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Córdoba, Spain
Córdoba (Spain): Andalusian provincial capital on the Guadalquivir, 323,262 inhabitants (2025), former Umayyad capital, home of the Mosque-Cathedral and four UNESCO World Heritage listings.
Córdoba, Veracruz
Córdoba, Veracruz (Heroica Córdoba de Hernández y Hernández): city and municipality in central Veracruz, Mexico, founded 1618 on the Lomas de Huilango and named for viceroy Diego Fernández de Córdoba; site of the 1821 Treaties of Córdoba recognizing Mexican independence; 204,721 inhabitants in 2020.
Corinth (modern city)
Modern Corinth (Korinthos), a Peloponnese port city founded in 1858 after an earthquake destroyed Old Corinth, near the 1893 Corinth Canal; distinct from Ancient Corinth, 5 km southwest.
Cork (city)
Cork (Corcaigh, from the Irish for marsh) is Ireland's second city, on the River Lee in the south. Founded as a 7th-century monastery by Saint Fin Barre, walled by the Anglo-Normans, it had 222,333 people and hosts UCC and MTU.
Corleone
Corleone is a hill town of about 10,000 people at 542 m in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. Known for the Godfather name, the Corleonesi mafia clan, the CIDMA anti-mafia museum, and its 'hundred churches' heritage.
Corlier
Corlier, commune in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; also a Pleiades ancient place (BAtlas 17 E1) typed as temple/sanctuary; medieval châtellenie of the seigneurs de Thoire et Villars.
Çorlu
Çorlu (Tzirallum) is an industrial district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey, in Thrace on the Istanbul-Edirne corridor; founded by Thraco-Phrygians around 1000 BC, Ottoman from 1361, population 306,939 in 2025.
Cornellà de Llobregat
Cornellà de Llobregat, a municipality of Baix Llobregat on the left bank of the Llobregat River in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area; about 92,000 residents, industrial history since the 1819 Canal de la Infanta, home of the Castell de Cornellà and UE Cornellà.
Corning, NY Micro Area
The Corning, NY Micro Area is a micropolitan statistical area around the city of Corning, coterminous with Steuben County, New York, with 93,584 residents at the 2020 Census.
Cornwall, Ontario
Cornwall, Ontario: Eastern Ontario city on the St. Lawrence River bordering Akwesasne; founded 1784 by Loyalists, city since 1945; estimated 54,346 residents in 2025 with a diversified manufacturing, logistics, and retail economy.
Coro
Coro (Santa Ana de Coro), Venezuela: colonial city founded 1527, first capital of the Captaincy General of Venezuela, UNESCO World Heritage site with La Vela since 1993, on the danger list since 2005, known for earthen bahareque, adobe and tapia architecture.
Corona, California
Corona, California: city in Riverside County incorporated July 13, 1896, named for its circular Grand Boulevard; founded 1886 as South Riverside, once the Lemon Capital of the World, now about 160,000 residents.
Coronado, California
Coronado, California (The Crown City) is a seaside city in San Diego County on a peninsula across from downtown San Diego, incorporated 1890, home to the 1888 Hotel del Coronado, Naval Air Station North Island, and about 20,000 residents.
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas: coastal city and county seat of Nueces County, largest city on the Texas coast (pop. about 317,000), home of the Port of Corpus Christi, the largest U.S. energy export terminal, now facing a severe drought-driven water crisis.
Corrientes
Corrientes (San Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes) is the capital of Corrientes Province, Argentina, on the Paraná River. Founded 3 April 1588; 430,170 residents (2022 census); home of chamamé and the Argentine Carnival.
Çorum (city)
Çorum, city and provincial capital in Turkey's Central Black Sea Region, elevation 801 m; province population 519,590 (2025). Home to Hattusha, Hittite capital and UNESCO World Heritage Site, and known for leblebi chickpeas, flour, eggs, and brick-tile industry.
Corumbá
Corumbá is a Brazilian municipality in Mato Grosso do Sul on the Paraguay River border with Bolivia, founded in 1778 and known as the Capital do Pantanal.
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis, Oregon: Benton County seat on the Willamette River, home of Oregon State University. Founded as Marysville by Joseph Avery (1845), briefly territorial capital in 1855, incorporated 1857; population about 60,000.
Coslada
Coslada is a densely populated municipality (about 80,500 residents in 2025) in the Este Metropolitano zone of the Community of Madrid, a major logistics hub near Barajas airport whose Metro 7B stations have been closed since July 2024.
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa, California, an Orange County city incorporated June 29, 1953, about a mile from the Pacific coast. Known as the City of the Arts, home to South Coast Plaza, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and action sports headquarters; 2020 population 111,918.
Cotabato City
Cotabato City, a highly urbanized city in Mindanao, Philippines, chartered in 1959 under RA 2364, is the regional seat of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), which it joined in 2019 after twice voting against ARMM inclusion.
Côte Saint-Luc
Côte Saint-Luc (Côte-Saint-Luc) is a bilingual, mostly English-speaking residential city between Lachine and Hampstead on Montreal island: village 1903, town 1951, city 1958, merged 2002, reconstituted 2006; 37,833 residents on 7.04 km², twinned with Ashkelon since 1975.
Cotia
Cotia is a municipality in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Brazil, 33 km from the capital; 274,413 residents (2022 census), 291,704 estimated for 2026, known for rapid growth and high quality-of-life rankings.
Cotonou
Cotonou, Benin's economic capital and largest city (about 2.4 million), founded 1830 by King Guézo; its Autonomous Port handles 90% of national foreign trade and serves landlocked Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
Cottbus (city)
Cottbus, in Lower Sorbian Chóśebuz, is an independent city on the River Spree in southern Brandenburg, Germany, the second largest in the state and the largest city of Lusatia.
Coulanges
Coulanges: name of several French communes (Coulanges-lès-Nevers in the Nièvre, Coulanges in the Allier, Coulanges-sur-Yonne) from Latin Colonica; noted for mills, a forge, and Gallo-Roman pottery kilns.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa, formerly Kanesville, is a city of about 63,000 across the Missouri River from Omaha, named for bluffs where Lewis and Clark met the Otoe Tribe.
Courbevoie
Courbevoie, commune 92026 in Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, west of Paris on the Seine; 82,902 inhabitants in 2023, motto Curva via mens recta, part of La Défense business district.
Coventry
Coventry is a city in England's West Midlands, built around a monastery founded in 1043 by Leofric and Lady Godiva, and a historic center of the British motor industry.
Covilhã
Covilhã, a city and municipality in central Portugal on the Serra da Estrela slope, is the historic center of Portuguese wool, nicknamed the Manchester of Portugal, home to the Universidade da Beira Interior and its Wool Museum.