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Quincy, Massachusetts
Quincy, Massachusetts, the "City of Presidents," is a coastal city south of Boston, birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, with 101,636 residents (2020), Adams National Historical Park, granite heritage, and a 33% foreign-born population.
Quinte West
Quinte West is a city of almost 50,000 in southeastern Ontario, formed in 1998 by amalgamating Trenton, Frankford, Sidney and Murray Townships; home to CFB Trenton and the Trent-Severn Waterway's gateway.
Quito
Quito, capital of Ecuador, founded 1534 on Inca ruins at about 2,850 m in the Andes; first city inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (1978), with Latin America's best-preserved historic centre and the Baroque school of Quito.
Qujing
Qujing (曲靖市) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Yunnan, China, at the Pearl River source on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Second-largest economy in Yunnan, historic 'Gateway to Yunnan' transport hub, sub-central city since 2022.
Quzhou (衢州市)
Quzhou (衢州市) is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang, China, on the upper Qiantang River bordering Fujian, Jiangxi, and Anhui. Known as the Home of Southern Confucianism, it hosts one of China's two Confucius family temples, the Longyou Grottos, and Lanke Mountain.
Rabat (الرباط)
Rabat (الرباط), Morocco's capital on the Atlantic at the Bou Regreg mouth: 515,619 city residents (2024 census), UNESCO World Heritage site since 2012, and World Book Capital for 2026.
Rabaul
Rabaul: town and active volcanic caldera on New Britain, Papua New Guinea; twin Tavurvur and Vulcan eruptions in 1937 (500+ deaths) and 1994 destroyed half the town; last eruption 2014.
Rabinal
Rabinal is a municipality in Baja Verapaz, central Guatemala, home of the Maya Achi people and their fifteenth-century dance-drama, the Rabinal Achi, recognized by UNESCO.
Rạch Giá
Rạch Giá is a coastal city on Vietnam's Gulf of Thailand, former capital of Kiên Giang province, Mekong Delta; founded 1739, city status 2005, ferry gateway to Phú Quốc and Nam Du.
Racine, Wisconsin
Racine is a city of 77,816 people on Lake Michigan in southeastern Wisconsin, 22 miles south of Milwaukee, known for J.I. Case tractors and kringle.
Radom
Radom, city in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (191,819 residents, 2025). Medieval royal city, 1401 Polish-Lithuanian union, 1767 Radom Confederation, arms industry, 1976 workers' protest.
Raebareli (रायबरेली)
Raebareli (रायबरेली), or Rae Bareli, is a district in Uttar Pradesh, India, created by the British in 1858, with about 2.9 million people, the Modern Coach Factory at Lalganj, NTPC Unchahar, and AIIMS Raebareli.
Ragusa, Sicily
Ragusa, Sicily: provincial capital and UNESCO Val di Noto Baroque town, split into Ragusa Ibla and Ragusa Superiore after the 1693 earthquake; 73,736 inhabitants, Gagliardi's San Giorgio.
Rahim Yar Khan
Rahim Yar Khan (رحیم یار خان), southern Punjab, Pakistan: district headquarters formerly called Naushera, renamed 1881 after the Nawab of Bahawalpur's son. 2023 district population 5,564,703; canal-irrigated cotton, wheat, and mango economy.
Rāichūr
Rāichūr (ರಾಯಚೂರು), Raichur district, eastern Karnataka, India, in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab; 8,386 sq km, 19.29 lakh people (2011), cotton bowl, Hutti gold, Raichur Thermal Power Station, fort built 1294.
Rāiganj
Rāiganj (রায়গঞ্জ) is the headquarters town of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, on the Kulik river; a municipality since 1951, about 183,000 people in 2011, with rapid 21st-century urban growth.
Raipur (रायपुर)
Raipur (रायपुर), capital of Chhattisgarh, India, since November 2000; a Kalchuri-era city founded around the 14th century, population over 1 million, major trade hub with PM10 air-quality challenges.
Rāj-Nāndgaon
Rāj-Nāndgaon (राजनंदगांव), formerly Nandgram, is a city in central Chhattisgarh, India, capital of the former princely state of Raj Nandgaon and headquarters of Rajnandgaon district, formed 1973 from Durg district.
Rajahmundry
Rajahmundry, officially Rajamahendravaram (Telugu: రాజమహేంద్రవరం), is a Godavari-river city in Andhra Pradesh governed by a municipal corporation, known for its four river bridges, Dowleswaram Barrage, 2011 population of 341,831, and approved 2026 expansion to 162 sq km.
Rajgir (राजगृह)
Rajgir, known in ancient sources as Rajagriha, is a town in Nalanda district, Bihar, India, that served as the first capital of Magadha and remains a major Buddhist and Jain pilgrimage center.
Rajkot (રાજકોટ)
Rajkot (રાજકોટ), also historically Masumabad, is a major city in Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, founded in 1610 on the Aji River. A manufacturing and education hub of 1.3 million people (2011) with a BRTS corridor, Smart City status, and 23,000+ industries.
Rajshahi (city)
Rajshahi (রাজশাহী), formerly Rampur Boalia, is a major city on the north bank of the Padma River in northwestern Bangladesh, headquarters of Rajshahi Division and Rajshahi District. Known as the Silk City, it had 553,288 residents in the 2022 census, 30 wards, and 88.88% literacy.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina: state capital founded 1792 as a planned city on land bought from Joel Lane, named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Second-largest NC city, 506,306 residents (2025), Research Triangle hub, council-manager government since 1947.
Ramadi
Ramadi (الرمادي) is the capital of Iraq's Anbar Governorate on the Euphrates, about 100 km west of Baghdad. Founded as an Ottoman administrative center in the 1860s-1870s, seized by ISIS in May 2015 and retaken in December 2015, with 295,105 residents in the 2024 census.
Ramagundam
Ramagundam (రామగుండం), the "Coal City," is an industrial city in Peddapalli district, Telangana, India, on the Godavari River; 2011 population 229,644, home to NTPC's 2,600 MW super thermal power station, SCCL coal mining, and RFCL fertilizer plant.
Ramallah (رام الله)
Ramallah (رام الله) is a West Bank city of about 70,000 people and the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian Authority; municipality founded 1908, area about 18,600 dunums, governorate population about 370,000.
Ramat Gan (רמת גן)
Ramat Gan (רמת גן) is a city in Israel's Tel Aviv District, founded 1921 as a garden city, city status 1950, population 167,795 (2023), home of the Diamond Exchange district, Ramat Gan National Park, and the Safari zoo.
Rambouillet
Rambouillet, a commune in the Yvelines (Île-de-France) about 35 minutes from Paris, is known for its château, bought by Louis XVI in 1783, its presidential residence role, the 1975 first G6 summit, and the 13,712-hectare Rambouillet forest.
Rameswaram (இராமேஸ்வரம்)
Rameswaram (இராமேஸ்வரம்), also spelled Rameshwaram, is a Tamil Nadu pilgrimage town on Pamban Island in the Gulf of Mannar, home to the Ramanathaswamy Temple, a Char Dham site, fishing and tourism economy, and the Pamban rail bridges.
Rammersweier
Rammersweier, a wine-growing district of Offenburg, Germany, incorporated 1971, first recorded 1242 as Romeswilre; site of a small Flavian Roman fort and 11.5 x 4.3 m fort bath on the Kinzigtal road, discovered 1993.