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Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor, Maine: town on Mount Desert Island, gateway to Acadia National Park; 5,089 residents (2020), tourism- and cruise-driven economy, 1,000-passenger cruise cap contested in court.
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc, prefecture of the Meuse department in northeastern France, former capital of the duchy of Bar; Renaissance upper town, Musée barrois, Ligier Richier's Transi, and goose-quill-deseeded currant jam since 1344.
Baracoa
Baracoa, Cuba's oldest town (founded 1511/1512 by Diego Velázquez as Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), first capital of the island, in Guantánamo province; supplies ~70% of Cuban cocoa, near El Yunque and the Toa River.
Barakaldo
Barakaldo, Basque municipality in Bizkaia on the Nervión estuary near Bilbao; second-largest Bizkaia city, former steel town, home of the Bilbao Exhibition Centre and Zamalanda park.
Bārāsat
Bārāsat (Barasat, বারাসত) is the district headquarters town of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on Kolkata's outskirts; a municipality since 1869 with about 278,000 people (2011) and a Yellow Line metro terminus under construction.
Barawa
Barawa, also spelled Baraawe and historically known to outsiders as Brava (Somali: Baraawe), is a port city on Somalia's southern coast and a major medieval Swahili trading city-state.
Barcelona
Barcelona (Barcino), capital of Catalonia and Spain's second city: Roman-founded Mediterranean port, Cerdà's 1859 Eixample grid, industrial hub, and origin of the superblock pedestrianization model.
Bardhaman (বর্ধমান)
Bardhaman (Burdwan, বর্ধমান) is a West Bengal city, headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, about 100 km from Kolkata; 314,638 people in 2011, historic Bardhaman Raj capital, Curzon Gate, and University of Burdwan.
Bareilly (बरेली)
Bareilly (बरेली) is a city in Rohilkhand, northern Uttar Pradesh, near the Ramganga; founded 1537 by Jagat Singh Katehriya, a Rohilla capital, 1857 rebel center, and India's zari-zardozi craft hub.
Barentsburg
Barentsburg (Баренцбург) is the Russian coal mining town on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, on Grønfjorden about 60 km from Longyearbyen. Owned and run by Trust Arktikugol since 1932, it had 340 registered residents in 2024 and remains Arktikugol's only operating mine.
Bari
Bari, capital of Puglia on Italy's Adriatic coast, is the region's largest city (315,284 inhabitants, ISTAT 2020) and third of southern Italy, a major Adriatic port, home of the Basilica of San Nicola, and site of an ongoing PNRR-funded BRT and urban renewal program.
Bariadi
Bariadi, town and regional capital of Simiyu Region, Tanzania; seat of Bariadi District Council. 260,927 residents in the 2022 census; cotton farming dominates the local economy; elevation about 1,282 m.
Bariloche
Bariloche (San Carlos de Bariloche), Argentine Andean city on Lake Nahuel Huapi in Río Negro; founded 1902 around Carlos Wiederhold's 1895 store; gateway to Nahuel Huapi National Park, alpine architecture, Centro Cívico, ski and chocolate tourism.
Barinas (city)
Barinas is a western Venezuelan city, capital of Barinas state, founded in 1577 as Altamira de Cáceres and twice relocated, to Moromoy in 1628 and to San Antonio de los Cerritos in 1759-1762, growing from tobacco and cattle.
Barishal, Barisal Division
Barishal (বরিশাল), also spelled Barisal, is a city on the Kirtankhola River in south-central Bangladesh and capital of Barishal Division (est. 1993, six districts). Its city corporation, formed 2002 from an 1869 municipality, covers 58 sq km with about 419,000 people (2022 census).
Barjac
Barjac: name of two Occitanie communes, Barjac (Gard), a Renaissance town with Neolithic dolmens and the Grotte de Barjac, and Barjac (Lozère), seat of the baronnie de Cénaret with baryte mines; also an ancient Pleiades place and an Aveyron dolmen.
Barking
Barking is a town in eastern Greater London, England, on the River Roding about 7 miles east of central London, once a fishing port built around a medieval abbey.
Barles
Barles, a commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, in the Bès valley; site of ancient lead-silver and copper mines (Pleiades 167666, Barrington Atlas 17 G5) worked from the 16th century, within the Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence.
Barletta
Barletta, Adriatic city in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Puglia, Italy, between Foggia and Bari; known for the Colossus bronze statue, Castello Svevo, Santa Maria Maggiore cathedral, and the 1503 Disfida.
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle ('Barney') is a Teesdale market town in County Durham, England, named for the Norman Balliol castle above the River Tees; besieged in 1569, now an English Heritage ruin near the Bowes Museum.
Barnaul
Barnaul (Барнаул), administrative center of Altai Krai, Russia, on the left bank of the Ob River; founded with Akinfy Demidov's 1739 copper-silver smelting works, population about 689,000 in 2024, a manufacturing-led Siberian industrial city.
Barnsley
Barnsley, South Yorkshire market town between Leeds and Sheffield, grew on the Barnsley coal seam with glass, linen and wire industries; now known for Glass Works regeneration, 9.3 million town centre visits, and Health on the High Street.
Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area
Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area (CBSA 12700) is the metropolitan statistical area covering Barnstable County and all of Cape Cod; about 232,600 residents in 2024, median age 56.1, 206th-largest US metro.
Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto is a city in western Venezuela, capital of Lara state, founded in 1552 by Juan de Villegas and considered the country's fourth city behind Caracas, Maracaibo, and Valencia.
Barrancabermeja
Barrancabermeja, also La Tora, is a district of Santander, Colombia, on the Magdalena River; founded 12 October 1536, municipality in 1922, home of Colombia's largest oil refinery and Ecopetrol's birthplace after the 1951 De Mares Reversión.
Barranquilla
Barranquilla (la Arenosa), Colombia's fourth-largest city on the Magdalena River near the Caribbean, capital of Atlántico; major port and home of the UNESCO-recognized Carnival de Barranquilla.
Barrie
Barrie is a city on Kempenfelt Bay, Lake Simcoe, Ontario, named for Sir Robert Barrie; 147,829 residents in 2021 (CMA 212,856), incorporated 1854, growing toward a 298,000-person 2051 forecast with a 2025 annexation of 1,673 hectares.
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a Cumbrian industrial town, home of BAE Systems' shipyard, the UK's sole nuclear submarine builder, and the focus of the £200m-plus Team Barrow regeneration programme.
Barstow, California
Barstow, California: Mojave Desert city in San Bernardino County midway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, founded 1886, incorporated 1947, population about 25,000, at the junction of I-15, I-40, and Routes 58 and 247, home to BNSF's largest classification yard and the approved $4 billion Barstow International Gateway rail project.
Barton-in-Fabis
Barton-in-Fabis is a small Rushcliffe village in Nottinghamshire on the River Trent, six miles from Nottingham; Latin name means "in the beans"; features Grade I St George's church, a scheduled Roman villa, and a contested 2024 quarry application.