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Almería
Almería (Al-mariyat Bayyana) is a Mediterranean port city in southeastern Spain, founded as a caliphal madina in 955–956, a famed silk port in the 11th century, taken by Alfonso VII in 1147 and by the Catholic Monarchs in 1489.
Almora (अल्मोड़ा)
Almora (अल्मोड़ा) is a district in Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India, with hill-town headquarters founded in 1568 by Kalyan Chand; 3,139 sq km, 622,506 people (2011), known for temples and Himalayan views.
Alor Setar
Alor Setar is the capital city of Kedah, Malaysia, founded in 1735 by Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin Mu'adzam Shah II as the sultanate's eighth administrative centre; made Malaysia's ninth city in 2003 under Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar.
Alpharetta, Georgia
Alpharetta, Georgia: a Fulton County city in metro Atlanta, incorporated 1858 as seat of old Milton County, population 65,818 (2020), now a major Southeast technology hub with about 700 tech firms.
Alpine, New Jersey
Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, on the Palisades cliffs about 20 miles north of New York City. Incorporated 1903; 1,762 residents (2020); median household income $246,944; lowest Bergen County tax rate; noted for large estates and celebrity homes.
Alpine, Texas
Alpine, Texas: Brewster County city and Big Bend region hub, home of Sul Ross State University, population about 6,000, gateway on US-90 and TX 118 with ongoing water infrastructure challenges.
Alresford
Alresford names two English places: Old and New Alresford in Hampshire, a bishop of Winchester's planned market town on the Winchester-London road, and a Tendring, Essex village with an 1885-excavated Roman villa (Pleiades 79291).
Alsace
Alsace (Elsass), eastern French territory between Vosges and Rhine; capital Strasbourg. Former French province, German Reichsland 1871-1918, reannexed 1940-44; since 2021 the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace within Grand Est.
Alton, Illinois
Alton, Illinois: Mississippi River city in Madison County, 25 miles north of St. Louis; site of the final 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate, home of Robert Wadlow and Miles Davis; population 25,676 (2020).
Altoona, PA Metro Area
Altoona, PA Metro Area (MSA code 11020), a Blair County, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area centered on Altoona; about 120,300 residents in 2024, 333th-ranked US metro, declining population, low-cost housing market.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Altoona, Pennsylvania: Blair County city founded in 1849 by the Pennsylvania Railroad at the approach to Horseshoe Curve; 2020 population 43,963, declining; home of Sheetz and railroad heritage museums. Not the Iowa suburb of Des Moines.
Altrincham
Altrincham is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, established by market charter in 1290 and known for its independent food scene and award-winning town-center regeneration.
Alwar (अलवर)
Alwar (अलवर) is a city and district headquarters in northeastern Rajasthan, India, on the Delhi–Jaipur corridor; former princely state founded 1775 by Rao Pratap Singh, 2011 district population 3,674,179, home to Sariska Tiger Reserve and Bala Qila fort.
Alytus
Alytus is a city in southern Lithuania on both banks of the Nemunas, the center of Alytus County and Dzūkija. Sixth largest Lithuanian city (50,477 residents, 2025), first recorded in 1377, granted Magdeburg rights in 1581 with a white-rose coat of arms.
Amagasaki
Amagasaki (尼崎市) is a dense commuter and industrial city in Hyogo Prefecture between Osaka and Kobe, with about 458,000 residents, a rebuilt 1617 castle, Chikamatsu Monzaemon's grave, and an ECO Future City environmental program.
Amalfi
Amalfi is a town in Salerno province, Campania, Italy, namesake of the Costiera Amalfitana UNESCO World Heritage site (1997, criteria ii, iv, v) and center of the medieval Amalfi Sea Republic.
Amarah
Amarah (Arabic: العمارة), capital of Maysan Governorate in southeastern Iraq on the Tigris, founded 1861 as an Ottoman camp; hot desert climate, about 511,000 to 646,000 residents, oil and farm trade center.
Amarapura
Amarapura, a former royal capital of Burma on the Ayeyawady River near Mandalay, twice seat of the Konbaung dynasty (1783–1823, 1837–1857), known for its walled palace ruins, royal tombs, weaving, and U Bein Bridge.
Amaravati (అమరావతి)
Amaravati (అమరావతి) is Andhra Pradesh's planned greenfield capital city between Vijayawada and Guntur on the Krishna river, built through a Land Pooling Scheme covering over 34,000 acres from nearly 29,000 farmers, with a tentative cost of ₹52,000 crores.
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas: largest city of the Texas Panhandle, founded 1887 as a railroad cattle-shipping town, county seat of Potter County, helium capital, home of Pantex, population about 205,000.
Amarkantak (अमरकंटक)
Amarkantak (अमरकंटक), Teerthraj or king of pilgrimages, is a town in Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, at the Maikal Hills source of the Narmada, Sone, and Johila rivers, with Kalachuri-era temples and the Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve nearby.
Ambaji (અંબાજી)
Ambaji (અંબાજી), also Arasuri Ambaji, is a pilgrimage town in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, on the Rajasthan border, home to a major Shakti Peetha temple where the Visa Yantra, not an idol, is worshipped.
Ambala (अंबाला)
Ambala (अंबाला), twin city in Haryana, India: Ambala City and Ambala Cantonment about 3 km apart. Cantonment founded 1843; district population 1,128,350 (2011); known for its cloth market, scientific-instruments industry, and Army and Air Force presence.
Ambalema
Ambalema is a municipality and river port in northern Tolima, Colombia, on the Magdalena River, founded in 1627 and known for its 19th-century tobacco boom.
Ambarnath
Ambarnath (Ambernath), a town and municipal council in Thane district, Maharashtra, India, in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region; known for the 11th-century Ambreshwar Shiva Temple, MIDC chemical industries, an ordnance factory, and a 2011 population of 253,475.
Ambato
Ambato (San Juan Bautista de Ambato), capital of Tungurahua province in central Ecuador, an Andean city repeatedly rebuilt after earthquakes, notably in 1949, and home to the Fiesta de la Fruta y de las Flores, declared intangible cultural heritage in 2005.
Amersfoort, Utrecht
Amersfoort, Utrecht: Dutch city and municipality in Utrecht province, at a ford on the river Eem; city rights 1259, about 163,800 residents in 2026, second city of the province, known for the Koppelpoort and Muurhuizen.
Amersham
Amersham (Agnodesham in Domesday Book) is a Chilterns market town in Buckinghamshire with a 1200 King John market charter, a 1682 Market Hall, and the 1892 Metropolitan Railway that created Amersham-on-the-Hill and Metroland.
Ames, Iowa
Ames, Iowa: Story County city at the Skunk River and Ioway Creek confluence, founded 1864-65 by railroad builder John I. Blair and named for Congressman Oakes Ames; home of Iowa State University, population about 68,000.
Amethi
Amethi is a district in Uttar Pradesh, India, created 1 July 2010 from Sultanpur and Rae Bareli, headquartered at Gauriganj, long a Nehru-Gandhi parliamentary stronghold and now developing industry around Jagdishpur.