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Visakhapatnam (విశాఖపట్నం)
Visakhapatnam, also known as Vizag, is the largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, a port on the Bay of Bengal and home of the Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command.
Visalia
Visalia, California, county seat of Tulare County since 1853; founded 1852 as Four Creeks, named for Visalia, Kentucky; chartered 1923; about 146,500 residents in 2025.
Visby
Visby, on Gotland island in the Baltic Sea, was the main Hanseatic League center in the Baltic from the 12th to 14th century; its 3.4 km medieval wall, 200+ warehouses, and church ruins earned UNESCO World Heritage listing in 1995.
Visegrád, Hungary
Visegrád is a Hungarian town in the Danube Bend, royal seat from 1323, site of the 1335 royal meeting, hilltop Citadel, Solomon Tower, and Renaissance royal palace of Matthias Corvinus.
Viseu, Viseu
Viseu, Viseu: Portuguese city and municipality, capital of Viseu District in central Portugal; 109,166 residents (2025), 507 km², 25 parishes; PS mayor João Azevedo since 2025; Dão wine center; distinct from Viseu, Pará, Brazil.
Visoko
Visoko, a city in Zenica-Doboj Canton, central Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the medieval Bosnian royal seat (Visoki, Mile, Kulin's 1189 charter) and is now known for tourism and the disputed Bosnian pyramid claims.
Vista
Vista, California: incorporated city in northern San Diego County, founded as a post office in 1882, incorporated January 28, 1963; about 98,400 residents, 18.75 square miles, majority-Latino, known for its avocado-farming past and Business Park.
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital of Spain's Basque Country and Álava province (about 260,700 people), European Green Capital 2012 and Global Green City Award 2019, known for its 731-hectare, 35-km Green Belt and compact medieval old town founded in 1181.
Vitória, Espírito Santo
Vitória is the capital of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, officially founded on 8 September 1551 on a mountainous island after a Portuguese victory.
Vizianagaram
Vizianagaram (విజయనగరం), city and district headquarters in northern Andhra Pradesh, India; former Pusapati princely seat with 1713 fort, municipality since 1888, 52 km northeast of Visakhapatnam.
Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen is a South Holland municipality west of Rotterdam with 77,480 inhabitants, known for the prehistoric Vlaardingencultuur, the 1018 Battle of Flardinga, its herring port heritage, and current urban renewal programs.
Vladikavkaz (Владикавказ)
Vladikavkaz (Владикавказ, Ossetian Дзæуджыхъæу), formerly Ordzhonikidze and Dzaudzhikau, is the capital of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, founded as a fortress on the Terek on 6 May 1784 to guard the Georgian Military Road.
Vladimir
Vladimir (Владимир), city on the Klyazma River 180 km east of Moscow, administrative center of Vladimir Oblast; medieval capital of North-Eastern Rus (1157-1439) with UNESCO-listed 12th-century white-stone monuments; population about 341,600 (2026).
Vladivostok (Владивосток)
Vladivostok (Владивосток), 'Ruler of the East', is the Pacific port city and administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, founded 2 July 1860 on Golden Horn Bay; Trans-Siberian terminus, free port regime, population about 654,000.
Vlorë
Vlorë (Vlora), coastal city in southern Albania where the Adriatic meets the Ionian; Albania's second port and site of the 28 November 1912 declaration of independence by Ismail Qemali, now a Riviera tourism hub with a new airport.
Volgograd
Volgograd (Tsaritsyn 1589, Stalingrad 1925–1961), a Russian city on the lower Volga; site of the Battle of Stalingrad, Mamayev Kurgan, Volga-Don Canal hub, about 1.02 million residents.
Volos
Volos (Βόλος), Greek port city in Thessaly at the head of the Pagasetic Gulf below Mount Pelion; capital of Magnesia, ancient Iolcus of the Argonaut myth, Greece's third largest commercial port, hit by the 2023 Daniel and Elias floods.
Volterra
Volterra (Etruscan Velathri, Roman Volaterrae) is a 545 m hill town in Pisa province, Tuscany: an Etruscan dodecapolis city, Roman municipium, medieval commune, annexed by Florence in 1472, known for Etruscan walls, Roman theatre, Guarnacci Museum, and alabaster carving.
Volubilis (وليلي)
Volubilis (وليلي, Walīla) is an ancient Berber and Roman city in northern Morocco, Mauretanian capital, then capital of Mauretania Tingitana, abandoned c. 285, and briefly capital of Idris I; UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997.
Volzhsky
Volzhsky (Волжский), industrial satellite city of Volgograd on the Akhtuba, founded 1951 for builders of the Volzhskaya HPP (2,671 MW, Europe's largest), city since 1954, 313,034 residents (2025), sotsgorod planning.
Vorkuta (Воркута)
Vorkuta (Воркута) is a coal-mining city in the Komi Republic, Russia, at 67°30'N, 64°E in the Pechora basin. Founded via Gulag camps in 1931, linked by rail in 1941; population fell from 100,200 (1989) to 59,200 (2016).
Voronezh
Voronezh (Воронеж), a million-plus city and administrative center of Voronezh Oblast in western Russia on the Voronezh River; founded as a fortress in 1586, birthplace of the Russian navy under Peter I, rebuilt after 1942–1943 fighting, now a major student and industrial center.
Vratsa
Vratsa (Враца) is a city in northwestern Bulgaria, the largest settlement of the Bulgarian northwest and capital of Vratsa Province, known for the Rogozen Thracian treasure, the Vratsata gorge, and an industrial and cultural economy.
Vrindavan (वृन्दावन)
Vrindavan (वृन्दावन), a Krishna pilgrimage town near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh's Braj region, grew from 16th-century temples and groves; known for Banke Bihari, ISKCON, ghats, and the 21-km Parikrama Marg.
Vukovar
Vukovar: Croatian city in Eastern Slavonia on the Danube border with Serbia; free royal town since 1231; besieged and destroyed by the JNA in an 87-day siege in 1991, site of the Ovčara massacre, reintegrated in 1998.
Vũng Tàu
Vũng Tàu is a coastal city on a peninsula in southern Vietnam, a port, seaside resort, and base of the country's offshore oil and gas industry.
Vyborg (Выборг)
Vyborg (Выборг; formerly Viipuri, Finland) is a Russian border city founded in 1293 around Vyborg Castle, which passed from Swedish to Russian (1710) to Finnish and Soviet control.
Wachtberg-Berkum
Wachtberg-Berkum (Berkum), district and administrative seat of Wachtberg in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Germany; documented by 856, with Roman quarries on the 263 m Hohenberg whose trachyte built Cologne Cathedral.
Waco
Waco, Texas: county seat of McLennan County on the I-35 corridor, founded 1849 on a Waco Indian village site, home of Baylor University, the 1870 suspension bridge, and the 1953 tornado; population 138,486 (2020).
Wad Medani
Wad Medani (ود مدني), also Wad Madani, capital of Al Jazirah State, Sudan, on the Blue Nile; center of the Gezira irrigation scheme and agricultural research; captured by the RSF in December 2023, retaken by the army in January 2025.