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Nacogdoches, Texas
Nacogdoches is a city and the county seat of Nacogdoches County in Deep East Texas, named for a Caddoan tribe and founded in 1779.
Nada (city)
Nada (那大镇) is a town in southeastern Danzhou, Hainan, China, and the seat of the Danzhou municipal government. Known for its Qing-era name origin from the Nahen and Datong villages, it had about 249,000 residents in 2018.
Nadiād
Nadiad (નડિયાદ), Gujarat city in Kheda district, largest city and commercial hub of the district, birthplace of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, famed as "Sakshar Bhumi" land of literates; municipal corporation formed 1 January 2025.
Nador (city)
Nador (الناظور) is a coastal city in Morocco's Oriental region near Melilla, on the Marchica lagoon; population about 176,600, with the Nador West Med port, MAD 20 billion private investment, and a 104 km motorway link.
Nafpaktos (Ναύπακτος)
Nafpaktos (Ναύπακτος), also Lepanto, is a Greek town on the Corinthian Gulf, site of the 1571 naval battle, with a five-tier Venetian-Ottoman castle of about 17.5 hectares, liberated in 1829.
Naga, Camarines Sur
Naga (Ciudad nin Naga) is an independent component city in Camarines Sur, Bicol, Philippines; population 210,545 (2024), founded 1575 as Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres, chartered 1948, proclaimed the country's 34th highly urbanized city in 2026.
Nagano, Nagano
Nagano (長野市, Nagano-shi) is the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, Japan, home to Zenkoji Temple (founded 642). Population 357,416 (Oct 2026); area 834.81 km²; served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen; sister city Clearwater, Florida.
Nagaoka
Nagaoka (長岡市, Nagaoka-shi) is Niigata Prefecture's second-largest city, Japan, on the Sea of Japan along the Shinano River; about 250,000 residents, 891.26 km², known for the Kome Hyappyo tradition and the Nagaoka Festival fireworks.
Nagareyama
Nagareyama (流山市) is a city in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan, about 20 minutes from Tokyo by Tsukuba Express. Known as the birthplace of shiro mirin, it has one of Japan's fastest-growing populations thanks to childcare support policies.
Nagasaki (長崎市)
Nagasaki (長崎市) is the prefectural capital of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Port opened 1571 for Portuguese trade; Japan's only open port 1641–1858 via Dejima; atomic-bombed 1945; population about 390,000.
Nagercoil (நாகர்கோவில்)
Nagercoil (நாகர்கோவில்), named for the Jain Naga Raja Temple, is the headquarters of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu; formerly Travancore's second town, it joined Tamil Nadu in 1956.
Nagoya (名古屋)
Nagoya (名古屋) is Japan's third-largest city, capital of Aichi Prefecture, founded in 1610 as the castle town of the Owari Tokugawa around Nagoya Castle; a manufacturing hub of about 2.35 million people.
Nagpur (नागपूर)
Nagpur (नागपूर), the Orange City and winter capital of Maharashtra, India, in Vidarbha; founded 1702 by Gond ruler Bakht Buland Shah, later Bhonsle capital, Central Provinces capital, and site of the Zero Mile Stone.
Naha (那覇)
Naha (那覇) is the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, former port of the Ryukyu Kingdom; about 310,700 residents on 41.46 km², municipalized 1921, destroyed in 1944, reverted to Japan 1972.
Naihāti
Naihāti (নৈহাটি) is a city and municipality on the Hooghly River's east bank north of Kolkata, in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, and the birthplace of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, author of Vande Mataram.
Nainital (नैनीताल)
Nainital (नैनीताल), the Lake District of India, is a Kumaon Himalayan hill town in Uttarakhand around Naini Lake; district headquarters, High Court seat, British-era hill station founded in the 1840s, facing lake pollution and landslides.
Nairobi
Nairobi, capital of Kenya and East Africa's most populous city (about 3.5 million), founded 1899 as Uganda railway headquarters; county of 696.1 km2 at 1,798 m altitude with 17 sub-counties, governed by a county assembly and governor.
Naivasha
Naivasha, from the Maasai Nai'posha (rough water), is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya, on Lake Naivasha in the Rift Valley about 90 km northwest of Nairobi, a hub of cut-flower horticulture, Olkaria geothermal energy, and conference tourism.
Najaf
Najaf, southern Iraq city housing the Imam Ali Shrine, Wadi al-Salam (world's largest cemetery, 9.17 km²), and the quietist Shia hawza; 12–18 million pilgrims yearly, tourism ~30% of governorate GDP, distinct from Karbala and Qom.
Najafābād
Najafabad (نجف آباد) is a city in Isfahan Province, Iran, west of Isfahan, founded in the Safavid era around 1022 AH per the Dehkhoda tradition. Population 221,814 in 2011; known for almonds, carpets, groundwater decline, and the Islamic Azad University Najafabad Branch.
Najafgarh
Najafgarh is a town, tehsil, and assembly constituency in South West Delhi, India, named after Mirza Najaf Khan, the Mughal commander who built its fort around 1770.
Nakaminato-shi
Nakaminato-shi (那珂湊市) was a fishing port city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, formed in 1954 and merged with Katsuta City on 1 November 1994 to create Hitachinaka; its port, fish market, and Mito-domain historic sites remain.
Nakhodka
Nakhodka (Находка) is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, on Nakhodka Bay in the Sea of Japan, about 85 km east of Vladivostok. Founded as a city in 1950, it is Russia's major Far Eastern port hub with Vostochny Port and Kozmino.
Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima (นครราชสีมา), also called Korat, is a city in northeastern Thailand, capital of its province, founded under King Narai of Ayutthaya by merging Mueang Sema and Korakhapura; it became the Northeast's first-class frontier province and railway hub.
Nakuru (city)
Nakuru is a city in Kenya's Rift Valley, the capital of Nakuru County, made Kenya's fourth city on 1 December 2021 after Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu.
Nakusp
Nakusp: village municipality on Upper Arrow Lake in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, incorporated 1964, population 1,589 (2021), known for forestry, community forest NACFOR, and the Nakusp Hot Springs.
Nalchik
Nalchik (Нальчик), capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, a foothill city on the Nalchik River at about 500 m elevation; founded as a Russian fortress (dates disputed, official 1724), city since 1921, federal balneological resort, City of Military Glory.
Nalgonda District
Nalgonda (నల్గొండ జిల్లా) is a district in southern Telangana, India, HQ Nalgonda town, formed 11 October 2016; area 2,449.79 sq km, population 16,18,416 (2011), home to Nagarjuna Sagar Dam and Deverakonda Fort.
Namangan (city)
Namangan (Uzbek: Namangan) is a city in eastern Uzbekistan, administrative center of Namangan Region in the Fergana Valley; first mentioned late 15th century, city from 1610, taken by Russia in 1875, population about 728,000 in 2026.
Nambour
Nambour is a hinterland town on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Australia, formerly called Petrie's Creek and renamed in 1891. Known for its sugar-mill heritage, rail line, Nambour General Hospital, and 2021 census population of 20,918.