Cities and towns

Chiang Mai (เชียงใหม่)

Chiang Mai (เชียงใหม่), Nopburi Srinakornping Chiang Mai, is northern Thailand's main city, founded in 1296 by King Mangrai as capital of the Lanna Kingdom, known for its moated old city, temples, and severe February–April PM2.5 haze season.

Chiasso

Chiasso is a border municipality in Ticino, Switzerland, at the country's southern tip near Como, including Pedrinate, the southernmost Swiss place. Known for its international railway station, customs role, and about 7,869 registered residents at end-2025.

Chiayi City

Chiayi City (嘉義市) is a provincial city in southwestern Taiwan at the northern Jianan Plain, split into East and West districts by the Taiwan Railway, historically the lumber city at the foot of the Alishan Forest Railway.

Chiba, Chiba

Chiba (千葉市, Chiba-shi), capital of Chiba Prefecture, Japan, a designated city of six wards near Tokyo Bay; about 998,561 residents (2026), twelfth government ordinance designated city since 1992, founded as a city in 1921.

Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, the largest city in the US Midwest on Lake Michigan; county seat of Cook County. Population 2,731,585 (2025 est.); known for the 1871 Great Fire, Burnham's 1909 Plan, CTA transit, and stark neighborhood segregation and inequality.

Chicago metropolitan area

The Chicago metropolitan area (Chicagoland) is the tri-state region around Chicago, officially the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin MSA: 14 counties in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, about 9.4 million residents, third-largest US metro, planned by CMAP under ON TO 2050.

Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England, on the Roman town of Noviomagus Reginorum. District population 124,100 (2021); Local Plan 2021-2039 adopted August 2025; home to Chichester Cathedral and Festival Theatre.

Chiclana de la Frontera

Chiclana de la Frontera, town in Cádiz province, Bay of Cádiz, Spain; 90,997 inhabitants (2025); known for Playa de la Barrosa, Novo Sancti Petri, Phoenician Cerro del Castillo site, salt, wine, and tourism.

Chiclayo

Chiclayo, Peru's fifth most populous city, capital of Lambayeque department and Chiclayo province (Ciudad de la Amistad). Commercial hub of northern Peru, gateway to the Lord of Sipán tombs, diocese of Pope Leo XIV, province of 20 districts.

Chico, California

Chico, California: a Butte County city in the northern Sacramento Valley founded by John Bidwell in 1860, incorporated 1872, home of Chico State and 3,670-acre Bidwell Park, population about 105,000.

Chicoloapan

Chicoloapan (San Vicente Chicoloapan) is a municipality in the State of Mexico east of Mexico City, seat Chicoloapan de Juárez; 53.91 km2, 200,750 people (2020), Epiclassic settlement, municipality since 1822 or 1825.

Chidambaram (சிதம்பரம்)

Chidambaram (சிதம்பரம்) is a municipality since 1873 in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, built around the Nataraja Temple, with a 2011 population of 62,153 and nearby Annamalai University.

Chifeng

Chifeng (赤峰, Ulaanhad) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Inner Mongolia, China, formerly Juu Uda League, seat of Hongshan culture jade dragons and the Liao capitals, with 3.887 million residents and 90,021 km².

Chigasaki

Chigasaki (茅ヶ崎市) is a coastal city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Shonan area on Sagami Bay. About 245,000 residents, 35.7 km², birthplace of Japanese surfing at Southern Beach, MONOCLE 2020 5th best small city, Honolulu sister city since 2014.

Chihuahua City

Chihuahua City, capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, founded 1709 as San Francisco de Cuéllar; a manufacturing and aerospace hub with about 925,000 people, a 14.7 billion dollar GDP, and water supplied from the overexploited Chihuahua-Sacramento aquifer.

Chikmagalur

Chikmagalur (Chikkamagaluru, ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು), a coffee-growing district in southwestern Karnataka, India; birthplace of Indian coffee at Baba Budan Giri (1670), home of the Central Coffee Research Institute, Mullayanagiri peak, and Indira Gandhi's 1978 Lok Sabha comeback.

Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe, Ohio: city in Ross County on the Scioto River, founded 1796 and Ohio's first capital (1803–1809, 1812–1816); population 22,059 (2020); home to Hopewell Culture National Historical Park earthworks, a 2023 UNESCO World Heritage site.

Chilliwack

Chilliwack is a city in British Columbia's Fraser Valley, 100 km east of Vancouver, named from Halq'eméylem Ts'elxwéyeqw; incorporated 1873 (Township) and 1908 (City), amalgamated 1980, population about 107,200 in 2023.

Chilpancingo

Chilpancingo de los Bravo, capital of Guerrero state, Mexico; site of the 1813 Congress of Anáhuac. State capital since 1871, about 170,000 municipal residents, low prosperity and security rankings.

Chimoio

Chimoio, formerly Vila Pery, is the capital of Manica Province in central Mozambique, on the Beira corridor railway and N6 to Zimbabwe; district population projected at 518,856 in 2024, an agricultural and trade center.

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Chinguetti

Chinguetti (شنقيط) is a medieval caravan town on the Adrar plateau of central Mauritania, founded in the twelfth century and best known for its ancient family libraries of Islamic manuscripts.

Chiniot (city)

Chiniot (چنیوٹ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, headquarters of Chiniot District on the Chenab River, 28th largest in Pakistan, 2023 population 318,165, famed for wooden furniture and the 17th-century Shahi Mosque.

Chinju

Chinju (Jinju, 진주시, 晉州市) is a city in southwestern South Gyeongsang, South Korea, on the Nam River; former Jinjumok seat, site of the 1592 Jinjuseong victory, area 712.94 km², population about 339,000 (2024).

Chino Hills, California

Chino Hills is a city in San Bernardino County, California, incorporated December 1, 1991, with about 78,000 residents, 45 square miles of planned suburbs, and Chino Hills State Park's 14,102 preserved acres.

Chino, California

Chino is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, at the western edge of the Inland Empire, with about 97,000 residents (2025 estimate), a dairy-and-agriculture past, and a logistics-based economy.

Chipata

Chipata, formerly Fort Jameson, is a city in eastern Zambia and the administrative capital of Eastern Province, near the border with Malawi. It was declared a city in 2017.

Chippenham

Chippenham is a market town in northern Wiltshire, England, on the River Avon near the M4. A Saxon royal villa recorded from 853, chartered in 1554, it had 35,830 parish residents in 2011.

Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton, or 'Chippy', is a Cotswold market town in West Oxfordshire, England, population just over 6,000. Known for its 1205 market charter, Bliss Mill tweed mill, St Mary's Church, and status as Oxfordshire's highest town.

Chișinău

Chișinău, capital of Moldova on the Bâc River, first documented July 17, 1436; medieval market town, modernized by the 1834 plan, home of the Water Tower city museum.