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Redditch
Redditch is a Worcestershire town and former center of England's needle industry, once claimed to make about 90% of the world's needles; designated a New Town in 1964, population about 87,000.
Redlands, California
Redlands, California: Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County, founded 1881, incorporated 1888, once the Washington Navel Orange Growing Capital of the World; population about 74,000, home of the University of Redlands and Redlands Bowl.
Redmond, Washington
Redmond, Washington: King County city in the Sammamish Valley, incorporated December 31, 1912, once a logging town called Salmonberg, now home to Microsoft's headquarters with about 80,040 residents in 2023.
Redondo Beach, California
Redondo Beach is a coastal city on Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1892 with a 1.5-mile shoreline and horseshoe-shaped pier.
Redwood City, California
Redwood City, California: San Mateo County seat on the San Francisco Peninsula, incorporated 1867. Gold Rush lumber port, home of the South Bay's only deep water port; population about 82,000-84,000.
Regensburg
Regensburg (Ratisbon) is a district-free Bavarian city at the Danube's northernmost point, founded as the Roman fortress Castra Regina in AD 179, seat of the Perpetual Imperial Diet 1663–1806, and a UNESCO World Heritage old town since 2006.
Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria, ancient Rhegion, is a strait-side Italian city of about 168,000, capital of its metropolitan city, home of the Riace Bronzes, and largely rebuilt after the catastrophic 1908 earthquake.
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia (Reggio nell'Emilia), Emilia-Romagna city on the Via Emilia between Parma and Modena; birthplace of the 1797 Italian tricolour, home of the Reggio Emilia Approach, and historic center of Parmigiano Reggiano production.
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan: provincial capital, 16th largest Canadian city, population 226,404 (2021). Founded 1882 as Pile of Bones, named by Princess Louise, provincial capital since 1906, home of the RCMP Training Academy.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: Atlantic resort city in Sussex County, founded 1873 as a Methodist camp meeting ground, incorporated 1891 as Henlopen City, renamed 1893; mile-long boardwalk, 'Nation's Summer Capital,' 1,108 year-round residents swelling to about 25,000 on summer days.
Reims
Reims, city in Marne, Grand Est, France; coronation city of French kings (32 crowned, 25 in Notre-Dame cathedral) and champagne center; 177,674 inhabitants (2023); UNESCO-listed cathedral, Palace of Tau, and Abbey of Saint-Rémi since 1991.
Remscheid
Remscheid, German city in North Rhine-Westphalia's Bergisches Land, about 40 km from Düsseldorf; smallest independent city in NRW with ~110,000 residents. Industrial toolmaking center, birthplace of Röntgen and the Mannesmann brothers, first mentioned 1132, city since 1808.
Renmark, South Australia
Renmark, South Australia: Riverland town founded 14 February 1887 by the Chaffey brothers as Australia's oldest irrigation settlement; home of the Renmark Irrigation Trust (1893) and the community-owned Renmark Hotel.
Rennes
Rennes, capital of the Brittany region in western France, is a city of about 231,000 inhabitants (2023) known for its half-timbered historic center, the Parliament of Brittany building, the Marché des Lices, two metro lines, and TGV access 90 minutes from Paris.
Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada, "The Biggest Little City in the World," is the largest city in Northern Nevada, in the Truckee Meadows. Founded 1868 as a railroad town, incorporated 1903; gambling legalized 1931; population 264,165 (2020).
Renton, Washington
Renton, Washington: King County city on the southeast shore of Lake Washington, south of Seattle. Incorporated 1901, named for Captain William Renton; home of Boeing 737 production, about 105,000 residents, mayor Armondo Pavone.
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska: one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, proclaimed 9 January 1992, verified by the Dayton Agreement; 24,641 km² (49% of BiH), de jure capital Sarajevo, seat in Banja Luka.
Resistencia
Resistencia is the capital of Chaco province, northeastern Argentina, founded by Italian (Friulian) colonists in 1878, named for Avalos's defensive palisade, declared National Capital of Sculptures in 2006, flood-prone Paraná floodplain city.
Reus
Reus, capital of Baix Camp in Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain; a city of about 111,600 inhabitants (2025), birthplace of Antoni Gaudí, with nearly 80 modernist buildings, Reus Airport, and a documented history from 1154.
Reutlingen
Reutlingen is a large district town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near the Swabian Alb, a former Free Imperial City with about 117,000 inhabitants, an industrial and university city, and home of the world's narrowest street.
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh: city and district headquarters on the Vindhya Plateau on the Tons River; former Baghel dynasty and Vindhya Pradesh capital, home of the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar park and white tigers.
Rewāri
Rewari (रेवाड़ी), city and district headquarters in southern Haryana, India, 82 km from Delhi; formed as a district on 1 November 1989, known for its 1873 railway junction, brass and revri trades, Hemu, the 1857 uprising under Rao Tula Ram, and the Dharuhera-Bawal auto industry.
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest municipality of Iceland, 138,772 inhabitants in 2025, settled around 870 by Ingólfur Arnarson, granted town rights in 1786, geothermally heated since 1930, and targeting carbon neutrality by 2040.
Rheinberg
Rheinberg, a town in Kreis Wesel on the left Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; former Electorate of Cologne toll and fortress town, first documented 1003, town rights 1232, Altes Rathaus 1449, Fossa Eugeniana endpoint.
Rhodes (city)
Rhodes (Rodos) is the capital city of the Greek island of Rhodes, founded 408 BC, seat of the Knights Hospitaller 1309–1522, later Ottoman and Italian, with a UNESCO-listed medieval walled city.
Rialto, California
Rialto, California: Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County, incorporated 1911, named after Venice's Rialto Bridge; former citrus town, now a 106,000-person logistics and warehouse hub.
Richardson, Texas
Richardson, Texas: a Dallas–Collin County suburb about 14 miles north of downtown Dallas on US 75, founded 1873 as a railroad town, incorporated 1925, population 119,469 (2020), known as the Telecom Corridor.
Richland, Washington
Richland, Washington: a Tri-Cities city at the Columbia-Yakima river confluence, founded 1892, incorporated 1910, rebuilt in 1943 as the government town for the Hanford plutonium project, self-governing since 1958, population 60,560 (2020).
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill is a city in York Region, Ontario, north of Toronto on Yonge Street. Incorporated as a village in 1873, renamed a city in 2019, population over 200,000 since 2014, growing around the Richmond Hill Centre transit hub and the Yonge North Subway Extension.
Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area
Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area (CBSA 40080): an OMB-designated Kentucky micropolitan statistical area with principal cities Richmond and Berea, covering Madison and Rockcastle counties, about 128,500 residents, part of the Lexington-Fayette-Richmond-Frankfort combined statistical area.