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Narva
Narva, Estonia's third-largest city (51,017 in 2026), on the Narva River at the EU–Russia border facing Ivangorod; Russian-speaking majority, baroque old town destroyed 1944, Kreenholm mill, vehicle border closed since 2024.
Nashik (नाशिक)
Nashik (नाशिक), also historically Nasik and Gulshanabad, is Maharashtra's third-largest city on the Godavari River, a Simhastha Kumbh Mela host every 12 years, India's Wine Capital with GI-tagged Nashik grapes, and site of the ancient Pandavleni caves.
Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire, second-largest NH city (91,851 in 2024) at the Nashua–Merrimack river confluence; founded as Dunstable, renamed for the Nashua River, industrial textile city chartered 1823, incorporated as a city 1853.
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee: capital of Tennessee and seat of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, the first fully unified US city-county government (1963). Founded 1779 as Fort Nashborough; Music City; 689,447 residents (2020 census).
Nasimshahr
Nasimshahr, also known as Akbarabad and formerly Mohajershahr until 1999, is a fast-growing city in Tehran province, Iran, home to the Tehran province freight terminal.
Nasinu
Nasinu is a town in Naitasiri Province, Fiji, on the Suva–Nausori corridor; incorporated in 2000, it has Fiji's largest municipal area (78.3 km²), is the second-most populous municipality, and targets city status by 2030.
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas: capital and largest city on New Providence island; founded as Charles Towne 1695, renamed for William III of Orange-Nassau; 296,732 island residents (2022 census); record 5.6 million cruise passengers in 2024; UNESCO Creative City known for Junkanoo.
Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez, Mississippi: oldest municipality in the state (incorporated 1803), founded as French Fort Rosalie in 1716 on a bluff above the Mississippi River; antebellum cotton and slave-trade wealth, Natchez Trace terminus, population about 14,500.
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana: city in Natchitoches Parish founded 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, on Cane River Lake, home to Northwestern State University.
Natore
Natore (নাটোর) is a district and town in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, on the Narad river 30 miles east of Rajshahi; former capital of the Natore Raj zamindari, district headquarters until 1825, district since 1984.
Naucalpan de Juárez
Naucalpan de Juárez, a municipality in the State of Mexico bordering Mexico City; Nahuatl name meaning "place of the four houses"; 834,434 inhabitants (2020); industrial hub with the Torres de Satélite and Mexicable Line 3.
Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo, Illinois: Mississippi River city in Hancock County, LDS Church headquarters 1839-1846, once Illinois' largest city, site of Joseph Smith's 1844 murder, the 1846 Mormon exodus, and a National Historic Landmark district.
Navan
Navan (Irish: An Uaimh) is the county town of County Meath, Ireland, at the confluence of the Boyne and Blackwater rivers about 50 km northwest of Dublin.
Navegantes, Benguela
Navegantes (Município dos Navegantes) is a coastal municipality in Benguela Province, Angola, created by Lei n.º 14/24; 2024 census: 240,075 people, 319.8 km², economy based on fishing, salt, and tourism.
Navi Mumbai (नवी मुंबई)
Navi Mumbai (नवी मुंबई), or New Bombay, is a planned counter-magnet city across Mumbai Harbour, developed from 1970 by CIDCO over 344 sq km in 14 nodes, with the Navi Mumbai International Airport opening in December 2025.
Navotas, National Capital Region
Navotas City, a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila's National Capital Region, Philippines; the Fishing Capital of the Philippines, home to the 49-hectare Navotas Fish Port Complex supplying over 70% of Metro Manila's fish; 18 barangays, 252,878 residents (2024).
Navsari
Navsari is a city and district headquarters in southern Gujarat, India, a historic center of Parsi Zoroastrianism: 1142 fire temple, Meherjirana Library (1872), Desai Atash Behram, Jamsetji Tata's birthplace.
Nawabshah
Nawabshah (نواب شاہ), city in central Sindh, Pakistan, headquarters of Shaheed Benazirabad district (formerly Nawabshah District). Named for Syed Nawab Ali Shah's 1909 railway land donation; 363,138 city residents in 2023; hot desert climate.
Naypyidaw (နေပြည်တော်)
Naypyidaw (နေပြည်တော်, Abode of Kings) is Myanmar's purpose-built capital since 2005-06: 7,054 km², 2014 population 1.16 million, zoned ministries, 20-lane highways, junta seat since 2021, cost estimated $3-5 billion, never disclosed.
Nazarabad
Nazarabad (نظرآباد) is a city and county seat in Alborz Province, Iran, 79 km northwest of Tehran; population 119,512 (2016 census), near the 9,000-year-old Ozbaki archaeological mound.
Nazaré, Portugal
Nazaré, Portugal: Atlantic municipality in Leiria district, Oeste region, about 14,680 residents on 82 km2 across three parishes. Famous for its crescent beach, seven-skirt fishwives, Sítio cliff, and giant Praia do Norte waves over the 5-km-deep Nazaré Canyon.
Nazareth (الناصرة)
Nazareth (الناصرة, an-Nasira) is a city in Lower Galilee, Israel, the New Testament hometown of Jesus and today Israel's largest Arab city, about 78,000 residents, one third Christian, centered on the Basilica of the Annunciation.
Nazran
Nazran (Назрань; Ingush: Наьсаре, Näsare) is the largest city of the Republic of Ingushetia in the North Caucasus, Russia, and its capital until Magas took over in 2000.
Ndola
Ndola, Zambia's third largest city and Copperbelt provincial capital, 1,108 km² district on the DRC border; 627,503 residents (2022 census); industrial hub, slave-trade-era trading post, city status 1967.
Neckarau
Neckarau, a district of Mannheim, Germany, first documented 871 as Villa Naucravia; Neolithic settlement, a late Roman burgus bridgehead for Altrip, Kurpfalz village, incorporated into Mannheim 1899, about 35,000 residents.
Needles, California
Needles, California, is a small city on the Colorado River at the Arizona border, founded in 1883 with the railroad and known for Route 66.
Negiacum
Negiacum was an ancient settlement in Celtic Gaul, tentatively identified with Nazac in the commune of Nanthiat, Dordogne, France, and cataloged in the Barrington Atlas.
Neijiang
Neijiang (内江), the "Sweet City" (甜城), is a prefecture-level city on the Tuo River in southeast Sichuan between Chengdu and Chongqing; a former sugar center, birthplace of painter Zhang Daqian, with about 3.14 million residents (2020 census).
Neiva, Huila
Neiva, Huila: capital of Colombia's Huila department, founded 24 May 1612 on the Magdalena River; 357,392 inhabitants, 442 m altitude, commercial hub hosting the June Festival Folclórico and Reinado Nacional del Bambuco.
Nellore (నెల్లూరు)
Nellore (నెల్లూరు) is a city in Andhra Pradesh, India, headquarters of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district. Municipal corporation since 2004 (municipality 1884), 149.2 sq km, 600,869 people (2011), near Krishnapatnam port.