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Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie, Pennsylvania: the state's fifth-largest city and only Great Lakes port, on Presque Isle Bay. Known as the Flagship City for Perry's 1813 Battle of Lake Erie fleet built there; 2020 population 94,831.

Erlangen

Erlangen: kreisfreie Stadt in Middle Franconia, Bavaria; Huguenot New Town founded 1686, university founded 1743, Siemens seat since 1945; about 120,800 residents, 25.5% foreign nationals.

Ernakulam (എറണാകുളം)

Ernakulam (എറണാകുളം) is a district of Kerala, India, on the Arabian Sea coast with its headquarters at Kochi, the state's major industrial, financial, and commercial hub.

Erode (ஈரோடு)

Erode (ஈரோடு) is a city and district headquarters in northern Tamil Nadu, India, on the Cauvery river. Known as the Turmeric Capital and Tex-Valley, it hosts one of the world's largest turmeric markets and a major powerloom textile industry.

Erzurum

Erzurum, a high-altitude city and province in northeastern Anatolia, Turkey, formerly Theodosiopolis and Karin. Known for its harsh continental climate, Palandöken ski center, 2011 Winter Universiade, and widespread earthquake risk from nearby fault junctions.

Escondido, California

Escondido, California: a city of about 146,000 in northern San Diego County, incorporated October 8, 1888, named from Spanish for "hidden," governed under a council-manager system.

Eskişehir (city)

Eskişehir, ancient Dorylaeum, a northwestern Anatolian Turkish city; railway hub since the 1890s, high-tech industry, three universities, tram network, and the 2026 Eskişehir Year municipal program.

Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas

Esmeraldas (San Mateo de las Esmeraldas) is the capital of Ecuador's Esmeraldas Province, on the right bank of the Esmeraldas River mouth; a 25°C tropical port city, declared Cultural Heritage in 1996, with a large Afro-Ecuadorian population.

Española, NM Micro Area

Española, NM Micro Area (CBSA 21580) is a micropolitan statistical area covering Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, anchored by the city of Española, with about 40,000 residents and a July 2023 OMB delineation.

Espinasse-Vozelle

Espinasse-Vozelle is a commune in the Allier department of central France, about 5 km southwest of Vichy. It was formed in 1829 by merging the communes Espinasse and Vozelle, and had 995 inhabitants in 2023.

Esplugues de Llobregat

Esplugues de Llobregat: municipality in Baix Llobregat, Barcelona metropolitan area; 4.60 km², about 48,400 inhabitants; documented since 964; known for modernist ceramics heritage (La Rajoleta, Can Tinturé museum).

Espoo

Espoo (Esbo) is Finland's second-largest city, west of Helsinki, with 325,716 residents at end of 2025, five urban centres, 95 lakes, city rights in 1972, and carbon neutrality targeted for 2030.

Essaouira (الصويرة)

Essaouira (الصويرة), formerly Mogador, is a fortified Atlantic port city in Morocco founded in the mid-18th century by Sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah and designed by a Vauban-influenced French architect; its medina has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.

Essen

Essen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Ruhr area, with about 590,000 residents, nine boroughs, and the UNESCO Zollverein coal mine complex; fourth largest city in NRW.

Essingen

Essingen names two German villages: one in the Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, near the Rems source and a Roman Weiherwiesen fort, and one in Rhineland-Palatinate near Landau; Essing in Bavaria is separate.

Esslingen, Baden-Wurttemberg

Esslingen am Neckar, a Große Kreisstadt southeast of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; first mentioned 777, a free imperial city until 1802, industrial from 1830; about 95,000 residents, seat of Landkreis Esslingen.

Estepona

Estepona is a town and municipality in Málaga province, Andalusia, on the western Costa del Sol; founded as Estebbuna in the 10th century and independent from Marbella in 1729, it had 78,413 residents in 2024 and a tourism-centered economy.

Esterzili

Esterzili, a village of about 650 inhabitants at 700 m on Mount Santa Vittoria in Barbagia di Seulo, Sardinia; home of the Domu de Orgia megaron temple and the Roman Tavola di Esterzili bronze.

Estes Park, Colorado

Estes Park is a Larimer County, Colorado town of about 5,800 residents and the eastern gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, named for settler Joel Estes, home of the 1909 Stanley Hotel, and a tourism-driven economy.

Estrées-sur-Noye

Estrées-sur-Noye is a commune in the Somme, Hauts-de-France, 12 km south of Amiens, with about 290 inhabitants. It is known for a Gallo-Roman villa excavated by Roger Agache that modeled northern Gaul's large rural estates.

Esztergom

Esztergom (Gran, Strigonium), a Hungarian city of about 28,000 on the Danube opposite Štúrovo; earliest royal seat until 1249, seat of the primate, home of Hungary's largest church, the 100 m Esztergom Basilica, and the Suzuki car plant.

Etawah (इटावा)

Etawah (इटावा) is a city on the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh, India, headquarters of Etawah district, near the Yamuna–Chambal confluence; Census 2011 counted 15,81,810 district residents across 2,311 sq km.

Eufaula

Eufaula names a Muscogee (Creek) tribal town in Alabama and three places: a Barbour County, Alabama city; a McIntosh County, Oklahoma town founded in 1872; and Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma's largest lake.

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene, Oregon: Willamette Valley city incorporated 1862, population about 178,600, home of the University of Oregon (1876) and TrackTown USA; major housing growth planning underway.

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Eureka Springs, Arkansas, an Ozark Mountain city and one of two Carroll County seats, founded in 1879 as a mineral-spring resort, population about 2,200, with its entire town on the National Register of Historic Places and a tourism-driven economy.

Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area

Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area (CBSA 21700, Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna) is a California micropolitan statistical area covering Humboldt County, about 132,000 residents, anchored by Eureka and Arcata, with low incomes but high home values.

Eureka, California

Eureka, California: county seat of Humboldt County on Humboldt Bay, incorporated April 18, 1856; a Victorian Seaport and State Historical Landmark with about 25,000-26,500 residents and a redwood lumber and port heritage.

Eureka, Missouri

Eureka, Missouri: a St. Louis County suburb of 11,646 (2020 census) on the Meramec River and Route 66, home of Six Flags St. Louis and adjacent to Route 66 State Park, the former Times Beach dioxin site.

Euroa

Euroa is a town of about 3,500 people in Strathbogie Shire, Victoria, at the base of the Strathbogie Ranges, known for fine wool, thoroughbreds, the 1878 Ned Kelly bank robbery, and its railway goods shed heritage.

Euskirchen-Kreuzweingarten

Euskirchen-Kreuzweingarten, formerly Weingarten (Wingarden, 893), a district of Euskirchen, Germany, renamed 1926/27 for its Holy Cross veneration; known for the Alter Burgberg Iron Age ringwall, the Roman Eifel aqueduct section, a Roman villa, and the Heilig Kreuz parish church.