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Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар)
Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар, 'Red Hero'), formerly Urga, Ikh Khüree, and Niislel Khüree, is Mongolia's capital: a nomadic monastic camp founded 1639, fixed on the Tuul River, the world's coldest capital, home to half of Mongolia and two-thirds of its GDP.
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude (Улан-Удэ), formerly Verkhneudinsk until 1934, is the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, on the Selenga at the Uda confluence; founded 1666, population 435,500 (2019), Trans-Siberian junction.
Ulanhot
Ulanhot (乌兰浩特市; Mongolian Улаанхот, "Red City"), formerly Wangye Miao, is the county-level seat of Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia; birthplace of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Government on 1 May 1947, renamed from Wangye Miao in December 1947.
Ulanqab
Ulanqab (乌兰察布市, Wulanchabu), prefecture-level city in central Inner Mongolia, seat Jining District, area about 54,500 km2; shrinking population (1.695 million, 2020 census) but a fast-growing AI data center and green power hub near Beijing.
Ulcinj
Ulcinj (Albanian: Ulqin) is Montenegro's southernmost coastal town, center of the Albanian community, with a layered old town (Venetian 1421–1571, Ottoman 1571–1878), 15 km of sandy beaches, Velika Plaza, and the Ulcinj Salina bird habitat.
Uley
Uley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, about 7.5 miles south of Stroud, known for the Iron Age hillfort Uley Bury and a Roman temple of Mercury.
Ulhasnagar
Ulhasnagar (उल्हासनगर) is a city and municipal corporation in Thane district, Maharashtra, India, founded in 1949 as a township for Sindhi refugees displaced by the Partition.
Ulm
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg city on the Danube opposite Neu-Ulm; 129,942 residents (2023), Ulmer Münster tower 161.53 m, Free Imperial City history, Science City with Universität Ulm, and ratiopharm, SETRA, Gardena.
Ulm Minster
Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster), Gothic Lutheran church in Ulm, Germany; begun 1377, finished 1890; 161.53 m tower was the world's tallest church tower until Sagrada Família surpassed it in 2025.
Ulsan (울산)
Ulsan (울산) is a metropolitan seaport city at the southeastern end of South Korea, Korea's 7th largest city with about 1.12 million people on 1,062 km2. Home to Korea's largest automotive, shipbuilding, and petrochemical industrial cluster, designated Korea's first industrial district in 1962 and a metropolitan city in 1997.
Uluberiya
Uluberiya (Uluberia, উলুবেড়িয়া) is a Hooghly riverside town and subdivisional headquarters in Howrah district, West Bengal; municipality re-formed 1982 with 32 wards, 232,290 people (2011), jute and jari industries, BJP won Uluberia Uttar in 2026.
Ulverstone, Tasmania
Ulverstone is a seaside town on Tasmania's northwest coast, at the mouth of the Leven River between Devonport and Burnie. Gazetted in 1861, it had 12,723 people in 2021.
Ulyanovsk (Ульяновск)
Ulyanovsk (Ульяновск), formerly Simbirsk, is a Volga city and capital of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia; founded 1648, renamed 9 May 1924 for Lenin (born there as Ulyanov), 632,771 residents in 2024, UNESCO City of Literature since 2015.
Umag
Umag (Umago) is a town and port on northwestern Istria's coast, 10 km from Slovenia, first recorded as Humagum in the 6th century, long under Venice, and host of the ATP Croatia Open since 1990.
Umeå
Umeå, largest city in northern Sweden and seat of Västerbotten County; founded 1622, rebuilt after the 1888 fire as the 'City of Birches'; 135,273 residents (Dec 2025), university city, 2014 European Capital of Culture.
Umuahia
Umuahia, capital of Abia State, Nigeria, since 1991, in the Igbo South-East; former Biafran capital (1967-1969) and colonial railway town (station 1916); split into Umuahia North and South LGAs.
Unaizah
Unaizah (عنيزة) is a city and Category (A) governorate on the Najd Plateau in al-Qassim Province, central Saudi Arabia, about 28 km from Buraydah, known for its International Date Festival.
Unalaska, Alaska
Unalaska, Alaska (Unangan: Ounalashka), city on Unalaska Island in the Aleutians; its Dutch Harbor port is the #1 US fishing port by volume for 26 straight years, with 4,254 residents and a fishing-only economy.
Union City, New Jersey
Union City, New Jersey: dense Hudson County city formed June 1, 1925 by merging Union Hill and West Hoboken; 68,589 residents (2020), 81.8% Hispanic, historic embroidery capital on the Palisades near the Lincoln Tunnel.
Unterkirchberg
Unterkirchberg: village in Illerkirchberg, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, first recorded 1148 as Chirchberg. Seat of the Counts of Kirchberg, St. Martin's church of Kloster Wiblingen, and site of the largest Roman auxiliary fort on the upper Danube Limes.
Unterschwaningen
Unterschwaningen, a municipality in the Ansbach district of Middle Franconia, Bavaria, with districts Oberschwaningen, Dennenlohe, and Kröttenbach; first recorded 1053 as Sweiningen, site of a Roman Limes fort and a margravial summer residence.
Upington
Upington, Northern Cape town on the Orange River (formerly Olijvenhoutsdrift, founded 1884, named for Sir Thomas Upington); center of Green Kalahari grape, raisin and wine farming, hot desert climate, and a solar-energy and airport cargo hub.
Upland, California
Upland, California, also historically North Ontario or Town of Magnolia, is an Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County incorporated in 1906, population about 79,000, known for citrus heritage, Euclid Avenue, and nine historic districts.
Uppsala
Uppsala, historically known as Östra Aros, is Sweden's fourth-largest city, about 64 km northwest of Stockholm, and the seat of the archbishop and the Nordic countries' oldest university.
Uran
Uran (उरण) is a coastal town on Karanja island in Raigad district, Maharashtra, part of Navi Mumbai; former Portuguese fort site, old salt pans, Deulwadi temple quarter, and home of Jawaharlal Nehru Port; 2011 town population 30,439.
Urban concentration
Urban concentration is the degree to which a country's urban population clusters in a few large cities, commonly measured by the primacy of its largest metropolitan area.
Urban decay
Urban decay: physical and economic deterioration of city areas via abandonment, vacancy, and population loss, driven mainly by deindustrialization; addressed through land banks, demolition, greening, and adaptive reuse.
Urbana, Illinois
Urbana, Illinois: county seat of Champaign County, founded 1833, population about 39,000, twin city of Champaign and home of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a land-grant university established there in 1867.
Urbino
Urbino, hill city in Italy's Marche region, Renaissance ducal seat of Federico da Montefeltro, birthplace of Raphael, UNESCO World Heritage historic center inscribed 1998 under criteria (ii) and (iv).
Urfa
Urfa, officially Şanlıurfa, ancient Edessa (Urhai, Ruha), a city in southeastern Turkey; former capital of the Osrhoene kingdom under the Abgar dynasty, early Christian center, Crusader county seat, and home province of Göbekli Tepe.