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Comodoro Rivadavia
Comodoro Rivadavia, a Patagonian coastal city in Chubut Province, Argentina, on the Golfo San Jorge; founded 1901, site of Argentina's 1907 first oil strike, capital of petroleum, population about 215,000.
Compton, California
Compton, California, is a city in Los Angeles County known as the Hub City, settled in 1867 and incorporated in 1888, with a 2020 population of 95,740.
Conakry
Conakry, capital and chief port of Guinea on the Tombo peninsula, Atlantic West Africa. Colonial port under Noël Ballay; urban area grew from 63 km² (1986) to 206.58 km² (2016); near 50% of urban population.
Concepción, Biobio
Concepción, Biobío: Chilean city and comuna, capital of Concepción Province and the Biobío Region, founded 1550 by Pedro de Valdivia, moved after the 1751 earthquake; 230,375 inhabitants (2024 census), core of the Gran Concepción metro area.
Concepcion, Central Luzon
Concepcion is a first-class municipality in Tarlac province, Central Luzon, Philippines (PSGC 0306905000). Population 178,549 (2024), 45 barangays, 234.67 km²; home town of the Aquino political family; mayor Noel Villanueva (NPC).
Concord, California
Concord, California: largest city in Contra Costa County (125,410 in 2020), founded as Todos Santos in 1869, incorporated 1905, city 1948; BART terminus until 1995; site of the 1944 Port Chicago disaster and the 2,422-acre former Naval Weapons Station redevelopment planned for 12,000 homes.
Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts: town 18 miles northwest of Boston, incorporated 1635 as the colony's first inland settlement, site of the April 19, 1775 Revolutionary War battle at the North Bridge, and home of Emerson, Thoreau, and the Alcotts.
Concord, New Hampshire
Concord, New Hampshire: state capital and Merrimack County seat on the Merrimack River, about 70 miles from Boston. Population about 44,600 (2025 estimate); formerly Penny-Cook and Rumford; named state capital in 1807.
Concord, North Carolina
Concord, North Carolina, is the county seat of Cabarrus County, about 19 miles northeast of Charlotte. Founded in 1796, it is home to Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Condat-sur-Vienne
Condat-sur-Vienne, a commune in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 6 km south of Limoges; chef-lieu of its canton, Limoges Métropole member, 5,281 residents (2023), Gaulish name meaning confluence, Gallo-Roman villa and mosaic.
Conquereuil
Conquereuil (Konkerel) is a rural commune in Loire-Atlantique, France, INSEE 44044, pop. about 1,061, on the river Don between Nantes and Rennes; site of the battles of 981 and 992 in which Duke Conan I of Brittany died.
Conroe, Texas
Conroe, Texas, the Montgomery County seat on I-45 north of Houston, was founded in 1881 as Isaac Conroe's sawmill, boomed on the 1931 Strake oil discovery, and grew from 56,207 people in 2010 to about 119,564 by 2025, straining its water infrastructure.
Consolidated city-county
Consolidated city-county: a merged city and county government forming one jurisdiction, first seen in New Orleans (1805). Examples include Nashville/Davidson, Honolulu, and San Francisco; research finds little cost savings but some economic development gains.
Constanța
Constanța, Romania's principal Black Sea port city, founded as the Greek colony of Tomis in the 6th century BC; fifth most populous Romanian city, home to the largest Black Sea port and the Art Nouveau Constanța Casino.
Constantine, Algeria
Constantine (قسنطينة), Algeria, ancient Cirta, capital of Numidia, rebuilt by Emperor Constantine; a plateau city over the Rhummel gorge, the 'City of Bridges', national heritage site since 2004.
Conway, Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas, county seat of Faulkner County, the City of Colleges (UCA, Hendrix, Central Baptist), incorporated 1875, grown from 64,134 in 2020 to an estimated 72,328 in 2025.
Conway, South Carolina
Conway, South Carolina: historic Horry County seat on the Waccamaw River, founded 1732 as Kingston, renamed Conwayborough 1801, Conway 1883. Home of Coastal Carolina University; 2020 census population 24,849, 2025 estimate 30,627. Distinct from Conway, Arkansas.
Conwy
Conwy is a walled town in Conwy County Borough, north Wales, founded by Edward I after 1283. Its castle (1283–1287, eight towers, £15,000 cost) and complete town walls form a 1986 UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Conyers, Georgia
Conyers, Georgia: county seat and only incorporated city of Rockdale County, about 24 miles east of Atlanta. Founded as Conyers Station railroad depot, incorporated 1854; population 20,377 (2025 estimate); home to the Georgia International Horse Park.
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy, South Australian opal-mining town known as the Opal Capital of the World, where many residents live in underground dugouts to escape desert heat; opal discovered 1915, renamed from Stuart Range Opal Field in 1920.
Cookeville, Tennessee
Cookeville, Tennessee: county seat of Putnam County and largest city of the Upper Cumberland region, home of Tennessee Tech University and Cookeville Regional Medical Center; 2025 estimated population 38,212, growing 9.7% since 2020.
Coonoor (குன்னூர்)
Coonoor (குன்னூர்), a tea-estate hill town and 1866 municipality in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, at about 6,050 ft; second largest Nilgiri town after Ooty, on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, reached by train in 1899.
Coos Bay, Oregon
Coos Bay, Oregon (formerly Marshfield) is the largest city on the Oregon coast, population 15,985 in 2020, a timber and shipping port town on Oregon's largest bay, now pursuing a container terminal.
Copenhagen
Copenhagen (København) is the capital of Denmark and Scandinavia's largest city, with 1.4 million people, known for cycling, district heating, and climate plans.
Coquitlam
Coquitlam is a city in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, named for the Kwikwetlem First Nation, incorporated July 25, 1891, grown around Fraser Mills, with 148,625 people at the 2021 Census and SkyTrain service since 2017.
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida: planned city in Miami-Dade County, also called the City Beautiful, founded by George Merrick and incorporated April 29, 1925; Mediterranean Revival architecture, Venetian Pool, Biltmore Hotel, population about 49,600.
Coral Springs, Florida
Coral Springs, Florida: a master-planned city in northwestern Broward County, incorporated July 1963 by Coral Ridge Properties founders James S. Hunt and Joe Taravella; population 134,394 (2020), fully built-out.
Corby
Corby, Northamptonshire: Midlands steel town, New Town from 1950, 'Little Scotland'; Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks closed 1980; 2009 toxic waste birth-defect ruling; regeneration and 2025 New Town bid.
Cordes-Tolosannes
Cordes-Tolosannes is a rural commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department of southwestern France, best known as a medieval bastide overlooking the Garonne valley with about 357 inhabitants.
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba, Argentina: major inland city founded 6 July 1573 by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera on the Suquía River; capital of Córdoba Province, home of Argentina's first university (1613) and the UNESCO Jesuit Block and Estancias (2000).