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Prayagraj (प्रयागराज)
Prayagraj (प्रयागराज), formerly Allahabad, is a city in southern Uttar Pradesh, India, at the Triveni Sangam confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati, host of the Kumbh and 2025 Maha Kumbh.
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona: county seat of Yavapai County in north-central Arizona, founded 1864 as the first Arizona territorial capital (1864–67, 1877–89), population 45,827 in 2020, known for Courthouse Plaza, Whiskey Row, and the 1888 Frontier Days Rodeo.
Prešov
Prešov (Eperjes) is Slovakia's third largest city, administrative center of the Prešov Region in the east, first mentioned in 1247, granted town privileges in 1299, with about 81,700 inhabitants in 2025.
Preston, England
Preston is a city in Lancashire, North West England, on the north bank of the River Ribble. It became England's 50th city in 2002 and anchors the county's largest economy.
Pretoria
Pretoria (Tshwane), administrative capital of South Africa in northern Gauteng, founded 1855 by Marthinus Wessels Pretorius and named after Andries Pretorius; former ZAR capital, site of the 1902 Peace of Vereeniging.
Primate city
Primate city: term coined by Mark Jefferson (1939) for a country's largest city, more than twice the second-largest (primacy ratio above 3), dominating national economy and politics; examples include Lagos and Addis Ababa.
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan: third-largest city in the province (population 34,291), on the North Saskatchewan River 141 km north of Saskatoon; Gateway to the North, founded 1866 by James Nisbet, city since 1904.
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George, British Columbia: largest city in northern BC at the Fraser-Nechako confluence, incorporated 1915, population 76,708 (2021). Regional service hub with forestry-based economy, rising housing costs, and Lheidli T'enneh origins.
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is a port city on Kaien Island at the mouth of the Skeena River, incorporated in 1910 as the western terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey: consolidated Mercer County municipality (formed 2013 from Borough and Township) of about 31,000 residents, home of Princeton University, Nassau Hall, and the 1777 Battle of Princeton.
Pristina
Pristina, also known as Prishtinë (Приштина), is the capital and largest city of Kosovo, its political, administrative, and university center, with a population of about 220,000.
Prizren
Prizren is a historic city in southern Kosovo on the Lumbardh river, seat of the 1878 Albanian League and Kosovo's cultural capital, with a fortress, Sinan Pasha Mosque, and a diverse multiethnic population of about 178,000.
Proddatūr
Proddatūr (ప్రొద్దుటూరు), also Proddatur, is a municipality in YSR Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, on the Penna River 51 km from Kadapa, known for gold and jewellery trade; 162,717 residents at the 2011 census.
Prokopyevsk
Prokopyevsk (Прокопьевск), a coal-mining city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, on the Aba River; third city of the oblast, city since 1931, coking-coal center of Kuzbass, Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1981.
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island, is the capital and largest city of Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams in 1636 on principles of religious freedom, with 190,934 residents at the 2020 census.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown, Massachusetts, or P-Town, is a resort town at the tip of Cape Cod: a 1727 whaling and fishing port that became an art colony, the Provincetown Players' home, and a major LGBTQ destination.
Provins
Provins, Seine-et-Marne commune near Paris; UNESCO World Heritage medieval fair town of Champagne (inscribed 2001); 11,632 inhabitants (2023); ramparts, Tour César, vaulted cellars.
Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah: county seat of Utah County on the eastern shore of Utah Lake, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City. Founded as Fort Utah in 1849, incorporated 1851, population 115,162 (2020), home of Brigham Young University.
Prusa (Προύσα) (Bithynia)
Prusa (Προύσα), Prusa ad Olympum, ancient Bithynian city at the foot of Mt Olympus (Uludağ), founded by Prusias I with Hannibal tradition; Dio Chrysostom's civic-center renovation; modern Bursa, Turkey.
Przemyśl
Przemyśl: city on the San River in southeastern Poland near the Ukrainian border; Austro-Hungary's largest fortress, besieged and captured in WWI (surrender 22 March 1915); medieval old town, border rail hub.
Pskov
Pskov (Псков), ancient Russian city and administrative center of Pskov Oblast on the Velikaya River; first recorded in 903, a medieval veche republic and fortress, home of the Pskov School of Architecture inscribed by UNESCO in 2019.
Pu'er City
Pu'er (普洱市), formerly Simao City, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Yunnan, China, renamed in 2007 for its tea. Largest Yunnan prefecture, 45,385 km², borders Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar; home of Pu'er tea and China's top coffee region.
Pucallpa
Pucallpa, capital of Peru's Ucayali department on the Ucayali River at 154 m, founded 1888 during the rubber boom, linked to Lima by the Federico Basadre Highway since 1942, a major Amazonian river port and commercial hub.
Puebla (city)
Puebla (Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza), capital of Puebla state, Mexico; founded 1531, UNESCO World Heritage historic center since 1987; fourth-largest metro (~3.25M), automotive hub, record 3.19M tourists in 2025.
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado: Steel City on the Arkansas River at Fountain Creek, southern Front Range. Founded from the 1842 El Pueblo trading post; CF&I steelworks 1882; 1921 flood; 2020 population 111,876; Hispanic 48.3%.
Puerto Cabello
Puerto Cabello, Venezuelan Caribbean port city in Carabobo state near Valencia; last Spanish royalist stronghold, taken by Páez on 8 November 1823; now Venezuela's busiest container port, run by Bolipuertos.
Puerto Cruz
Puerto Cruz refers mainly to Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife, Spain), a tourist municipality of 31,137 people, and Puerto La Cruz (Anzoátegui, Venezuela), a Caribbean port city; distinct places sharing a Spanish name.
Puerto Escondido
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico: Pacific coast city and port in San Pedro Mixtepec, famed for the Zicatela "Mexican Pipeline" surf break, its 2026 World Surfing Reserve designation, PXM airport, and fast-growing tourism economy.
Puerto Montt
Puerto Montt is a port city in southern Chile, capital of the Los Lagos Region. Founded in 1853, it is the center of Chilean salmon farming.
Puerto Peñasco
Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) is a city and resort municipality in northwest Sonora, Mexico, on the upper Gulf of California near the Arizona border; a former shrimp-fishing port now driven by tourism, seafood exports, and a large solar plant.