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Zlatoust
Zlatoust (Златоуст) is a southern Ural city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, founded in 1754 around an iron foundry, known for its 1815 arms factory, engraved steel, and metallurgy.
Zoetermeer
Zoetermeer: South Holland municipality and 1962 Dutch growth core (new town) near The Hague, grown from a village of about 10,000 to 129,852 inhabitants (2025), with 58,213 dwellings and the Omgevingsvisie Zoetermeer 2040.
Zoucheng
Zoucheng (邹城市, Zōuchéng) is a county-level city in southern Shandong under Jining, birthplace of Mencius, with 1.17 million people (2020), 1,616 km², and a coal economy centered on the Yanzhou coalfield.
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin (Зрењанин) is a city in the Banat region of Vojvodina, Serbia, with 76,511 inhabitants at the 2011 census; until 1935 it was called Bečkerek, and from 1935 to 1946 Petrovgrad.
Zuccabar
Zuccabar (Zucchabar, Succhabar), ancient town of Mauretania Caesariensis at modern Miliana, Algeria. Augustan veteran colony, Colonia Iulia Augusta Zucchabar; 4th-century episcopal see; refounded as Miliana by Buluggin ibn Ziri in the 10th century.
Zug
Zug is a Swiss city and canton on Lake Zug, capital of Switzerland's smallest full canton (239 km², 11 municipalities, ~135,000 people). Known for low taxes, Glencore, Crypto Valley, and cherry traditions.
Zumaia
Zumaia (Zumaya) is a Basque coastal town in Gipuzkoa, Spain, at the Urola river mouth, chartered in 1347, with about 10,000 inhabitants, famed for the flysch cliffs of Itzurun beach in the Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark.
Zumpango, México
Zumpango (Zumpango de Ocampo) is a municipality in the northern State of Mexico, about 55 km north of Mexico City, with 280,455 residents in 2020, the Laguna de Zumpango reservoir, and the Felipe Ángeles International Airport.
Zunsweier
Zunsweier, a district of Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg with about 3,000 residents, first recorded in 1136 under Kloster Schuttern; site of a Vespasianic Roman fort, bathhouse, and vicus on the Kinzigtal road.
Zunyi
Zunyi (遵义, Zunyi) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, China, known for the 1935 Zunyi Conference of the Long March, the Hailongtun fortress, and Maotai baijiu.
Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland's largest city and cantonal capital on the Limmat at Lake Zürich, grew from the Roman customs post Turicum into a financial hub with 452,421 residents, first place in Mercer's 2024 quality-of-living ranking, and a 0.1% vacancy rate.
Zwolle
Zwolle, capital of Overijssel in the Netherlands, about 129,000 residents, lies in the IJssel-Vecht delta with its center outside the dikes; Hanseatic history, strong economy, and a 4,400-home 2026-2030 coalition program.