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Daule
Daule is a canton in Guayas province on Ecuador's coast, about 45 km from Guayaquil, known as the country's rice capital and its fastest-growing territory.
Daura
Daura is a city and traditional emirate in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, regarded in Hausa tradition as the oldest of the Hausa states and setting of the Bayajidda legend.
Davangere
Davangere (Davanagere, ದಾವಣಗೆರೆ), central Karnataka city and district headquarters formed 15 August 1997; the "Manchester of Karnataka," a textile, agro-processing, and education hub on the Tungabhadra.
Davao City
Davao City, a highly urbanized Philippine city on Mindanao, third most populous with 1,848,947 people (2024), chartered 1936, premier Mindanao economic hub, named from Bagobo words for the Davao River.
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa: largest of the Quad Cities on the Mississippi River, founded 1836 and named for fur trader George Davenport; 2020 population 101,724, site of the first Mississippi railroad bridge (1856).
David, Chiriquí
David, Chiriquí (San José de David), capital of Chiriquí province, western Panama; founded 1602 or 1732-1736; district of 156,498 people (2023); services-based economy, 58.7% tertiary.
Davie, Florida
Davie, Florida: a town of about 110,000 in central Broward County west of Fort Lauderdale, known for equestrian zoning, the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, the South Florida Educational Center, and a 1,104-acre CRA extended to 2039.
Davis, California
Davis, California (formerly Davisville, incorporated 1917) is a Yolo County university city of about 67,000, home of UC Davis, with the nation's highest bicycle commuting share at 24.5%.
Dawei, Myanmar
Dawei (formerly Tavoy) is the capital of Tanintharyi Region in southeastern Myanmar, a coastal city on the Andaman Sea and anchor of the long-stalled Dawei Special Economic Zone and deep-sea port project, now pursued with Russian backing.
Dawson City
Dawson City, Yukon, town at the Yukon-Klondike river confluence, heart of the 1896-1899 Klondike Gold Rush, Yukon capital 1898-1953, now a National Historic Site and UNESCO Tr'ondëk-Klondike component.
Dawson Creek
Dawson Creek, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, is Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway and the western terminus of the Northern Alberta Railway; incorporated as a village in 1936 and a city in 1958, population 12,323 (2021).
Daye, Hubei
Daye (大冶市) is a county-level city under Huangshi, Hubei, founded as a county in 967 and named for smelting; a major Chinese copper and iron mining center, later a resource-exhausted city undergoing transformation.
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio, county seat of Montgomery County at the confluence of the Great Miami, Stillwater, and Mad rivers, home of the Wright brothers' airplane invention, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida: Atlantic coast city in Volusia County, also called the World's Most Famous Beach. Founded 1870 by Mathias Day, incorporated 1876; home of NASCAR, founded 1948, and Daytona International Speedway, host of the Daytona 500 since 1959; 2020 population 72,647.
Dazhou, Sichuan
Dazhou (达州市, Dazhou Shi) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Sichuan with 5.324 million people (2024), major natural gas reserves, Asia's largest sulfur output, Han watchtowers, and a national transport hub role.
Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood, South Dakota: 1876 Black Hills gold-rush boomtown in Lawrence County, National Historic Landmark since 1961, famed for Wild Bill Hickok, the Homestake mine, and legalized gaming-funded preservation.
Deal, Kent
Deal, Kent: seaside town on the east Kent coast near Dover, a Cinque Ports limb famous for its harbourless shingle-beach boats, Deal Castle, the 1957 pier, and the 1989 Royal Marines bombing.
Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn, Michigan: city in Wayne County near Detroit, founded 1786, incorporated 1929 by merging Fordson and Dearborn. Population 109,976 (2020); Ford Motor Company headquarters, The Henry Ford museum, and the first Arab-majority U.S. city.
Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary's second-largest city and seat of Hajdú-Bihar county, is the "Calvinist Rome" of the Reformed College (1538), twice a national capital (1849, 1944), home of the University of Debrecen, and since 2022 the center of Hungary's CATL and BMW battery and electric-vehicle industry.
Decatur, Alabama
Decatur, Alabama, county seat of Morgan County on the Tennessee River, founded 1820 and named for Stephen Decatur. Eastern terminus of Alabama's first railroad, site of the 1864 Battle of Decatur, home to the Port of Decatur and manufacturers including 3M, Nucor, and United Launch Alliance; population 57,938 (2020).
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia: DeKalb County seat incorporated December 10, 1823, named for Commodore Stephen Decatur; second-oldest metro Atlanta municipality, six miles east of downtown, commission-manager government, independent schools, 2020 population 24,928.
Decatur, IL Metro Area
Decatur, IL Metro Area (CBSA 19500): a single-county Illinois metropolitan statistical area covering Macon County with principal city Decatur; about 100,000-104,000 residents, declining population, manufacturing-based economy.
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur, Illinois: county seat of Macon County in central Illinois, founded 1823, population about 68,000. Home of ADM's North American headquarters, Lake Decatur, and Abraham Lincoln's first Illinois homestead (1830).
Děčín
Děčín, historically known as Tetschen, is a town of about 46,000 people in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic, on the Elbe at the German border.
Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham, Massachusetts: Norfolk County town settled 1635, incorporated 1636, shire town since 1793. Known for Mother Brook canal, the Fairbanks House, and the nation's first tax-supported public school (1644); population about 25,400.
Deeg
Deeg (डीग) is a town in Rajasthan, India, 35 km north of Bharatpur, first capital of the Jat rulers of Bharatpur. Its 18th-century fortified Water Palace, built by Badan Singh and Suraj Mal, is famed for fountains, bhawans, and Mughal war trophies.
Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador
Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador: a Humber Valley town founded by 1864 Cape Breton settlers, incorporated 1950, home to Deer Lake Regional Airport, the fourth busiest in Atlantic Canada, at the Trans-Canada Highway and Viking Trail junction.
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Deerfield Beach is a coastal city in Broward County, Florida, between Boca Raton and Pompano Beach, population 86,859 (2020), known for its 976-foot International Fishing Pier, Blue Wave certified beach, and 1925 incorporation.
Deggingen
Deggingen, municipality in Landkreis Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, in the upper Filstal. Merovingian settlement, Helfenstein and Wiesensteig rule, Württemberg from 1806; elephant arms, baroque Holy Cross church, Roman fortlet Schonterhöhe.
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස) is a coastal municipality south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, a 2,109-hectare, 29-ward Municipal Council since 1959 with about 184,000 residents (2012 census).