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Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey: resort city on Absecon Island, founded 1854, home of the first U.S. boardwalk (1870) and first casino outside Nevada (Resorts, 1978); nine casinos, 38,497 residents (2020).
Atlantis of the Sands
Atlantis of the Sands is T.E. Lawrence's name for Ubar, a legendary lost frankincense-trade city of Arabia's Empty Quarter; candidate ruins at Shisr, Oman, found via satellite imagery, remain debated.
Atlin
Atlin: town and lake in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada; largest natural lake in the province (775 km²). Site of the 1898 Atlin Gold Rush on Pine Creek, an offshoot of the Klondike Gold Rush, in Taku River Tlingit territory (Wenah).
Atsugi
Atsugi (Atsugi-shi) is a city in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on the Sagami River about 40 kilometers from Tokyo. It had 223,825 residents in 2024.
Attingal
Attingal (ആറ്റിങ്ങല്) is a municipality in Chirayinkeezhu taluk, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, on the Vamanapuram river, 33 km from the city; seat of the Attingal Ranis and site of the 1721 Attingal Revolt; population 37,346 (2011).
Aubagne
Aubagne (Aubanha) is a commune of 47,529 inhabitants (2023) in Bouches-du-Rhône, France, in the Huveaune valley near Marseille. Birthplace of Marcel Pagnol and capital of Provençal santon-making and ceramics, first recorded as Albanea in 1005.
Aubigny
Aubigny: name of several French communes with notable archaeology, chiefly the Gallo-Roman Cherré complex at Aubigné-Racan (Sarthe), plus Gallic sites at Aubigny (Somme) and Aubigny-au-Bac (Nord).
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn, Alabama is a Lee County city in east-central Alabama, home of Auburn University (founded there in 1856). Founded 1836 by John J. Harper; population 76,143 in 2020, 85,113 estimated 2025; mayor-council government.
Auburn, California
Auburn, California: Placer County county seat in the Sierra Nevada foothills at I-80 and Highway 49. Founded 1848 Gold Rush camp by Claude Chana; incorporated 1888; about 13,800 residents; Endurance Capital of the World.
Auburn, IN Micro Area
Auburn, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area (Auburn micro, DeKalb County) is an OMB-defined micropolitan area in northeast Indiana, principal city Auburn, created in 2003 from the Fort Wayne metro, population 44,535 in 2025.
Auburn, New York
Auburn, New York: county seat of Cayuga County in the Finger Lakes region, about 25 miles west of Syracuse. Known for the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Seward House Museum, and Auburn prison founded 1816.
Auckland
Auckland, known in Māori as Tāmaki Makaurau, is New Zealand's largest urban area, built on an isthmus between the Manukau Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf with over 1.6 million people.
Augsburg
Augsburg, a district-free city in Bavaria and Germany's third-largest Bavarian city with about 308,000 residents, was founded by Rome in 15 BC, hosted the 1555 Peace of Augsburg, and holds the UNESCO-listed Water Management System and the Fuggerei.
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia: consolidated city-county seat of Richmond County on the Savannah River, founded 1736 by Oglethorpe, Georgia's second-largest city (201,999), home of the Masters Tournament and Fort Gordon.
Augusta, Maine
Augusta, Maine: capital city on the Kennebec River, seat of Kennebec County, population 18,899 (2020). Founded at the 1628 Cushnoc trading post; home to 1754 Fort Western and the Maine State House (1832).
Aurangabad (औरंगाबाद)
Aurangabad (औरंगाबाद), officially Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar since 2023, is a major city in Marathwada, Maharashtra, founded by Malik Ambar around 1610, a Mughal capital under Aurangzeb, and base for the Ajanta and Ellora UNESCO caves.
Aurignac
Aurignac (Occitan Aurinhac) is a commune in Haute-Garonne, France, whose 1852-discovered rock shelter, excavated by Édouard Lartet in 1860, gave its name in 1913 to the Aurignacian, the earliest Upper Palaeolithic culture of modern humans.
Aurora, Colorado
Aurora, Colorado: home-rule city east of Denver, founded 1891 as Fletcher, renamed 1907. Colorado's third largest city, 386,261 (2020 census), over 165 square miles in three counties, shaped by military bases and the Anschutz Medical Campus.
Aurora, Illinois
Aurora, Illinois: Fox River city about 40 miles west of Chicago, Illinois' second-largest city (180,542 at the 2020 census), nicknamed City of Lights for its 1881 electric streetlights; CB&Q railroad shops, Hispanic-majority demographics, and a new $360 million land-based casino.
Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas: capital of Texas, seat of Travis County, founded 1839 as Republic of Texas capital on the site of Waterloo. Home of UT Austin, tech hub, Live Music Capital; 1,002,632 residents in 2025 Census estimates.
Avadi
Avadi (ஆவடி), a municipal corporation city in Thiruvallur district on Chennai's north-west edge; 65 sq km, 344,701 people (2011); India's tank-making hub with HVF, Engine Factory, CVRDE and AVNL headquarters.
Avalon, California
Avalon, California: the only incorporated city on Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County, incorporated 1913, population 3,460 (2020), a resort town of golf carts, the Catalina Casino, and over 1 million annual ferry visitors.
Aveiro, Aveiro
Aveiro is a coastal city and municipality in Portugal's Centro region, capital of Aveiro District, built on the Ria de Aveiro lagoon. Known as the Venice of Portugal for its canals and moliceiro boats, with salt pans, Art Nouveau buildings, and a 1515 foral.
Avellaneda
Avellaneda names two Argentine places honoring president Nicolás Avellaneda: a city of 30,897 in Santa Fe founded 1879 by Friuli immigrants, and a Buenos Aires partido of 400,000, founded 1852 as Barracas al Sud, renamed 1904, home of Dock Sud port and Racing and Independiente.
Avignon
Avignon, southern French city on the Rhône, was the papal seat in the 14th century: nine popes, the 15,000 m² Palais des Papes (1335–1352), medieval walls completed 1377, Saint Bénézet Bridge, UNESCO World Heritage since 1995.
Awasa
Awasa, also spelled Hawassa (ሀዋሳ), is a city in southern Ethiopia and capital of the Sidama Region since 2020, on the eastern shore of Lake Hawassa.
Axum
Axum (Aksum), ancient capital in Ethiopia's Tigray region, center of the Kingdom of Aksum (1st-8th centuries AD), famed for 3rd-4th century stelae, Ezana's Christian conversion, and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1980.
Aydın
Aydın: province and city in Turkey's Aegean region (Turkish: Aydın), seat Efeler, 17 districts, 1,172,107 people (2025), 8,007 km²; ancient Tralleis, first Anatolian railway (1856), figs, Kuşadası and Didim tourism.
Ayia Napa (Αγία Νάπα)
Ayia Napa (Αγία Νάπα) is a resort town in southeast Cyprus's Famagusta district, named after a medieval monastery ('napa' = wooded glen). Known for 16 Blue Flag beaches, Nissi Beach, nightlife, a 0.14 km² marina, and monk seal sea caves; 15.9% of Cyprus tourists stayed there in 2024.
Aylesbury
Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, England, is a Domesday-recorded market town of over 90,000 people. Distinguished by its prescriptive medieval market, 1554 incorporation, 2017 Garden Town status, and a 16,000-home growth programme to 2033.