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Linz
Linz, Austria (Linz an der Donau): capital of Upper Austria on the Danube, third-largest Austrian city (~215,000), first mentioned 799, steel city of voestalpine, home of Ars Electronica and UNESCO City of Media Arts.
Lipa, Batangas
Lipa (City of Lipa) is a first-class component city in Batangas, Philippines, chartered in 1947 by RA 162. Population 387,392 (2024); historic kapeng barako coffee capital now an agro-industrial and IT-BPO hub anchored by the 740-hectare LIMA economic zone.
Lipetsk
Lipetsk (Липецк), Russian city and capital of Lipetsk Oblast, founded 1703 as Peter the Great's ironworks settlement, city status 1779, resort town in 1805, now home to NLMK's Novolipetsk Steel plant producing 12.4 million tonnes of steel a year.
Lippstadt
Lippstadt, a town of about 72,400 in the Soest district, North Rhine-Westphalia, on the Lippe river; founded 1185 by Bernhard II zur Lippe as Westphalia's first planned town, chartered around 1220, Hanseatic 1280–1669, joint-ruled 1445–1851, home of FORVIA HELLA.
Lisbon
Lisbon (Lisboa), capital of Portugal since 1255 on the Tagus estuary; Phoenician Alis-Ubbo, Roman Olisipo, reconquered 1147. Destroyed by the 1 November 1755 earthquake, fire, and tsunami; rebuilt as the Pombaline Baixa; today a tourism-driven capital of 548,703 facing a housing crisis.
Lisburn
Lisburn (Lios na gCearrbhach, formerly Lisnagarvey) is a Northern Ireland city on the River Lagan southwest of Belfast, founded by the Conways in the 1620s and a leading Irish linen centre through the Crommelin, Coulson, and Barbour enterprises; city status 2002.
Lisdoonvarna
Lisdoonvarna (Lios Dúin Bhearna), County Clare, Ireland's only active spa town, grew around sulphur and iron springs in the Clare Shales and hosts Europe's largest September matchmaking festival, drawing over 60,000 visitors.
Lishui (丽水)
Lishui (丽水) is a prefecture-level city in southwest Zhejiang, China, the province's largest by area at about 17,300 km², a mountainous source of six rivers, a national ecological civilization pilot area, with 2.5 million residents and GDP of 230.14 billion yuan in 2025.
Lisieux
Lisieux, commune in Calvados, Normandy (19,645 inhabitants in 2023), is France's second pilgrimage site after Lourdes, centered on Sainte-Thérèse: her Basilica (1929–1954), Carmel, and Les Buissonnets; two-thirds destroyed in June 1944.
List of capitals in Pakistan
Capitals of Pakistan: Islamabad (federal, built 1960s), Lahore (Punjab), Karachi (Sindh), Quetta (Balochistan), Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); Karachi was the first capital, replaced in 1959-1963.
List of capitals in the United States
List of capitals in the United States: the 50 state capitals plus Washington, D.C.; only 17 capitals are their state's largest city, Phoenix is the largest and Montpelier the smallest.
List of capitals of India
Capitals of India: New Delhi is the national capital; 36 states and union territories each have capitals, including seasonal Srinagar/Jammu, shared Chandigarh, planned Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, and Amaravati.
List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada
The list of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada covers Statistics Canada's 152 urban units, home to 84% of Canadians in 2021, with Toronto the largest.
List of cities and counties in Virginia
Virginia's 95 counties and 38 independent cities: all Virginia cities lie outside county boundaries, a system unique among U.S. states, dating from Williamsburg's 1722 charter and the 1870 constitution.
List of cities and towns in Bangladesh
The list of cities and towns in Bangladesh covers its urban local government areas: 12 city corporations and 329 municipalities, called pourashavas, in 2018, with Dhaka the largest city.
List of cities and towns in Croatia
Cities and towns of Croatia (gradovi): urban local self-government units, defined as county seats or settlements over 10,000 inhabitants; 127-128 cities alongside 428 municipalities, with Zagreb holding special city-and-county status.
List of cities and towns in Egypt
Cities and towns of Egypt: about 250 administratively urban units, four urban governorates (Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez), 231 cities per GOPP, plus the 20-city new cities program and the New Administrative Capital.
List of cities and towns in Poland
Cities and towns in Poland (miasta): localities with town status granted by Council of Ministers regulation; 964 cities as of 2022, 66 cities with powiat status, six new cities added 1 January 2026.
List of cities and towns in the San Francisco Bay Area
List of the 101 incorporated cities and towns of the San Francisco Bay Area across its nine counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma), with county counts, populations, and regional planning context.
List of cities and towns of Hungary
Cities and towns of Hungary (város): 348 urban settlements among 3,155 total as of 1 January 2026, including Budapest and 25 county-rank towns, classified under Act CLXXXIX of 2011.
List of cities by international visitors
List of cities by international visitors: rankings led by Euromonitor's Top 100 City Destinations Index. In 2025 Bangkok topped arrivals with 30.3 million, ahead of Hong Kong, London, Macao, Istanbul, Dubai, Mecca, Antalya, Paris and Kuala Lumpur; metrics differ by city.
List of cities in Alberta
Cities in Alberta: 19 urban municipalities with city status under the Municipal Government Act, requiring 10,000+ residents; largest are Calgary and Edmonton.
List of cities in Argentina
List of cities in Argentina: INDEC statistical localities and agglomerations versus provincially created local governments. 116 agglomerations in the 2022 census; Buenos Aires primate city with 31.9% of the national population.
List of cities in Australia
List of cities in Australia: no official ABS list exists; cities are instead enumerated via statistical geographies such as Urban Centres and Localities (1,000+ people), Significant Urban Areas (10,000+), and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas.
List of cities in Australia by population
List of cities in Australia by population: Australia has no official city list; ABS geographies (Urban Centres, Significant Urban Areas, GCCSAs) give different rankings, with Sydney and Melbourne the largest capitals at June 2025.
List of cities in Bihar by population
List of cities in Bihar by population ranks Bihar's 26 Census 2011 cities above 1 lakh, led by Patna (16,84,222; UA 20,49,156), then Gaya, Bhagalpur, and Muzaffarpur, with census definitions and urbanization context.
List of cities in Brazil by population
List of cities in Brazil by population: official IBGE municipal estimates (July 1 reference date), covering 5,570 municipalities; São Paulo largest at 12,005,878 (2026), followed by Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Fortaleza, and Salvador.
List of cities in Canada
List of cities in Canada: no single national definition; each province legislates city status. Cities are tracked by Statistics Canada as census subdivisions (5,161 in SGC 2021); Toronto, at 2.8 million, is the largest municipality.
List of cities in China
Cities in China (建制市, jianzhi shi) are legally designated administrative units at province, prefecture, and county levels, not built-up urban areas; 681 existed in 2020, up from 164 in 1955, shaped by county-to-city conversion and the city-leading-counties system.
List of cities in China by population
List of cities in China by population: rankings of Chinese cities (城市人口) by urban population. Coverage depends on definition: urban districts versus municipality; 2020 census counted 901.99 million urban residents, 63.89 percent urban.