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Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond, British Columbia: island city in Metro Vancouver at the Fraser River mouth, on Sea Island, Lulu Island, and 15 smaller islands; 241,375 residents (2025 est.), about 1 m above sea level, protected by 49 km of dikes.
Richmond, California
Richmond, California: Bay Area city in western Contra Costa County, 16 miles from San Francisco. Known for the Kaiser WWII shipyards (747 ships), the Port of Richmond, the Chevron refinery, and the Rosie the Riveter home front park; 2020 population 116,448.
Richmond, London
Richmond, London: town in Richmond upon Thames, southwest London, formerly Shene, renamed by Henry VII in 1501 after his Yorkshire earldom; site of Richmond Palace, Richmond Park, and the protected Richmond Hill view.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia: independent city and state capital on the James River, founded 1737, population about 237,000 (2025 est.), former Confederate capital, mayor-council government under Mayor Danny Avula.
Ridgecrest, California
Ridgecrest, California: a city in the Indian Wells Valley, northeastern Kern County, incorporated 1963; support community for Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake; site of the 2019 M6.4 and M7.1 earthquakes.
Ridgewell
Ridgewell (Ridgwell), Essex: village and parish in Braintree district, site of a Roman villa excavated and destroyed in 1794, occupied c. A.D. 54 to late 4th century, with a possible bath-house in its eastern wing.
Riga
Riga (Rīga) is the capital and largest city of Latvia, founded in 1201 by Bishop Albert von Buxhoeveden, where the Daugava meets the Baltic Sea.
Riihimäki
Riihimäki, a town in Kanta-Häme, Finland (code 694), pop. 28,482 (2024); a railway junction town since 1870, known for its glass industry, Finnish Glass Museum, and garrison, under an hour from Helsinki.
Rijeka
Rijeka (Fiume) is Croatia's largest port and third-largest city, seat of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, with 108,622 inhabitants (2021). A Habsburg free port, briefly the Free State of Fiume, and European Capital of Culture 2020.
Rimini
Rimini, founded by Rome as Ariminum in 268 BC, is a city of about 150,000 on the Adriatic in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, famed for its seaside resorts.
Rincón, Puerto Rico
Rincón, Puerto Rico: west-coast municipality founded 1771-1772 as Santa Rosa de Rincón, nicknamed Town of Beautiful Sunsets and surfing capital; hosted the 1968 World Surfing Championship; population about 15,200.
Rio Claro, São Paulo
Rio Claro (SP) is a municipality in central São Paulo state, Brazil, 162 km from the capital; 201,418 residents (2022 census), coffee-era history, diversified industry, DAAE-run water supply, and high sanitation scores.
Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego
Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego: Argentine city and autonomous municipality on the northeast coast of Isla Grande, founded 11 July 1921; industrial capital under Ley 19.640, about 99,000 inhabitants, trout-fishing and Malvinas vigil capital.
Riobamba
Riobamba (San Pedro de Riobamba) is the capital of Chimborazo province, Ecuador, founded 1534 by Diego de Almagro as the first Spanish city in Ecuador, destroyed by the 1797 earthquake, and rebuilt from 1799 at the Llanura de Tapi as Ecuador's first planned city.
Riohacha
Riohacha (Wayuunaiki: Süchiimma), capital of Colombia's La Guajira department and northernmost South American capital, founded 1545 as a pearl-trade settlement; 177,573 municipal inhabitants, semi-arid Caribbean port city.
Riom
Riom (ancient Ricomagum) is a town in Puy-de-Dôme, France, on a 355 m plateau; administrative and judicial capital of Auvergne 1212-1557, home of the Cour d'appel since 1804.
Ripon
Ripon is a small cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, founded around St Wilfrid's 672 church whose Anglo-Saxon crypt survives; it became a cathedral city in 1836, has about 16,190 residents, a Thursday market, and 1,300 homes planned at the former barracks.
Rishikesh (ऋषिकेश)
Rishikesh (ऋषिकेश), Uttarakhand city on the Ganges 24 km above Haridwar; yoga capital of the world, Char Dham pilgrimage gateway, Beatles Ashram site, rafting hub facing overtourism and river pollution.
Rishon LeZion (ראשון לציון)
Rishon LeZion (ראשון לציון), founded 31 July 1882 as the first First Aliyah colony on the Ayun Qara land near Jaffa, is Israel's fourth largest city with about 258,000 residents, home of Hebrew education and the Carmel winery.
Rivarennes
Rivarennes: name of two French communes, one in Indre on the Creuse (602 inhabitants, Brenne park) and one in Indre-et-Loire on the Indre (Rivarinna, 7th-century coin, Roman hoard).
Riverside, California
Riverside, California: Inland Southern California county-seat city founded in 1870, birthplace of the navel orange industry and Mission Revival architecture, home of the Mission Inn and UC Riverside, population about 319,000.
Rivne, Rivne Oblast
Rivne (Рівне, formerly Rovno) is a city of about 245,000 in northwestern Ukraine on the Ustia River and the administrative center of Rivne Oblast; first recorded in 1282, a railway junction, and capital of Reichskommissariat Ukraine 1941–1944.
Riyadh (الرياض)
Riyadh (الرياض), capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia on the Najd plateau; formerly Hajr, capital since King Abdulaziz's 1902 conquest; about 6.5-8.5 million people; opened the world's largest automated metro in 2024; hosts Expo 2030 and the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
Rjukan
Rjukan, a town in Tinn, Telemark, Norway, built by Norsk Hydro 1908–1920 for artificial fertilizer production; UNESCO World Heritage site (Rjukan-Notodden, 2015), WWII heavy water sabotage site at Vemork, and home of the 2013 sun mirror beneath Gaustatoppen.
Roanne
Roanne, Loire commune and sous-préfecture on the Loire river (35,409 inhabitants in 2023); former French cotton and knitwear center, canal head, seat of Roannais Agglomération, mayor Yves Nicolin.
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia: independent city in the Blue Ridge valley, formerly Big Lick, renamed 1882 as a Norfolk and Western railroad hub; 2020 population 100,011; Star City of the South, healthcare and biotech center.
Robertsonpet
Robertsonpet, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka: town founded 1901, named for Sir Donald Robertson; commercial headquarters of KGF, city municipal council since 1983, 58.12 sq km, mines closed 2001.
Roccetta
Roccetta (rocchetta) is an Italian diminutive of roccia, a small rock outcrop, also the name of Monte Rocchetta above Riva del Garda, Alpe Roccetta near Balme, the Santa Marinella surf break La Roccetta, several Italian communes, and a crushed-stone road aggregate.
Rochdale
Rochdale, Greater Manchester: historic mill town recorded in Domesday 1086, granted a 1251 charter, birthplace of the 1844 Rochdale Pioneers co-operative movement, with a noted Gothic Revival town hall.
Rochester, Kent
Rochester, Kent: historic town on the east bank of the River Medway, England, also Roman Durobrivae. Known for its Norman castle (sieges of 1088, 1215, 1264), cathedral founded in 604, Dickens associations, and loss of city status in 1998.