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Nistos
Nistos is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in Occitanie, southwestern France, in the Pyrenean foothills near the Neste and Barousse valleys, promoted for heritage and outdoor tourism.
Niterói
Niterói (Nictheroy), Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, city on Guanabara Bay founded 1573 by Araribóia; state capital 1834-1975; 481,749 people (2022), IDHM 0.837, Rio-Niterói bridge, Niemeyer's MAC.
Nizāmābād, Telangana
Nizamabad (నిజామాబాద్), formerly Indur, is a district in north-west Telangana, India, named after the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1905. A top turmeric-producing district; National Turmeric Board headquartered there; 1,571,022 people (2011).
Nizhnekamsk
Nizhnekamsk (Нижнекамск), Tatarstan city on the Kama River founded 1961, city status 1966; population about 241,000; Russia's petrochemical center built around Nizhnekamskneftekhim, TANECO and tire plants.
Nizhnevartovsk
Nizhnevartovsk (Нижневартовск), city in Khanty-Mansi AO – Yugra, Russia, service center of the Samotlor oil field, the largest in Russia; about 293,000 residents, subarctic climate, high oil-industry wages.
Nizhny Novgorod (Нижний Новгород)
Nizhny Novgorod (Нижний Новгород), also called Nizhny, formerly Gorky (1932–1990), is a Russian city of about 1.22 million at the Volga–Oka confluence, founded in 1221 by Yuri Vsevolodovich, administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District.
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil (Нижний Тагил) is an industrial city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, founded in 1722 by the Demidovs, granted city status in 1919, home to Uralvagonzavod and EVRAZ NTMK, population about 331,000.
Njeru
Njeru is a municipality in Buikwe District, Uganda, elevated to municipal status in 2016; a manufacturing hub of about 160,000 people forming an agglomeration with Jinja City.
Nnewi
Nnewi (Anaedo, "Land of Gold"), city in Anambra State, Nigeria, south of Onitsha; "Japan of Africa" known for Nkwo Nnewi automotive spare parts market, Igbo apprenticeship-driven industry, and Igwe Orizu III's monarchy.
Nogales, Arizona
Nogales, Arizona, county seat of Santa Cruz County, is the U.S. half of Ambos Nogales on the Mexico border. Key facts: 1893 incorporation, Mariposa and DeConcini ports of entry, $20 billion trade, transboundary wastewater issues.
Nogales, Sonora
Nogales, Sonora (Heroica Nogales), Mexican border city paired with Nogales, Arizona as Ambos Nogales; founded with the Sonora Railroad in 1880–1882, municipality 1884; about 260,000 residents, maquiladora-dominated economy, 55% of GDP from manufacturing.
Noida (नोएडा)
Noida (नोएडा), or New Okhla Industrial Development Area, is a planned industrial city in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, founded April 1976; a major IT and electronics hub near Delhi whose Jewar international airport opened in 2026.
Nome, Alaska
Nome, Alaska: Bering Sea city on the Seward Peninsula, founded in the 1898–1899 gold rush, Alaska's largest town in 1900, end point of the Iditarod sled dog race, and site of the planned first U.S. Arctic deep-draft port.
Nonthaburi
Nonthaburi (นนทบุรี) is a central Thai province on the Chao Phraya River, one of five vicinity provinces around Bangkok; founded as Ban Talat Khwan in B.E. 2092, made a province in 1946, 622.38 km², now a dense Bangkok suburb.
Norcia
Norcia (ancient Nursia), a town at 604 m in Umbria's Valnerina, province of Perugia, birthplace of Saints Benedict and Scholastica (born 480); heavily damaged by the 2016 earthquakes, with its Basilica of San Benedetto rebuilt and reopened in 2025.
Norderstedt
Norderstedt, city in Kreis Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, on Hamburg's northern border; founded 1 January 1970 from Friedrichsgabe, Garstedt, Glashütte, and Harksheide; fourth-largest city in the state with about 83,000 inhabitants.
Nördlingen
Nördlingen, Bavarian town (Große Kreisstadt, Donau-Ries, ~20,400 residents) inside the 25 km Nördlinger Ries impact crater; former Free Imperial City with preserved town wall, Daniel tower, and suevite buildings.
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia: independent Hampton Roads seaport city at the mouth of the James and Elizabeth Rivers; home of Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base, the Port of Virginia, and a $6 billion floodwall program.
Norilsk (Норильск)
Norilsk (Норильск) is a Russian Arctic mining city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, founded 1935 with Norillag labour, the largest city built on permafrost, isolated from road and rail, heavily polluted, and facing thawing permafrost.
Normal, Illinois
Normal, Illinois: McLean County town in the Bloomington-Normal twin cities, named for Illinois State Normal University. Home of Illinois State University and Rivian's EV plant; population 52,736 (2020).
Norman
Norman, Oklahoma: third most populous Oklahoma city (128,026 in 2020 census), county seat of Cleveland County, home of the University of Oklahoma and the National Weather Center, founded 1889, incorporated 1891.
Norrköping
Norrköping, a city in Östergötland, Sweden, chartered in 1384 and once called Sweden's Manchester for its textile industry; known for the preserved Industrilandskapet along Motala ström, Campus Norrköping, its 1904 tramway, and one of Sweden's largest ports.
Norseman, Western Australia
Norseman is a goldmining town in Western Australia's eastern goldfields, about 724 km east of Perth, named after a horse that uncovered a gold nugget in 1894.
North Bay, Ontario
North Bay, Ontario: a city of about 62,000 on Lake Nipissing, 345 km north of Toronto. Founded as a CPR railway camp in 1882, incorporated 1925; NORAD base, Nipissing University, Gateway to the North.
North Charleston
North Charleston, South Carolina: city incorporated 1972, first mayor John Bourne; named in 1912 for a Cooper River development scheme; naval base 1901-1996; third-largest SC city, 2020 population 114,852.
North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas, Nevada: independent incorporated city in Clark County on the northern Las Vegas Valley rim, incorporated May 1, 1946; 296,653 residents (2025 estimate), fastest-growing city in Nevada, with Apex Industrial Park and its own mayor-council government.
North Pole, Alaska
North Pole, Alaska: small Interior Alaska city near Fairbanks, incorporated 1953, Christmas-themed with Santa Claus House; also known for sulfolane and PFAS groundwater contamination from its former refinery.
North Vancouver (city)
City of North Vancouver: British Columbia municipality incorporated May 13, 1907, on the North Shore across from Vancouver, distinct from the District of North Vancouver. Compact Lonsdale-core city of 61,550 (2021) facing severe housing affordability limits and a 3,320-unit provincial housing target.
North Wraxall
North Wraxall: Wiltshire parish (Upper Wraxall, Ford, Mountain Bower, The Shoe) on the Fosse Way, known for the Truckle Hill Roman villa excavated by Scrope 1859-60 and its 2000s bath-house digs.
North York
North York, a district of Toronto and former municipality (Township 1922, borough 1967, city 1979, amalgamated 1998), known for North York Centre on Yonge Street, Mel Lastman, and Don Mills.