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Mpanda, Katavi
Mpanda is the capital town of Katavi Region in western Tanzania, administered as Mpanda Town Council. Key facts: about 102,000 residents in 2012, Mpanda Airport (NPY), a 210 km rail link to Kaliua, and the gateway to Katavi National Park.
Muang Sua
Muang Sua, also spelled Muong Sua, was the earliest recorded name of the city now known as Luang Prabang in northern Laos, renamed in 1563.
Muar
Muar (Bandar Maharani), Royal Town of Johor, Malaysia, on the Muar River in northwestern Johor. Proclaimed Bandar Maharani in 1887, Royal Town in 2012; Malaysia's leading furniture hub with about 800 factories.
Mubi
Mubi, city in Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, near the Cameroon border, spanning Mubi North and Mubi South LGAs. Commercial hub with a major cattle market; population about 225,705 (2026).
Mudanjiang
Mudanjiang (牡丹江) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Heilongjiang, China, bordering Russia; a transport hub with 4 national ports, 2.29 million residents (2020 census), and 25.8% of the province's Russia trade.
Mukachevo
Mukachevo (Мукачево, Hungarian Munkács) is a city on the Latorica River in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine; second-largest in the region, dominated by Palanok Castle, a former Jewish Hasidic center, and a transport hub.
Mukono
Mukono is a district and town in Uganda's Central region, east of Kampala on the Jinja highway; a former Kyagwe county headquarters and East Mengo district seat since 1974, now a Greater Kampala commuter district with 929,224 people (2024 census).
Mulenvos
Mulenvos is a municipality and large populated place in Luanda Province, Angola, recorded population 882,014; in 2026 Angola authorized 22.05 billion kwanzas to improve 30 km of its roads.
Mülheim-Kärlich
Mülheim-Kärlich, a town in Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, on the Rhine's Neuwied Basin, known for its restored Roman villa rustica (found 1983 in Depot), a 10-kiln Roman pottery center at Am Guten Mann, and prehistoric finds from the Kärlich clay pit.
Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
Mülheim an der Ruhr, kreisfreie Stadt in NRW's Ruhr region, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf; 91.28 km², about 173,700 residents, 19% foreign nationals; former Ruhr shipping and coal center, mine-free since 1966.
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (Mülhausen) is a city in the Alsace region of northeastern France, the largest city of Haut-Rhin with about 113,000 inhabitants, near the Swiss and German borders.
Mullingar
Mullingar (An Muileann gCearr), county town of Westmeath, Ireland, on the River Brosna and Royal Canal. Norman-founded, shire town since 1542, canal 1806, railway 1848, population 22,667 in 2022.
Multan (ملتان)
Multan (ملتان), the City of Saints, is a major city in southern Punjab, Pakistan, on the Chenab River; district population 5.36 million (2023), hot desert climate, ancient Sun-temple city conquered by Alexander, the Arabs, Mahmud of Ghazna, and the British.
Mulugu
Mulugu (ములుగు) is a district in Telangana, India, formed 17 February 2019 from Jayashankar Bhupalpally district; headquarters Mulugu town, area 3,881 sq km, 2011 population 2,94,671, home of Ramappa Temple and Medaram Jathara.
Mumbai (मुंबई)
Mumbai (मुंबई), officially Bombay until 1995, is the capital of Maharashtra, India's financial capital and largest port city, and home of the Hindi film industry.
Mumbai City district
Mumbai City district, also called Mumbai Shahr district, is the island-city district of Mumbai, Maharashtra, covering 157 sq km with 3,085,411 people (2011), administered by the Mumbai City Collectorate and distinct from Mumbai Suburban district.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (मुंबई महानगर प्रदेश)
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (मुंबई महानगर प्रदेश) is the officially delineated region around Mumbai, Maharashtra, spanning 6,328 sq. km and home to about 23.6 million people in 2011.
Muncie, Indiana
Muncie, Indiana: county seat of Delaware County in east central Indiana, home of Ball State University and the historic Ball Brothers glass company; population about 65,000, manufacturing heritage, recent READI-funded downtown redevelopment.
Munger
Munger (मुंगेर), historically Monghyr, is a city on the Ganges in Bihar, India, known for its hilltop fort, gun making, and the Bihar School of Yoga.
Munich
Munich (München), capital of Bavaria and Germany's third largest city, first recorded in 1158; 1,612,429 residents in 2025, 25 districts, Germany's most expensive city, lowest big-city unemployment, and 6.5 million Oktoberfest guests.
Munnar (മുന്നാർ)
Munnar (മുന്നാർ), a 1,600 m hill station in Idukki, Kerala, at the confluence of three streams, famed for Kannan Devan tea plantations, Anamudi peak, Neelakurinji blooms, and the 2005 Tea Museum.
Münster
Münster, Westphalia, Germany: cathedral city founded 793 by Liudger, site of the Anabaptist kingdom (1534/35) and the 1648 Peace of Westphalia; today a university and cycling city of about 320,700 residents.
Muntinlupa
Muntinlupa (City of Muntinlupa) is a highly urbanized city in southern Metro Manila, Philippines, converted from a municipality by RA 7926 on March 1, 1995; nine barangays, 552,225 residents (2024), first income class, on Laguna de Bay.
Murato
Murato (Muratu) is a commune and canton chief town in the Nebbio region of northern Corsica, on the Bevinco river, with 577 inhabitants (2019). Known for the 12th-century Pisan Romanesque church of San Michele at the Ptolemy-recorded Lourinion site.
Murcia
Murcia (Mursiya) is the capital of Spain's Region of Murcia, founded in 825 by emir Abd al-Rahman II on the Segura river. Seventh-largest Spanish city, 479,491 residents in 2025, known for its cathedral, thousand-year-old huerta irrigation, and flood-prone Segura.
Murdeshwar (ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ)
Murdeshwar (ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ), also spelled Murudeshwara, is a temple town on the Arabian Sea coast of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India, known for its temple and 123-foot Shiva statue.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Rutherford County seat near the geographic center of the state, founded 1811 as Cannonsburgh, state capital 1818-1826, site of the 1862-63 Battle of Stones River, home of MTSU, population about 171,000 in 2025.
Muridke
Muridke, a city and tehsil headquarters in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan, on the Grand Trunk Road 28 km north of Lahore; 2023 census population 254,291, former Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters until 2013, hit by an Indian missile in May 2025.
Murmansk (Мурманск)
Murmansk (Мурманск), founded 4 October 1916 as Romanov-na-Murmane, is a Russian Arctic port city on the ice-free Kola Bay, administrative center of Murmansk Oblast and the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle, near 300,000 people.
Murom (Муром)
Murom (Муром), ancient Russian city in Vladimir Oblast on the left bank of the Oka, first recorded in 862; population about 104,000 (2025). Known for Ilya Muromets, Peter and Fevronia, its monasteries, defense manufacturing, and the 2009 cable-stayed Oka bridge.