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Hamar
Hamar is a city and municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, on Lake Mjøsa; medieval bishopric from 1153, refounded 1849, diocese restored 1864, cathedral 1866, Domkirkeodden ruins, Vikingskipet, about 33,800 residents.
Hamblain-les-Prés
Hamblain-les-Prés, a commune in Pas-de-Calais (Hauts-de-France), France, INSEE 62405, canton Brebières, population about 454. Known for its Gallo-Roman villa at Les Bonnettes, excavated 1981, occupied from La Tène I to the 4th century AD.
Hamburg
Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), Germany's second-largest city and a city-state of 1.87 million on the lower Elbe; Hanseatic trading port, seven districts, 5.45-million metropolitan region, major port economy.
Hamhung
Hamhung (함흥), capital of South Hamgyong Province on North Korea's east coast, historically the second-largest city (769,000; UN estimate 544,000, now third). Its urban form layers Joseon, Japanese colonial, and socialist planning, including East German postwar reconstruction and the Hungnam chemical and vinalon industry.
Hami
Hami (哈密市) is a prefecture-level city in easternmost Xinjiang, China, the "gateway to Xinjiang" and home of the Hami melon, with 2025 GDP of 116.3 billion yuan growing 9.3%, energy-led industry, and UNESCO-listed Twelve Muqam heritage.
Hamilton, Bermuda
Hamilton, Bermuda: capital since 1815, founded 1790, incorporated 1793, named for Governor Sir Henry Hamilton. A 177-acre port city, Bermuda's financial and business center, governed by the Corporation of Hamilton under the City of Hamilton Plan 2025.
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton (Kirikiriroa) is New Zealand's fourth-largest and fastest-growing inland city, on the Waikato River 90 minutes south of Auckland; founded on confiscated Maaori land in 1864, known for Hamilton Gardens.
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario: Canadian port city at the west end of Lake Ontario, fifth-largest Ontario municipality (569,353 in 2021), historic steel center (Stelco, Dofasco), CMA of 785,184, planning 236,000 new residents and a 14-km LRT by mid-century.
Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia
Hamm (Westfalen) is a district-free city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, founded 1226 by Count Adolf von der Mark; about 179,000 inhabitants, railway and wire-industry hub of the northeastern Ruhr with collieries de Wendel, Maximilian, Radbod, and Sachsen.
Hammond, Indiana
Hammond, Indiana: Lake County city 20 miles south of Chicago, founded 1869 around the George H. Hammond slaughterhouse, incorporated 1883; population 77,879 (2020), retail downtown, Wolf Lake parks, and a 2026 Chicago Bears stadium proposal.
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton, Virginia: independent city founded 1610 on Kecoughtan, oldest English-speaking settlement in America; site of 1619 African arrival, Fort Monroe's Contraband Decision, and NASA Langley; 137,148 residents.
Hamtramck, Michigan
Hamtramck, Michigan: a 2-square-mile Detroit enclave in Wayne County; 27,261 residents (2025 est.), 46.7% foreign-born, first all-Muslim US city council (2021), Polish industrial history, and recent election-fraud investigations.
Hanam
Hanam (하남시, Hanam-si) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, east of Seoul on the Han River. Established 1989 from Gwangju-gun, it is the estimated site of early Baekje's capital Hanam Wirye-seong and has 14 administrative dongs.
Hanau
Hanau, a city in Hesse, Germany, in the FrankfurtRheinMain region and birthplace of the Brothers Grimm; a kreisfreie Stadt since 1 January 2026 after leaving the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, with about 98,000-107,000 residents.
Hancheng
Hancheng (韩城) is a county-level city in Weinan, Shaanxi, on the Yellow River opposite Shanxi. Hometown of historian Sima Qian, a 3,000-year national historical and cultural city, and a coal-and-power energy industrial center.
Handan
Handan (邯郸), prefecture-level city in southern Hebei, China; ancient capital of the Zhao State, now a coal and steel industrial city of 9.36 million people (2021) known for air pollution challenges and idiom culture.
Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area
Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 25260), a single-county California metro covering Kings County in the San Joaquin Valley; about 154,900 residents, agriculture-dominated economy, farmworker location quotient 47.27, mean hourly wage $30.88.
Hanford, California
Hanford, California: county seat of Kings County in the San Joaquin Valley, founded 1877 as a Southern Pacific railroad town, incorporated August 12, 1891, population about 60,000.
Hangu, Tianjin
Hangu (汉沽) is a coastal town and former district in eastern Tianjin, China, merged into Binhai New Area in 2009. Known for the Changlu Hangu Salt Field (Lutai salt works, founded 925), 441.5 km², Dwa climate, and the Sino-Singapore Eco-city site.
Hangzhou (杭州)
Hangzhou (杭州), capital of Zhejiang province and Southern Song capital as Lin'an, is a Yangtze River Delta city of 12.7 million people, a digital economy and AI hub centered on Alibaba, with 2.3 trillion yuan GDP in 2025.
Hanley
Hanley, one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent, is the city's commercial and cultural centre. Formerly a municipal borough (1857) and pottery town, it is now the largest retail destination in North Staffordshire and South Cheshire.
Hannibal, Missouri
Hannibal, Missouri: Mississippi River city in Marion County, founded 1819 by Moses D. Bates, boyhood home of Mark Twain. About 16,800 residents (2025 est.), Twain heritage tourism, 1992 levee against Bear Creek flooding.
Hanoi
Hanoi (Hà Nội), Vietnam's capital, founded 1010 as Thăng Long, "Rising Dragon"; UNESCO-listed Thang Long Imperial Citadel; over 8 million residents on the Red River; fastest-urbanizing Southeast Asian capital with major flood risk.
Hanover
Hanover (Hannover), capital of Lower Saxony, Germany, on the Leine River; about 558,000 residents, host of the world's largest trade fair grounds, in personal union with Britain 1714–1837.
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover, New Hampshire: Grafton County college town of about 12,000 on the Connecticut River, home of Dartmouth College (chartered 1761, college 1769). Known for high housing costs, conserved Moose Mountain lands, and Dartmouth-driven economy.
Hanumāngarh
Hanumangarh (हनुमानगढ़), formerly Bhatner, a city and district headquarters in northern Rajasthan on the Ghaggar river; renamed in 1805 after Surat Singh of Bikaner's Tuesday victory; known for Bhatner Fort and the Harappan site Kalibangan.
Hanyang
Hanyang (한양; 漢陽) is the historical name of Seoul, South Korea, capital of the Joseon dynasty from 1394 to 1910, officially designated Hanseong-bu and now nominated for UNESCO listing.
Hanzhong
Hanzhong (汉中) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shaanxi, China, in the upper Han River basin between the Qinling and Daba mountains; population about 3.21 million, area about 27,100 km², birthplace of Han dynasty names and a 1996 prefecture-level city.
Harar (ሀረር)
Harar (ሀረር), also called Jugol, is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia, regarded as Islam's fourth holiest city, with 82 mosques and 102 shrines, a 16th-century wall, and UNESCO World Heritage status since 2006.
Harare
Harare, formerly Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe, founded in 1890 as Fort Salisbury and renamed on 18 April 1982 after a Shona chief; it holds about one-third of national GDP.