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Madhyamgram
Madhyamgram (মধ্যমগ্রাম), also historically Majher Gaon, is a municipality town in Barasat subdivision, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, about 25 km north-east of Kolkata, with 28 wards, rapid 2001–2011 growth of 26.45%, and a Sealdah-line railway station.
Madikeri (ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ)
Madikeri (ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ, Mercara) is the headquarters hill town of Kodagu district, Karnataka, founded as capital in 1681 by Muddu Raja; 33,381 residents (2011), about 1,166 m elevation, coffee country near Abbey Falls and Raja Seat.
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital and seat of Dane County, founded 1837 and named for President James Madison. Sits on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona, home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with about 286,000 residents.
Madiun
Madiun (Kota Madiun) is an autonomous city in East Java, Indonesia, distinct from surrounding Madiun Regency; population about 201,800 (2024), HDI 85.12 (2025), Dutch residency from 1832, municipality from 1918.
Madrid
Madrid, capital of Spain since Felipe II moved his court there in 1561; also called Magerit in its Andalusí era. Largest Spanish city (3,497,277 registered residents in 2025), Spain's leading regional economy (19.4% of GDP), record Metro ridership, and a low-tax regional government.
Madurai (மதுரை)
Madurai (மதுரை), also Madhurapuri or Thoonga Nagaram, is an ancient temple city on the Vaigai River in Tamil Nadu, built around the Meenakshi Amman Temple, a Pandya and Nayak capital, now a Smart City with an international airport.
Maebaru-shi
Maebaru-shi (前原市) was a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, from 1992 to 2010, centered on the former Karatsu kaidō post town of Maebaru; it merged with Nijō and Shima towns on 1 January 2010 to form Itoshima City.
Maebashi
Maebashi (前橋市) is the prefectural capital of Gunma, Japan, on the Tone River below Mount Akagi. Incorporated 1892; core city 2009; population about 326,000; formerly called Mayabashi.
Mafra, Portugal
Mafra is a town and municipality in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal, seat of an 86,521-inhabitant municipality, famous for the 1717–1730 Palace-Convent of D. João V, the Tapada hunting reserve, and the surfing village of Ericeira.
Magadan (Магадан)
Magadan (Магадан) is the port capital of Magadan Oblast in the Russian Far East, 7,110 km from Moscow, holding 71.4% of the oblast's population and serving a gold- and silver-mining region with no railway.
Magaluf
Magaluf (Magalluf) is a mass-tourism resort in Calvià, southwest Mallorca, Spain, known for its 892-metre urban beach, Punta Ballena nightlife, British package tourism, excess-tourism decrees, and ongoing Meliá-led and public redevelopment.
Magdala
Magdala (Migdal, Taricheae) was a first-century Jewish fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, hometown of Mary Magdalene, with an excavated synagogue, the carved Magdala Stone, harbor, and ritual baths.
Magdeburg
Magdeburg, capital of Saxony-Anhalt on the Elbe, about 244,500 residents (2025), first recorded 805, archbishopric 968, Magdeburg Law, two universities with 18,000+ students.
Maghera
Maghera (Machaire Rátha) is a town of about 4,235 people in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on the A6 between Derry and Coleraine, founded around St Lurach's 6th-century monastery and now undergoing a £10m regeneration programme.
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk (Магнитогорск) is a Russian steel city in Chelyabinsk Oblast on the Ural River, founded 1929 around MMK, one of Russia's largest steel plants, and a landmark of Soviet socialist urban planning.
Magog, Quebec
Magog, Quebec: city in Estrie on the Magog River at the foot of Lake Memphremagog, 32 km north of the Vermont border; founded by Ralph Merry III, industrialized by the 1884 Magog Textile mill, population about 30,807.
Mahabaleshwar (महाबळेश्वर)
Mahabaleshwar (महाबळेश्वर), also called Malcolm Peth, is a 1,372 m hill station in Satara district, Maharashtra, source of the Krishna, Venna, Koyna, Savitri, and Gayatri rivers, known for strawberries, viewpoints, and its Shiva temple.
Mahajanga
Mahajanga (Majunga), port city in Boeny region, northwest Madagascar, on Bombetoka Bay at the Betsiboka mouth; former Sakalava Boina royal capital, 2018 population 246,022, small first-generation port with chronic water and electricity deficits.
Mahbūbnagar (city)
Mahbūbnagar (Telugu మహబూబ్నగర్), formerly Palamoor, is a Telangana city and district headquarters renamed in 1890 for Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan; municipal corporation since 2005, about 222,573 people in 2011.
Mahdia
Mahdia (المهدية, al-Mahdiyya) is a coastal town in eastern Tunisia, about 200 km south of Tunis, founded by the Fatimid caliph al-Mahdi and his capital until 948.
Mahé, India
Mahé (Mayyazhi, മാഹി) is a 9 sq km coastal enclave of Puducherry union territory within Kerala, India, on the Malabar Coast between Kannur and Kozhikode; a former French possession with 41,816 people (2011), Malayalam-speaking, 630 km from Puducherry.
Mahesāna
Mahesana (મહેસાણા, also Mehsana), city and district headquarters in North Gujarat, India; founded by Mesaji Chavda (VS 1414), a railway junction, upgraded to a Municipal Corporation on January 1, 2025, with Dudhsagar Dairy and ONGC oil assets.
Maheshtala
Maheshtala (মাহেশতলা), a municipality in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on the east bank of the Hooghly River south of Kolkata; 448,317 people (2011), 44.18 sq km, 35 wards, constituted 1993, major waterlogging and new 35 MLD sewage plant.
Maheshwar (महेश्वर)
Maheshwar (महेश्वर), a town in Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, on the Narmada; ancient Mahishmati, capital of Ahilyabai Holkar, and home of GI-tagged Maheshwari sarees with reversible bugdi borders.
Mahur, Maharashtra
Mahur (Mahurgad, माहूर), a pilgrimage town in Kinwat taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, at about 755 m elevation; home of the Renuka Devi Temple, a Shakti Peetha, and revered as Dattatreya's birthplace; population 11,164 (2011).
Maia, Portugal
Maia is a municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area, northern Portugal, hosting Porto Airport 6 km from the city center. Known for its medieval Terra da Maia heritage, 1519 foral, industrial growth, and 2026 Happy City Index national first place.
Maianga
Maianga, a municipality of Luanda Province, Angola, created 1 January 2025 from the former urban district; Kimbundu name mazanga meaning ponds; area 26.4 km2, administrator Pedro Orlando Afonso Paca.
Maidenhead
Maidenhead: Berkshire Thames-side town, formerly South Ellington, founded on a 1250 bridge on the London–Bath road; chartered 1582; Brunel's 1839 railway bridge; Elizabeth line station; Nicholson Quarter regeneration.
Maidstone
Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, on the River Medway. Recorded as Meddestane in 1086, chartered in 1549, known for its Archbishop's Palace, the 1648 Battle of Maidstone, and brewing and papermaking industries.
Maiduguri
Maiduguri (Yerwa), capital of Borno State and largest city of northeastern Nigeria, founded 1907 as the Shehu's seat; trade hub on Lake Chad basin, later epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency and displacement crisis.