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Benningen
Benningen (Benningen am Neckar) is a municipality in the Ludwigsburg district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a Roman fort on the Neckar-Odenwald Limes built around 85 CE, garrisoned by the cohors XXIV voluntariorum, plus the medieval Annakirche.
Benoni
Benoni is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa, part of Greater Johannesburg, named in 1881 from a Hebrew word meaning "son of my sorrow".
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Benton Harbor, Michigan: a majority-Black Berrien County city of about 9,100 on the Paw Paw River near Lake Michigan, known for its 2018-2021 lead drinking water crisis, Whirlpool's presence, and neighboring twin city St. Joseph.
Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville, Arkansas: Benton County seat and Walmart headquarters town, population about 63,000 (2025), home of Crystal Bridges Museum, the new 350-acre Walmart Home Office, and the Plan Bentonville growth code.
Benxi
Benxi (本溪) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Liaoning, China, named after Benxi Lake. An old steel-industrial base (Bengang, merged with Ansteel 2021), it is also the 'Maple Leaf Capital' with 76.31% forest coverage and 10.812 billion tonnes of iron ore reserves.
Berbera
Berbera Port is a seaport in the city of Berbera on the Gulf of Aden in Somaliland, its principal trade gateway, managed by Dubai-based DP World since 2017.
Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden: Bavarian market town at the Watzmann, founded as an Augustinian abbey in 1102, ruled by prince-provosts until 1803, Bavarian since 1810; salt mined continuously since 1517, with the Obersalzberg, Königssee, and Berchtesgaden National Park nearby.
Berdiansk (Бердянськ)
Berdiansk, also spelled Berdyansk, is a port city on the Sea of Azov in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1827 as a grain-exporting seaport and a seaside resort.
Berezniki
Berezniki (Березники), city in Perm Krai, Russia, on the Kama River; chemical and potash mining center formed in 1932, known for mine flooding since 2006 that caused sinkholes and subsidence.
Bergamo
Bergamo (Bèrghem), Lombardy city and provincial capital in northern Italy, known for its walled Città Alta, UNESCO-listed Venetian Walls (2017), 119,381 residents, major Milan Bergamo Airport, and first place in Il Sole 24 Ore's 2024 quality-of-life ranking.
Bergen
Bergen, Norway's second city (294,860 inhabitants in 2026), founded around 1070 by Olav Kyrre; a Hanseatic stockfish trading hub from 1360, home of the UNESCO-listed Bryggen wharf since 1979.
Bergisch Gladbach
Bergisch Gladbach, Kreisstadt of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia near Cologne; about 111,000-114,000 residents, merged with Bensberg in 1975, former papermaking center (Zanders), home to Miltenyi Biotec and Saint-Gobain ISOVER.
Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California: Alameda County city east of San Francisco, home of UC Berkeley (founded 1868), incorporated 1878, population about 122,000; known for the Free Speech Movement, Chez Panisse, BART service, and an active biennial-budget city government.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, a city-state located on the Spree. With 3.7 million residents, it has served as a royal, imperial, and divided capital.
Bern
Bern (Berne) is Switzerland's federal city and de facto capital, founded in 1191 by Berchtold V of Zähringen on the Aare, a confederation member since 1353, federal seat since 1848, with a UNESCO-listed Old City since 1983 and about 147,000 residents.
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed, also Berwick, is England's northernmost town, in Northumberland at the River Tweed mouth near the Scottish border. Contested 13–14 times until 1482, it retains unique Elizabethan bastioned ramparts begun in 1558.
Besançon
Besançon, prefecture of the Doubs in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France, is a Roman-founded city in a loop of the Doubs, known for Vauban's 17th-century citadel, fort Griffon, and walls inscribed by UNESCO in 2008, and for its watchmaking industry founded in 1793.
Beslan (Беслæн)
Beslan (Беслæн) is a town of about 35,000 in North Ossetia–Alania, Russia; founded 1847 as Tulatovo, a railway junction and industrial town, known for the 2004 School No. 1 hostage siege.
Bessèges
Bessèges, a commune in Gard, Occitanie, France, a 19th-century coal-mining "mushroom town" on the Cèze; also a Barrington Atlas ancient mine site (Pleiades 167678). Peak population 11,404 in 1881; mines closed 1946.
Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer, Alabama: Jefferson County city southwest of Birmingham, founded 1887 by Henry F. DeBardeleben and named for steel pioneer Sir Henry Bessemer; iron and coal boom town, now about 25,000 residents and site of the $14 billion Project Marvel data center.
Bethel (בֵּית אֵל)
Bethel (בֵּית אֵל, "house of God"), also called Luz, was an ancient Israelite sanctuary town near Beitin north of Jerusalem, where Jacob dreamed, and Jeroboam I set up a rival shrine to Jerusalem.
Bethel, Alaska
Bethel (Mamterillermiut) is Alaska's largest rural city, a roadless Kuskokwim River hub of about 6,600 people serving 50-plus Yup'ik villages, with Alaska's third-busiest airport, the YK Delta Regional Hospital, and costs about 20% above the US average.
Bethel, New York
Bethel is a town in Sullivan County, New York, 90 miles northwest of New York City, incorporated in 1809 from Lumberland. It hosted the 1969 Woodstock festival on Max Yasgur's farm and is now home to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland: unincorporated Montgomery County CDP northwest of Washington, D.C., also called Darcy's Store until 1871. Home to NIH headquarters and Walter Reed; 68,056 residents (2020); Purple Line terminus expected 2027.
Bethlehem (بيت لحم)
Bethlehem (بيت لحم), Palestinian city in the West Bank 10 km south of Jerusalem, birthplace of Jesus and site of the Church of the Nativity (UNESCO 2012); economy built on pilgrimage tourism, crafts, and olive-wood carving.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a Lehigh Valley city of about 75,000 founded by Moravians on Christmas Eve 1741, home of Bethlehem Steel (closed 1995) and a 2024 UNESCO World Heritage Moravian settlement.
Beverley
Beverley is a market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, also called Beverley in Yorkshire, founded around the monastery of St John of Beverley, famed for its Gothic Minster, medieval sanctuary, Hanseatic wool trade, Westwood common, and 1690 racecourse.
Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills, California: independent city (incorporated 1914) surrounded by Los Angeles, population about 31,000, median home value over $2 million, Rodeo Drive luxury retail, own police, fire, and water utility, D Line subway arriving 2026-2027.
Béziers
Béziers, second city of France's Hérault department, is a hill town above the Orb and Canal du Midi, known for wine, the August Feria, the 1209 massacre, Fonseranes locks, and Saint-Nazaire cathedral.
Bhadrāvati, Karnataka
Bhadravati (ಭದ್ರಾವತಿ), Karnataka city on the Bhadra River in Shivamogga district; home of Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant (SAIL, founded 1918, pig iron 1923) and Mysore Paper Mills; 151,102 residents (2011).