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Ash Shaţrah
Ash Shaţrah (الشطرة), also Al-Shatrah, is a town in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq, founded in 1872 on the Gharraf Canal, once called "Little Baghdad," district capital with about 182,000 residents and a hot desert climate.
Ashaiman
Ashaiman, a town and municipality in Greater Accra, Ghana, about 30 km from Accra and 4 km north of Tema; a fully urban dormitory and trading town of about 206,000 people (2021 census) governed by the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly since 2008.
Ashdod (אשדוד)
Ashdod, also known as Isdud in Arabic (أسدود), is a coastal city in southern Israel, built from 1956 around one of the country's two main sea ports.
Asheville, NC Metro Area
Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (code 11700): Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison counties in western North Carolina; about 422,000 people, median household income $76,275, recovering from 2024 Hurricane Helene damage.
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina: county seat of Buncombe County, founded 1797 and named for Governor Samuel Ashe, at the French Broad-Swannanoa confluence. Known for Art Deco downtown, Biltmore Estate, healthcare-led economy, and Hurricane Helene recovery since 2024.
Ashford, Kent
Ashford, England, is a market town and administrative center in Kent on the River Stour, with a market charter of 1243 and railway works from 1848.
Ashford, Surrey
Ashford, Surrey: a suburban town in Spelthorne on the River Ash, historically Middlesex, part of Surrey since 1965; Domesday Exeforde; distinct from Ashford, Kent; trains to London Waterloo.
Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Aşgabat), capital of Turkmenistan, founded 1881 by Russia near the Iranian frontier; destroyed by the 1948 earthquake, rebuilt, and redeveloped as the white-marble capital with about 1,052,700 residents.
Ashkelon
Ashkelon (Hebrew אשקלון) is a coastal city in Israel's Southern District, founded 1948, with about 171,000 residents. Ancient Philistine Pentapolis city; Canaanite gate of 1850 BCE, national park, Barzilai hospital.
Ashland, Oregon
Ashland, Oregon, is a city of 21,360 in the Rogue Valley near the California line, incorporated in 1874 and known for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne, shortened to Ashton, is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, about six miles east of Manchester. Chartered 1284; cotton and coal mill town; population 8,000 in 1800, 36,000 by 1851.
Asiago
Asiago (Slegar) is a town at 1,001 m in Vicenza province, Veneto, capital of the Seven Communes plateau; destroyed in WWI, rebuilt, home of the Asiago Military Memorial and PDO Asiago cheese.
Asmara (ኣስመራ)
Asmara (ኣስመራ), capital of Eritrea at over 2,000 m altitude, grew from an 1890s Italian military outpost into a rationalist planned city, inscribed by UNESCO in 2017 as Africa's only explicitly modernist World Heritage site.
Asnières-sur-Seine
Asnières-sur-Seine, commune 92004 in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, on the Seine northwest of Paris; 93,941 inhabitants (2023), density 19,489.8/km²; served by Transilien J/L, RER C, metro 13, tram T1, and future Grand Paris Express line 15 (2031).
Aspiran
Aspiran, a village of about 1,680 inhabitants in the Hérault, Occitanie, France, is a commune with the listed Église Saint-Julien (PA00103359) and major Roman wine archaeology: the Saint-Bézard villa, earliest known wine estate in Gaul, and the Estagnola amphora workshop.
Assisi
Assisi, Umbrian hill town in Perugia province, Italy; birthplace of Saint Francis and UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000. Key facts: Roman municipium 89 BCE, 1997 Basilica earthquake, 1.7 million tourists in 2025, 2026 relic ostension.
Astana (Астана)
Astana (Астана), capital of Kazakhstan since 1997, a planned city on the Ishim River; formerly Akmola and Nur-Sultan (2019-2022); population 1.7 million, 11.9% of national GDP, Kurokawa master plan.
Asti
Asti (Hasta), Piedmont city and provincial capital on the Tanaro; Roman municipium, medieval banking power, Gothic cathedral 1309–1354, Torre Rossa, Barbera wine center, 73,495 inhabitants.
Astoria, Oregon
Astoria is a port city of nearly 10,000 in northwestern Oregon at the mouth of the Columbia River, the first permanent United States settlement on the Pacific coast.
Astrakhan (Астрахань)
Astrakhan (Астрахань; Ḥāǰǰī Tarḵān) is a Russian city on the Volga about 100 km from the Caspian Sea, capital of Astrakhan Oblast. Former khanate capital annexed by Russia in 1556; major Caspian port, caviar, shipbuilding, and North-South corridor hub.
Asunción
Asunción, capital of Paraguay on the Paraguay River, founded 15 August 1537 by Juan de Salazar y Espinoza; known as the mother of cities, seat of all three government branches, and a growing metropolitan area of about 3.5 million facing flood challenges.
Atani
Atani is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River in Anambra State, Nigeria, headquarters of Ogbaru Local Government Area; population about 230,000, near Onitsha, with namesakes in Akwa Ibom, Abia, and Bangladesh.
Athabasca, Alberta
Athabasca is a town in northern Alberta, 145 km north of Edmonton on the Athabasca River; formerly Athabasca Landing, a fur-trade gateway to the North, it had 2,759 people in 2021.
Athens (Αθήνα)
Athens (Αθήνα), capital and largest city of Greece since 1834, in Attica; recorded history to 3200 BC, classical center of democracy and philosophy, municipality of 637,798 people and Athens–Piraeus urban area of 3.18 million (2011).
Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia: consolidated city-county (Athens-Clarke County) in northeast Georgia, home of the University of Georgia (chartered 1785) and the B-52s/R.E.M. music scene; population about 128,600.
Athens, OH Micro Area
Athens, OH Micro Area (CBSA 11900) is a single-county micropolitan statistical area covering Athens County, Ohio, anchored by Ohio University. Population about 62,000; low incomes, high poverty, strong safety, and education rankings.
Athens, Ohio
Athens, also known as Athens, OH, is a city in southeastern Ohio on the Hocking River and the home of Ohio University, with 23,849 residents at the 2020 census.
Atherton, California
Atherton, California: incorporated 1923 from Fair Oaks, named for Faxon Dean Atherton; a San Mateo County town of about 7,200 with single-family one-acre zoning, no commercial land, and median household income above $250,000.
Athlone
Athlone (Baile Átha Luain) is a Midlands Irish town split by the River Shannon between Westmeath and Roscommon, centered on its 1210 Anglo-Norman castle, the 1690-91 sieges, and growth as a Regional Growth Centre.
Atlanta
Atlanta, capital and largest city of Georgia and seat of Fulton County, founded 1837 as the railroad Terminus. 2020 population 498,715; metro over 6 million; rebuilt after 1864 burning; major Southeast hub facing slowing growth and sprawl limits.