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Gifu (city)
Gifu (岐阜市) is the prefectural capital of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, on the Nagara River at the Nōbi Plain's northern edge; about 397,000 residents, Mt. Kinka and Gifu Castle, and 1,300-year-old cormorant fishing distinguish it.
Gig Harbor, Washington
Gig Harbor, Washington: a maritime city in Pierce County on Puget Sound, incorporated 1946, named for the Wilkes Expedition's captain's gig, population about 12,600, known for commercial fishing heritage and the Tacoma Narrows bridges.
Gijang
Gijang County (기장군) is Busan's only gun, a 218.34 km² coastal county in northeast Busan with about 175,600 residents, named since 757, re-established in 1995, home to the Kori nuclear plant, Haedong Yonggungsa, and Jeonggwan New Town.
Gijón
Gijón (Xixón) is the largest city of Asturias, Spain, on the Cantabrian Sea's Costa Verde, population 259,867. Roman origins at Campa Torres and Cimavilla, industrial port El Musel, beaches San Lorenzo and Poniente, major tourism economy.
Gilbert, Arizona
Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, incorporated July 6, 1920 and named for landowner William "Bobby" Gilbert. Once the Hay Capital of the World, it grew from 1,971 residents in 1970 to about 287,000 by 2025.
Gilgandra, New South Wales
Gilgandra is a town in the Orana region of inland New South Wales on the Castlereagh River at the Newell, Oxley and Castlereagh Highway junction, known for the 1915 Coo-ee recruiting march to Sydney led by William Hitchen.
Gilgit (گِلت)
Gilgit (گِلت) is the capital city of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, at the Gilgit-Hunza river confluence; about 290,000 residents (2017), a former British Agency town, major tourism hub facing rapid unplanned growth.
Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette, Wyoming: county seat of Campbell County, population about 33,400 (2020), founded 1891 as a Burlington Railroad terminus and named for surveyor Edward Gillette; an energy boom town known for the Gillette syndrome and the Wyodak coal mine.
Gillingham, England
Gillingham, England: a town in north west Kent, one of the five Medway towns on the Medway estuary. Birthplace of Will Adams, twinned with Ito and Yokosuka, Japan; former dockyard town of about 108,000 residents.
Gilroy, California
Gilroy, California: city in southern Santa Clara County, about 25 miles south of San Jose, known as the Garlic Capital of the World; population 59,520 (2020), home of the Gilroy Garlic Festival and recent data center disputes.
Gimpo-si
Gimpo-si (김포시, 金浦市) is a city in northwestern Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, at the Han River mouth near Gimpo Airport; 276.606 km², about 514,000 residents, 3 eup, 3 myeon, 8 dong, promoted from Gimpo-gun to city status in 1998.
Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska
Girdwood, Alaska, a resort community in the Municipality of Anchorage about 40 miles south of the city; formerly Glacier City, renamed 1907 for prospector James Girdwood; home of Alyeska Resort and rebuilt up-valley after the 1964 earthquake.
Girona
Girona, capital of its province in northeastern Catalonia, Spain, stands at the confluence of the Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers with the Ter. Founded as Roman Gerunda, county seat since 785, nicknamed "the key of the kingdom".
Gitega
Gitega, Burundi's political capital since February 2019 and second city, former royal seat of the mwami, German-founded 1912; highland Kirimiro plateau town with Senate, presidential palace, National Museum, and Gishora sacred drums.
Giugliano in Campania
Giugliano in Campania (Giugliàn) is a town of about 125,000 in the Metropolitan City of Naples on the Campanian plain, near the Roman colony of Liternum; largest non-provincial-capital comune in Italy, historically Iulianum, fief of the Pinelli.
Giza (الجيزة)
Giza, also known as Al Jizah, is a major Egyptian city on the Nile opposite Cairo, capital of the Giza governorate and site of the pyramids.
Gjakova
Gjakova (Gjakovë, Đakovica) is a city in western Kosovo, seat of Gjakova District, known for its Ottoman-era Grand Bazaar (Çarshia e Madhe), largely burned in 1999 and rebuilt; municipality 78,824 residents per the 2024 census.
Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër (Argyrókastro, Ergiri), the 'City of Stone' in southern Albania's Drino valley: UNESCO-listed Ottoman stone tower houses, 13th-century Kalaja fortress, birthplace of Enver Hoxha and Ismail Kadare, 23,270 residents (2023), major Greek minority.
Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland's largest city on the River Clyde, also called the Second City of the Empire; home of the 1451 University of Glasgow, James Watt's 1765 steam condenser, and Clyde shipbuilding; population 654,330 in 2025.
Glastonbury
Glastonbury, Somerset market town shaped by Glastonbury Abbey (wealthiest in Domesday 1086, burned 1184, dissolved 1539) and Glastonbury Tor; nearby Worthy Farm hosts the Glastonbury Festival, distinct from the town itself.
Glen Cove, New York
Glen Cove, New York, a city on Long Island's North Shore in Nassau County, founded 1668 as Musketa Cove, renamed 1834, incorporated 1917; population 28,365 (2020), known for Gold Coast estates and the Garvies Point waterfront redevelopment.
Glendale, Arizona
Glendale, Arizona: West Valley city in metropolitan Phoenix, incorporated 1910, population about 250,000. Home of State Farm Stadium (Arizona Cardinals, three Super Bowls), Westgate Entertainment District, and the delayed $1.2 billion VAI Resort and Mattel Adventure Park.
Glendale, California
Glendale, known as the "Jewel City," is the fourth-largest city in Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1906 and a center of the Armenian diaspora community.
Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a small Hudson River city in Warren County, New York, near the southern Adirondacks, population about 14,400. Known as Gateway to the Adirondacks, incorporated 1908, anchored by health care and a $10 million state downtown revitalization.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Glenwood Springs, Colorado: Garfield County seat at the Colorado-Roaring Fork river confluence, elevation about 5,800 feet, population 10,395 (2025 est.), famed for its hot springs pool, Hotel Colorado, and Doc Holliday.
Gliwice
Gliwice (Gleiwitz), city with powiat rights in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland; 169,915 residents (2023). Medieval trade town on the Wrocław-Kraków route, Prussian industrial center, site of the 1939 Gliwice provocation, Polish since 1945.
Gloucester
Gloucester, cathedral city in Gloucestershire, south west England, on the River Severn; Roman colonia Glevum, site of the 1643 Civil War siege, Gloucester Cathedral, and major regeneration projects.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Cape Ann 27 miles northeast of Boston, is America's oldest commercial fishing port, settled in 1623 by the Dorchester Company, incorporated as a town in 1642 and a city in 1873, population about 30,000.
Godalming
Godalming: historic market town in south-west Surrey, England, on the River Wey, about 22,000 inhabitants. Former wool-trade borough chartered in 1575; first British town with public electricity, 1881.
Godhra (ગોધરા)
Godhra (ગોધરા) is a city and the administrative headquarters of Panchmahal district, Gujarat, India, a historic railway and market town known for the 27 February 2002 Sabarmati Express train burning that triggered the 2002 Gujarat riots.