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Jīnd
Jind (जींद), town and district headquarters in central Haryana, India; one of the first Sikh kingdoms, founded as Jaintapuri after Jainti Devi; 2,702 sq km district, 1,334,152 people (2011).
Jodhpur (जोधपुर)
Jodhpur (जोधपुर), also called the Blue City, is Rajasthan's second largest city, founded 12 May 1459 by Rao Jodha as Marwar's capital below Mehrangarh Fort; district population 3,687,165.
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru, capital of Johor, Malaysia, founded 1855 as Iskandar Puteri and renamed 1 January 1866 by Temenggong Abu Bakar. Border city opposite Singapore, linked by the 1924 Causeway and the upcoming 4 km RTS Link rail service.
Jorhat
Jorhat, Assam: city and district headquarters in the Brahmaputra Valley, heart of India's tea industry with 135 estates, Tocklai Tea Research Institute (1911), and Assam Agricultural University.
Junagadh
Junagadh (જૂનાગઢ) is a city in southwestern Gujarat, India, at the foot of Mount Girnar, known for its ancient fort, Ashokan rock edicts, and as gateway to the Gir Forest.
Kabankalan
Kabankalan (City of Kabankalan) is a first class component city in Negros Occidental, Philippines, the province's most populous component city (200,198 in 2020; 210,893 in 2024), with 32 barangays, townhood 1907, cityhood 1997 under RA 8297, and an unfinished domestic airport in Barangay Hilamonan.
Kadapa (కడప)
Kadapa (కడప), formerly Cuddapah, is a city in Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh, headquarters of YSR Kadapa district; a municipality since 1868 and municipal corporation since 2004, population about 344,078 (2011).
Kaithal
Kaithal (कैथल), also Kapisthala, is a city and district in northwestern Haryana, India, created from Kurukshetra district in 1989; known for the Razia Sultan tomb, Bhai Sikh rulers, and basmati rice trade.
Kajang
Kajang, a town and mukim in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia; seat of MPKj and MRT Kajang Line terminus. Known for tin-mining origins, 1,047,356-strong council population, and Sungai Langat flood management.
Kakinada (కాకినాడ)
Kakinada (కాకినాడ), also historically Cocanada, is a port and industrial city in Andhra Pradesh, India, headquarters of Kakinada district, known for its anchorage and deep-water ports, KG-Basin gas industry, fertilizer plants, and Smart Cities projects.
Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi, formerly Gulbarga, is the administrative headquarters of its district in northern Karnataka. This major city served as the first capital of the Bahmani Sultanate.
Kalahandi
Kalahandi (Odia: କଳାହାଣ୍ଡି) is a district in Odisha, India, with headquarters at Bhawanipatna. Once the "rice bowl" of Odisha, it became a byword for drought and deprivation after 1980s starvation deaths.
Kalemyo
Kalemyo (Kalay, Kalaymyo) is a city in Sagaing Region, northwestern Myanmar, headquarters of Kalay District on the Myittha River, founded around 966-967 and a key trade hub on the Kalay-Tamu route to India.
Kalibo
Kalibo is the capital municipality of Aklan province, Panay Island, Philippines, home of the Ati-Atihan Festival honoring the Santo Niño; 93,218 residents in 2024, gateway to Boracay via Kalibo International Airport.
Kalimpong
Kalimpong: hill town and district in the Darjeeling Himalayas, West Bengal, India; formed 14 February 2017 as the state's 21st district. Formerly Sikkim, then Bhutanese, ceded by the 1865 Treaty of Sinchula; population 251,642 (2011).
Kalka (कालका)
Kalka (कालका) is a municipal council town in Panchkula district, Haryana, at the Shivalik foothills. Known as the lower terminus of the 96.6 km Kalka–Shimla Railway (World Heritage, 1903, 107 tunnels); formerly merged in Panchkula MC, separate council since 2020.
Kallakurichi
Kallakurichi (கள்ளக்குறிச்சி) district, Tamil Nadu, created from Viluppuram in November 2019; headquarters at Kallakurichi town on NH 79; agrarian district of 3,530.58 sq km with Kalvarayan Hills.
Kalyan (कल्याण)
Kalyan (कल्याण) is a city and railway junction in Thane district, Maharashtra, India, on the Ulhas River, an ancient port now part of the Mumbai region.
Kāmārhāti
Kamarhati (কামারহাটি) is a city and 1899-founded municipality in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on the Hooghly's east bank near Kolkata, within KMDA; 331,163 people (2011), 35 wards, Dakshineswar temple.
Kanchipuram (காஞ்சிபுரம்)
Kanchipuram (காஞ்சிபுரம்), or Kanchi, is a Tamil Nadu temple town, one of India's seven holy cities, former Pallava capital, home to the Kailasanatha temple and the GI-tagged Kanchipuram silk sari industry.
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.
Kangar
Kangar is the administrative and commercial capital of Perlis, Malaysia's smallest state, on the Sungai Perlis near the Thai border. Also called Pohon Kangar port town; traced to Kota Sena (1653), governed by Majlis Perbandaran Kangar.
Kannauj (कन्नौज)
Kannauj (कन्नौज), ancient Kanyakubja, is a city and district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh, India, a medieval capital of northern India and today the 'perfume city of India', famous for its GI-tagged attar perfume industry.
Kannur (കണ്ണൂർ)
Kannur (കണ്ണൂർ; Cannanore), a city and district headquarters on Kerala's Malabar Coast: former Arakkal sultanate capital, St. Angelo Fort (1505), Kerala's largest handloom-producing district, Theyyam heartland, and home to Kannur International Airport.
Kanpur (कानपुर)
Kanpur (कानपुर), formerly Cawnpore, is a major industrial city on the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, India, 80 km west of Lucknow. Known as the Manchester of the East for its textile and leather mills, it has IIT Kanpur, a metro inaugurated in 2021, and a district population of about 4.58 million.
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari (Kanniyakumari, formerly Cape Comorin) is a Tamil Nadu coastal town at India's southernmost tip where three seas meet, named for the Kumari Amman goddess, known for the 1970 Vivekananda Rock Memorial and the 133-ft Thiruvalluvar Statue.
Kapar
Kapar (Malay Pekan Kapar; Chinese 加埔; Tamil காப்பார்) is a town in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia, 17 km from Klang; also the P.109 constituency of 314,033 people and site of the 2,420 MW Kapar Energy Ventures plant.
Karachi (کراچی)
Karachi (کراچی) is Pakistan's largest city and the capital of Sindh, on the Arabian Sea coast. It is the country's largest port and financial center, with about 20.3 million people per the 2023 census.
Karaikudi (காரைக்குடி)
Kāraikkudi (காரைக்குடி), also spelled Karaikudi, is a city in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, capital of the Chettinad region of the Nattukottai Chettiars, known for limestone mansions, Chettinad cuisine, Alagappa University, and CECRI.
Kargil
Kargil is a town and district headquarters in Ladakh, India, on the Srinagar–Leh highway at about 9,600 ft. District formed 1979 from Leh district; mainly Muslim; 2011 population 140,800, 12% urban.