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Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Pagosa Springs is the county seat of Archuleta County, Colorado, named from the Ute word Pagosah, healing waters. Known for the Mother Spring, the world's deepest geothermal hot spring, the Red Ryder Roundup, and the San Juan River.
Paisley, Renfrewshire
Paisley, Renfrewshire: Scotland's largest town, near Glasgow on the White Cart Water; home of Paisley Abbey (1163), the Paisley pattern, and the world's thread industry under J. & P. Coats.
Paita
Paita, historically Payta, is a Pacific port city in the department of Piura, northern Peru, founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1537 and long the main gateway to Lima.
Paithan (पैठण)
Paithan (पैठण), ancient Pratishthana, is a town on the Godavari in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra; Satavahana capital, home of the GI-tagged Paithani silk saree, the Jayakwadi dam, and the Eknath temple.
Pak Kret
Pak Kret (ปากเกร็ด) is a district and city municipality in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, north of Bangkok on the Chao Phraya River; 36.04 km², 189,458 residents (2020), moderate flood risk, home to Koh Kret island.
Pākdasht
Pākdasht (پاکدشت) is a city and the center of Pakdasht County in Tehran Province, Iran, about 20 km southeast of Tehran, known for greenhouse flowers and plants.
Palakkad (പാലക്കാട്)
Palakkad (പാലക്കാട്), a Kerala district with no coastline, opens the state to Tamil Nadu through the 32–40 km Palakkad Gap. Known as Kerala's granary, it had 2,809,934 people (2011) over 4,482 sq km.
Palakollu (పాలకొల్లు)
Palakollu (పాలకొల్లు), also Palakol or Palacole, is a town and mandal headquarters in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, home of the Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple, the fifth Pancharama Kshetra, with a 120-foot gopuram.
Palani
Palani (பழனி), Tamil Nadu temple town in Dindigul district at the Palani Hills foothills, home of the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, third of Murugan's six abodes, famed for navapashanam idol, rope car, and GI Palani Panchamirtham.
Pale of Calais
The Pale of Calais (English Pale) was the English-held territory around Calais, France, from 1347 to 1558: about 120 square miles from Wissant to Gravelines, a wool staple, garrison town, and England's last continental possession.
Palembang
Palembang, capital of South Sumatra, Indonesia, on the Musi River 85 km inland; historic center of the Srivijaya kingdom, nicknamed Venice of the East, population 1.75 million (2018), known for the Ampera Bridge, pempek, songket, and recurrent urban flooding.
Palencia, Castille and León
Palencia is a city in northern Spain, capital of the province of the same name in Castile and León, on the Carrión River, known for its Gothic cathedral.
Palermo, Sicily
Palermo (Palermu; Balàrm) is the capital of Sicily, Italy, fifth-largest Italian city, 625,956 residents. Phoenician, Byzantine, Islamic (831-1071), then Norman capital under Roger II; UNESCO Arab-Norman site inscribed 2015.
Palestine, Texas
Palestine, Texas: county seat of Anderson County in East Texas, founded 1846 and named for Palestine, Illinois. Railroad town, oil at Boggy Creek 1928, population 18,544 (2020), Texas State Railroad terminus.
Palghar
Palghar (पालघर), a district in Konkan, Maharashtra, created 1 August 2014 as the state's 36th district from Thane district; headquarters at Palghar town, 87 km north of Mumbai. Eight talukas, 2,990,116 people (2011), 37.39% Scheduled Tribe, with Vadhavan Port under development.
Palm Bay, Florida
Palm Bay, Florida: largest city in Brevard County on the Indian River Lagoon, founded as Tillman in 1887, incorporated 1960; defense and engineering economy led by L3Harris; 2020 census population 119,760.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida: a Palm Beach County city founded by insurance magnate John D. MacArthur in 1959 as a garden city; about 64,000 residents, former PGA of America headquarters, PGA National Resort, and the Avenir development.
Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach, Florida: an incorporated (April 17, 1911) barrier-island town in Palm Beach County with about 9,000 year-round and 20,000 seasonal residents, council-manager government under Mayor Danielle H. Moore, Flagler-era landmarks, and three miles of public beaches.
Palm Coast, Florida
Palm Coast, Florida: a planned city in eastern Flagler County along the Intracoastal Waterway, built from the late 1960s by ITT Community Development Corporation with 48,000 platted lots, incorporated December 31, 1999, population 109,886 (2025 estimate).
Palm Desert, California
Palm Desert, California: a Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, incorporated November 26, 1973, charter city since 1997, council-manager government, 51,163 residents (2020), home to College of the Desert and El Paseo shopping district.
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California: resort city in the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, about 107 miles east of Los Angeles; home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, midcentury modern Desert Modernism architecture, Modernism Week, and a $1.9 billion tourism economy.
Palma de Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca, capital of the Balearic Islands with over 400,000 residents, is defined by mass tourism: 33.8 million airport passengers in 2025, tourist-rental bans, water stress, and severe traffic congestion.
Palmdale, California
Palmdale, California: high-desert Antelope Valley city in northern LA County, ~60 miles from downtown LA; grew from a railroad water stop (Palmenthal, 1886) into an aerospace hub around Air Force Plant 42; 169,450 residents in 2020, affordable housing, long commutes.
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (Māori: Papaioea) is a city on New Zealand's North Island in the Manawatū region, 140 km north-east of Wellington, with an estimated population of 91,800.
Palmira, Valle del Cauca Department
Palmira, Valle del Cauca: Colombian municipality in the Cauca River valley, second city of the department, Agricultural Capital of Colombia, founded as Llanogrande (1680/1773), republican villa since 1824, sugarcane agroindustrial center.
Palmyra
Palmyra (Tadmor, تدمر), an ancient caravan oasis city in the Syrian desert northeast of Damascus, flourished 1st-3rd centuries AD on Silk Road trade under Rome, famed for its 1,100 m colonnaded street and Queen Zenobia; UNESCO-listed 1980, heavily damaged by Islamic State in 2015.
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California: Bay Area city named for El Palo Alto redwood, founded 1894 around Stanford University (opened 1891), birthplace of Silicon Valley, about 69,700 residents with municipal utilities.
Palopo
Palopo (Kota Palopo) is an autonomous city in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, created from Luwu Regency by Law 11/2002; 247.52 km², nine districts, about 201,000 people, trade- and service-dominated economy.
Palos de la Frontera
Palos de la Frontera is a town in Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain, called the Cradle of the Discovery of America because Columbus's 1492 first voyage sailed from its port; also known for La Rábida monastery and the Huelva chemical pole.
Palos Verdes Estates, California
A wealthy planned city in Los Angeles County, Palos Verdes Estates was designed by the Olmsted Brothers in the 1910s, incorporated in 1939, and features exclusive community living.