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Woodstock, New York
Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, within the Catskill Park; it lent its name to the 1969 Woodstock Festival held 60 miles away.
Woolstone
Woolstone, Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire): village below White Horse Hill with a Roman villa found in 1844, mosaics, Saxon burials, a 1086 Domesday manor of Roger of Ivry and the Bishop of Winchester, and the Ridgeway trackway. Distinct from Woolaston, Gloucestershire.
Worcester, England
Worcester, England: cathedral city on the River Severn in Worcestershire, West Midlands; about 103,900 residents (2021), over 1,000 listed buildings, first and last battles of the English Civil War, and home of Worcestershire sauce.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts (Wormtown): New England's second-largest city, 43 miles west of Boston; population about 213,862 (2025 est.), 25.1% foreign-born. Council-manager government since 1950; economy led by UMass Memorial, UMass Chan, and eight colleges; Polar Park and Union Station projects since 2021.
Worms, Germany
Worms, Germany: a kreisfreie Stadt in Rhineland-Palatinate on the left Rhine bank, also called Nibelungenstadt; one of Germany's oldest cities, with UNESCO ShUM Jewish heritage and the Nibelungenlied setting.
Worplesdon
Worplesdon, Surrey village and civil parish near Guildford, in Domesday Book held by Turold of Earl Roger; known for Sibthorpe's Roman villa on Broad Street Common, found 1829, and St Mary's Grade 1 church.
Worthing
Worthing is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, which developed from a small fishing hamlet into a fashionable Georgian resort before being incorporated in 1890.
Wrexham
Wrexham (Wrecsam) is a city in north-east Wales, Wales's seventh city since September 2022, county borough population about 135,100, known for Wrexham AFC, the Racecourse, and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Wrocław
Wrocław (German: Breslau), capital of Lower Silesia, Poland, on the Oder; fourth/third-largest Polish city, ~672,600 registered (2025). Bohemian, Habsburg, Prussian, German, then Polish since 1945; 1997 flood, Centennial Hall UNESCO site, major IT and business hub.
Wuhan (武汉)
Wuhan (武汉), capital of Hubei Province at the Yangtze–Han River confluence, is Central China's only sub-provincial city, divided into Hankou, Wuchang, and Hanyang; 13.8 million residents, 2025 GDP 2.21 trillion yuan.
Wuhu
Wuhu (芜湖市), Anhui Province city on the Yangtze at the Qingyi River confluence; former treaty port and rice market, now Anhui's second-largest economy, home of Chery, GDP 512 billion yuan in 2024.
Wuliancheng Site
五连城城址 (Wuliancheng site), a Lower Xiajiadian culture stone-walled settlement in Jianping County, Chaoyang, Liaoning, dating Xia to Shang; five linked hilltop towns, largest 18,000 m², seventh-batch national heritage site.
Wuppertal
Wuppertal, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, founded 1 August 1929 by merging Barmen, Elberfeld, and other towns; home of the 1901 Schwebebahn suspended monorail, Pina Bausch's Tanztheater, and the University of Wuppertal.
Würzburg
Würzburg, Bavarian district-free city on the river Main with 132,700 residents (2025), 13 districts, a bishopric since 742, the UNESCO-listed Baroque Würzburg Residence, and St. Kilian's Cathedral.
Wuxi (无锡)
Wuxi (无锡), also romanized Wu-Hsi or Wusih, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu, China, in the Yangtze River Delta, known for its commercial history and Taihu Lake scenery.
Wuxue
Wuxue (武穴), formerly Guangji County until 1987, is a county-level city on the north shore of the Yangtze River in eastern Hubei, China, under Huanggang.
Wuzhong
Wuzhong (吴忠) is a prefecture-level city in central Ningxia, China, on the Yellow River, administering Litong, Hongsibu, Qingtongxia, Yanchi, and Tongxin. Known for Helan Mountain East Foothill wine, Yanchi Tan sheep, ancient Yellow River irrigation canals, and a 54.7% Hui population.
Wuzhou
Wuzhou (梧州市, formerly Cangwu/Guangxin) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangxi, China, at the Xun–Gui–Xi river confluence on the Guangdong border. Seat of China's first governor-general office (1470), a 1897 treaty port, and the world's largest artificial gem trading center.
Xàbia
Xàbia (Jávea), coastal municipality in Marina Alta, Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca. Three nuclei (old town, port, Arenal); 30,817 residents in 2025, 47.46% foreign, fifth in Spain; Montgó Natural Park and 25 km coast.
Xalapa
Xalapa (Xalapa de Enríquez) is the capital of Veracruz, Mexico, since 1885, with 488,531 municipal residents in 2020, a Nahuatl name meaning "sandy water", coffee and citrus exports, and a cool highland climate.
Xanten
Xanten is a town in Kreis Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, on the Lower Rhine, site of the Roman Colonia Ulpia Traiana and the LVR-Archaeological Park, part of the UNESCO Lower German Limes since 2021; about 21,000 residents on 72.43 km².
Xenia, Ohio
Xenia, Ohio is the county seat of Greene County in southwestern Ohio, founded 1803, population 25,441 (2020). Known for the deadly April 3, 1974 F5 tornado and as the Bicycle Capital of the Midwest, hub of five paved trails.
Xi'an (西安)
Xi'an (西安), formerly Chang'an, is the capital of Shaanxi and largest city of northwest China, capital of 13 dynasties; 13.24 million residents, 2025 GDP 1.39 trillion yuan, metro over 400 km, Silk Road origin.
Xiamen (厦门)
Xiamen (厦门), formerly Amoy, is a sub-provincial port city in Fujian, China, and one of its first special economic zones. Six districts, 2025 GRP 898.04 billion yuan, treaty port since 1842, top-ranked livability.
Xiangtan
Xiangtan (湘潭市), a prefecture-level city in Hunan on the Xiang River, forms the Chang-Zhu-Tan region with Changsha and Zhuzhou; it administers Shaoshan, Mao Zedong's birthplace, and is a steel, electrical machinery, and education center.
Xiangxiang
Xiangxiang (湘乡市) is a county-level city in Xiangtan, Hunan, named from the Western Han Xiangxiang Marquisate (3 BC); a county from the Eastern Han, a city since 1987, home of Dongshan Academy and Zeng Guofan.
Xiangyang (city)
Xiangyang (襄阳), formerly named Xiangfan, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei Province, China, on the Han River, with a recorded history of more than 2,800 years.
Xianning
Xianning (咸宁) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei, China, at the Hubei-Hunan-Jiangxi junction, known as Hubei's southern gate, for hot springs, osmanthus, and the Chibi battlefield; seat Xian'an District, GDP 194.5 billion yuan in 2024.
Xiantao (city)
Xiantao (仙桃), formerly Mianyang County, is a province-directly administered county-level city in Hubei's Jianghan Plain, established 1986; first Hubei 'hundred-billion-yuan county' (2022), known for nonwovens, swamp eels, and gymnastics.
Xianyang
Xianyang (咸阳), Shaanxi city on the Wei River; capital of Qin state from 350 BC and of the Qin dynasty 221–206 BC; burned by Xiang Yu in 206 BC; now integrated with Xi'an.