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Plage de Longchamp
Plage de Longchamp, the longest beach of Saint-Lunaire (also touching Saint-Briac-sur-Mer) on Brittany's Côte d'Émeraude: a 600 m northwest-facing fine-sand surf spot with a 1926 stepped seawall from Pierre Patout's unfinished 1928–1931 resort project.
Plage du Minou
Plage du Minou (Plage du Petit Minou), sandy surf cove in Plouzané, Finistère, Brittany, at the western entrance of the Goulet de Brest below the Petit Minou lighthouse and fort du Minou; unguarded, tide-dependent beach with monitored bathing water.
Plailly
Plailly (Oise, France): commune near Senlis with Saint-Martin church (12th century); excavations at 13-21 rue de Paris show continuous occupation from Merovingian times; TGN 1034872, Pleiades 109250.
Plains, Georgia
Plains, Georgia, a small Sumter County town established in the 1880s, is the birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of President Jimmy Carter and centers on the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park and peanut-farming heritage.
Plano, Texas
Plano, Texas, a city in southwestern Collin County on U.S. Highway 75 fifteen miles north of Dallas; incorporated 1873, named from Spanish for "flat," now a Dallas suburb of about 293,000 with major corporate offices.
Plantation, Florida
Plantation, Florida: a Broward County city incorporated April 30, 1953, founded by Frederick C. Peters on 10,000 acres; 91,750 residents in 2020, strong-mayor government, Gateway/Midtown/Technology Park business districts.
Pļaviņu Novads
Pļaviņu Novads (Pļaviņas Municipality) was a Latvian municipality, 2009–2021, comprising Pļaviņas town and Aiviekstes, Klintaines, and Vietalvas parishes; since 1 July 2021 it forms part of Aizkraukles novads.
Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen is a city on Mexico's Caribbean coast in Quintana Roo, at the center of the Riviera Maya and among Latin America's fastest-growing cities.
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton, California: Alameda County Tri-Valley city, incorporated 1894 and named for General Alfred Pleasonton. Formerly Alisal, a Gold Rush stop; now about 75,000 residents and a Hacienda business park economy.
Plettenberg Bay
Plettenberg Bay (Plett), Garden Route town in Western Cape, South Africa, under Bitou Municipality; renamed 1779 by Van Plettenberg; Blue Flag beaches, Robberg reserve, R4.7m average property prices, and strained water and housing supply.
Ploieşti
Ploiești is a city in southern Romania, the capital of Prahova County about 60 km north of Bucharest, known as the historic center of the Romanian oil industry.
Plovdiv (Пловдив)
Plovdiv (Пловдив), Bulgaria's second city on the Maritsa River, one of Europe's oldest continuously inhabited cities (Eumolpias, Philippopolis, Filibe), Roman theatre and stadium, Trakia Economic Zone, European Capital of Culture 2019.
Plymouth
Plymouth, Devon coastal city and naval port; recorded as Sudtone in 1086, Mayflower departure 1620, Devonport dockyard, population 264,700 (2021), University contributes £819m to UK economy.
Plymouth, IN Micro Area
Plymouth, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area (OMB code 38500) is a micropolitan area covering Marshall County, Indiana, anchored by Plymouth; part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts, is a coastal town about 38 miles southeast of Boston, founded in 1620 by Mayflower Pilgrims as the first permanent European settlement in New England.
Plzeň
Plzeň (Pilsen) is a statutory city in western Bohemia, capital of the Plzeň Region and the Czech Republic's fourth largest city. Founded about 1295 by Wenceslas II at the confluence of four rivers, it is home to Škoda and the Pilsner Urquell brewery.
Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello, Idaho, is the county seat of Bannock County in southeastern Idaho, named for Shoshone Chief Pocatello. It grew from a railroad junction and is home to Idaho State University.
Podgorica
Podgorica (Подгорица), formerly Titograd (1948-1992), is the capital and largest city of Montenegro on the Morača and Ribnica rivers; 179,505 residents (2023 census), 44.5 m altitude, modified Mediterranean climate.
Podolsk
Podolsk (Подольск), city and city okrug center in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 43 km from Moscow on the Pakhra River; founded as village Podol, made a city by Catherine II in 1781; major industrial and atomic-machinery center.
Podujevë
Podujevë (Podujevo), town and municipality in northeastern Kosovo, center of the Llap region; 88,499 residents in 2011, about 71,000 in 2024 KAS data, 78 villages, mayor Shpejtim Bulliqi.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Point Pleasant is the Mason County seat, West Virginia, at the Ohio-Kanawha river confluence; site of the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse, and the Mothman legend and museum; population 3,961.
Pointe-Noire, Pointe-Noire
Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo's second city and economic capital, Atlantic deepwater port founded 1922 as the CFCO railway terminus; oil industry seat, CORAF refinery, population about 1.4-1.7 million.
Poitiers
Poitiers, prefecture of Vienne in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, is a city of about 90,000 on a rocky spur between the Clain and Boivre rivers, a former regional capital with 86 listed monuments and 31,000 students.
Pokhara (पोखरा)
Pokhara (पोखरा), Nepal's second largest city and Gandaki Province tourism hub at 800 m beneath the Annapurna Range; 464.24 km², 513,504 people, 33 wards, Phewa Lake, monsoon hazards, and the 2023 international airport.
Pokhran
Pokhran (Pokaran) is a Thar Desert town in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, about 110 km from Jaisalmer city, known for India's 1974 and 1998 nuclear tests, Balagarh Fort of the Champawat Rathore nobles, and Pokhran pottery.
Polokwane
Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg), meaning "Place of Safety" in Sotho, is the capital of South Africa's Limpopo province and its largest urban centre north of Gauteng, with about 629,000 municipal residents and a Sepedi-speaking majority.
Poltava
Poltava (Полтава) is a Ukrainian city on the Vorskla River, administrative center of Poltava oblast, first recorded as Ltava in 1174 and famous for the 1709 battle where Peter I defeated Charles XII.
Pomona, California
Pomona, California: charter city in Los Angeles County named for the Roman goddess of fruit, incorporated 1888, population about 148,000, home of Cal Poly Pomona and the Metro A Line's San Gabriel Valley terminus.
Pomorie (Поморие)
Pomorie (Поморие), formerly Anhialo/Anchialus, is a Black Sea town in Burgas Province, Bulgaria, on a 3.5 km peninsula. Founded as an Apollonia colony, an Ottoman salt center, burned 1906, renamed 1934, known for salt, mud therapy, and wine.
Pompano Beach, Florida
Pompano Beach, Florida: coastal Broward County city between Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, population 112,046 (2020), incorporated 1908, named for the pompano fish, known for beaches, pier, and industrial base.