tradition, home of the 1910 Janaki Mandir, sacred ponds, Mithila art, and a rail link to Jainagar, India.
Jessore (যশোর)
Jessore (Jashore, যশোর) is a city and one of Bangladesh's oldest municipalities (1864) in Khulna Division, 275 km southwest of Dhaka, a rail junction on the Benapole corridor with a growing airport slated for international status.
Kandy (මහනුවර)
Kandy (Mahanuwara, මහනුවර), Sri Lanka's Central Province capital and last Sinhala royal capital, home of the Temple of the Tooth, UNESCO-listed in 1988, annexed by Britain in 1815.
Kathmandu (काठमाडौँ)
Kathmandu (काठमाडौँ), capital and largest city of Nepal in the Kathmandu Valley at about 1,400 m altitude; seat of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, home to UNESCO-listed Durbar Squares and stupas, and a fast-growing South Asian urban center.
Khulna (খুলনা)
Khulna (খুলনা) is a city corporation and divisional headquarters in southwestern Bangladesh on the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers. Municipality since 1884; climate-vulnerable delta city facing salinity, slums, and post-industrial decline.
Malé
Malé (މާލެ), capital of the Maldives in Kaafu Atoll, is a roughly 8 sq km island city of over 200,000 people, one of the world's densest cities, about one meter above sea level, with its port relocating to Thilafushi by 2027.
Mymensingh
Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ), city and divisional headquarters in northern Bangladesh, 121 km north of Dhaka on the Brahmaputra; district created 1787, municipality 1869, Bangladesh's 8th division seat since 2015, city corporation population 576,722 (2022).
Narayanganj
Narayanganj (নারায়ণগঞ্জ) is a river port and industrial city on the Shitalakshya River, 17 km southeast of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Known as the "Dundee of the East" for jute, it became a district in 1984 and a city corporation in 2011.