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Cenad
Cenad (Morisena) is a commune in western Timiș County, Romania, on the left bank of the Mureș at the Hungarian border. Site of the first monastery (c. 1002) and first school (1030) on Romanian territory and the Diocese of Cenad under St. Gerard.
Centennial
Centennial, Colorado: home rule city in Arapahoe County incorporated February 7, 2001, the largest U.S. incorporation at the time; about 108,658 residents, contract-based government, 10th largest Colorado city.
Central business district
Central business district (CBD), also called downtown: the concentrated office and commercial core of a city. Defined by density, accessibility, high land values, and congestion; historically shaped by streetcars, now converting to mixed use.
Central London
Central London: the innermost part of Greater London, formally defined by the Central Activities Zone plus the Northern Isle of Dogs; seat of government, West End retail, the City financial district, and Roman Londinium's site.
Centralia, WA Micro Area
Centralia, WA Micro Area (Centralia, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area, CBSA 16500) is a one-county statistical region covering Lewis County, Washington, anchored by Centralia; about 87,049 residents, $74,796 median household income, 2,402.8 square miles.
Centurion (city)
Centurion, Gauteng: urban area in City of Tshwane, South Africa, between Pretoria and Johannesburg; formerly Lyttelton and Verwoerdburg, renamed Centurion in 1995, on the N1 with a Gautrain station and the Hennops River.
Cerritos, California
Cerritos, California, formerly Dairy Valley (incorporated April 24, 1956; renamed January 10, 1967), is an 8.9-square-mile charter city in Los Angeles County with 49,578 residents in 2020, known for its master-planned transformation from dairy farms and its library and performing arts center.
Cerro de Pasco
Cerro de Pasco, a Peruvian Andean mining city at 4,380 m, capital of Pasco region; silver discovered 1630, dominant late-colonial silver center, later Cerro de Pasco Copper Corporation, now Volcan/Glencore open pit with severe lead contamination.
Cesena
Cesena is a town of about 95,000 people in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, on the Savio river between Forlì and Rimini, best known for its Malatesta monuments.
Český Krumlov
Český Krumlov (Krumau), South Bohemian town on the Vltava meander; castle first recorded 1253, Rožmberk seat, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992, second-largest Czech castle, about 13,100 residents, major overtourism destination.
Chabestan
Chabestan is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes, France, on the Buëch near Veynes, known for the Pont-de-Chabestan and Champ-Crose tumulus necropolis, spanning Urnfield cremations to a Hallstatt warrior-chief burial.
Chak Jhumra
Chak Jhumra (چک جھمرہ) is a railway-junction town and tehsil headquarters in Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan, about 21 km northeast of Faisalabad; its tehsil had 385,169 people in the 2023 census.
Chalencon
Chalencon: name of places in south-central France, notably a commune in Ardèche (château, 1822 Protestant temple) and a medieval hamlet of Saint-André-de-Chalencon, Haute-Loire; also an ancient Barrington Atlas site.
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh: hill town on the Ravi river, district headquarters and former capital of Chamba state since 930 A.D., founded by Sahil Varman, known for the Lakshmi Narayan temples and Minjar Mela.
Chambéry
Chambéry, prefecture of Savoie in southeastern France, former capital of the House of Savoy (1232-1563) in the cluse between Bauges and Chartreuse; about 60,000 inhabitants, annexed by France in 1860.
Chambly, Quebec
Chambly is a Quebec town in Montérégie on the Richelieu River, founded 1665 around Fort Chambly; population 31,966 (2026 decree), home to the Fort Chambly and Chambly Canal national historic sites.
Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area
Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 16580): three-county east-central Illinois metro (Champaign, Ford, Piatt counties) anchored by the twin cities and the University of Illinois; population about 240,000-243,000.
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign, Illinois: city founded 1855 as West Urbana beside the Illinois Central Railroad, renamed 1860; population 91,195 (2025 est.); home of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and its Research Park.
Champigneulles
Champigneulles is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, just north of Nancy, home to one of France's largest breweries, founded in 1897.
Champniers
Champniers (Charente, INSEE 16078) is a commune of 5,310 inhabitants (2025) north of Angoulême, in Grand Angoulême; ancient Catemerio/Catumarius, with the Romanesque Église Sainte-Eulalie. Distinct from Champniers in the Vienne (86054).
Champoton
Champoton (Chakán Putum in Maya) is a town on the Gulf coast of Campeche, Mexico, where Maya forces defeated the first Spanish expedition to Yucatán in 1517.
Chanac
Chanac is a commune in the Lozère department in Occitanie, southern France, known for the ruins of the Château de Chanac and its medieval church.
Chanceaux-sur-Choisille
Chanceaux-sur-Choisille, a commune in Indre-et-Loire (INSEE 37054) about 10 km north of Tours, France. Known for a Gallo-Roman secondary agglomeration at La Prairie de la Bourdillière, an 11th-century Benedictine priory, and the Domaine de la Chute glasshouse restoration.
Chancelade
Chancelade, Dordogne commune near Périgueux: Magdalenian Raymonden site of the 1888 Chancelade skeleton, a medieval Augustinian abbey, and historic white Turonian building-stone quarries.
Chandannagar (চন্দননগর)
Chandannagar (চন্দননগর, Chandernagore), a former French colony on the Hooghly River in West Bengal's Hooghly district, founded 1673, French until 1950, known for the Strand, Dupleix Palace museum, Sacred Heart Church, and Jagadhatri Puja.
Chanderi (चंदेरी)
Chanderi (चंदेरी) is a historic town in Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh, on the Bundelkhand-Malwa border, famed for handwoven Chanderi sarees, its 11th-century fort, about 375 monuments, and stepwells.
Chandler, Arizona
Chandler, Arizona: a Maricopa County city founded in 1912 by Dr. A.J. Chandler, incorporated 1920, population about 294,000. A semiconductor hub anchored by Intel's Ocotillo campus, with diversified water supplies and no light rail.
Chandrapur (चंद्रपूर)
Chandrapur (चंद्रपूर), the Black Gold City, is a city in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, headquarters of Chandrapur district. Founded by Gond king Khandakya Ballal Shah, known for coal mines, the super thermal power station, and the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve.
Chang'an (长安)
Chang'an (长安), near modern Xi'an, was the capital of several Chinese dynasties from the Western Han (founded 202-200 BCE) to the Tang. The Sui-Tang city of 582 covered 84 km2 with 108 walled wards and about one million people, the model for Nara and Kyoto.
Changchun (长春)
Changchun (长春), capital of Jilin province and one of China's 15 sub-provincial cities, is an automobile and film city with GDP of 674.46 billion yuan in 2022, 7.54–9.06 million residents, and a temperate continental climate.