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Harbin (哈尔滨)
Harbin (哈尔滨), capital of Heilongjiang and a sub-provincial city in northeast China, was founded in 1898 as the Chinese Eastern Railway junction, later ruled by Japan, and is now China's 'Ice City', famous for the Harbin Ice-Snow World and 2025 Asian Winter Games.
Hargeisa
Hargeisa (Hargeysa), capital and largest city of the unrecognised Republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia, on the Ogo highlands at 1,334 m; population estimates 1.2–1.8 million; destroyed by 1988 bombing, rebuilt as Somaliland's economic hub.
Haridwar (हरिद्वार)
Haridwar (हरिद्वार), city and district in western Uttarakhand, India, where the Ganga enters the plains. Hosts the 12-yearly Kumbh Mela (9.1 million attendees in 2021) and headworks of the Upper Ganga Canal, commissioned 1854-55.
Harlan, Kentucky
Harlan, Kentucky, county seat of Harlan County at the forks of the Cumberland River; founded as Mount Pleasant around 1796, incorporated 1884, a former "Coal Capital of Kentucky" now diversifying into healthcare and tourism.
Harlingen, Texas
Harlingen, Texas: a Rio Grande Valley city in Cameron County founded in 1904 by Lon C. Hill, population about 72,000, a distribution and healthcare center with Valley International Airport, the Port of Harlingen, and low cost of living.
Harlow
Harlow, Essex: a British new town designated in 1947 to relieve overcrowding in north-east London, master-planned by Sir Frederick Gibberd with green wedges, neighbourhood units, The Lawn tower, and a major 2020s town centre regeneration.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: historic town at the Potomac-Shenandoah confluence, site of the 1859 John Brown raid on the U.S. Armory, eight Civil War changes of hands, and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
Harran (حران)
Harran (حران), ancient Ḫarrānu and Roman Carrhae, is an ancient Upper Mesopotamian city in southeastern Turkey near Şanlıurfa, sacred to the moon god Sîn, briefly the Umayyad capital under Marwan II, an Abbasid translation center, and destroyed by the Mongols in 1260.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: capital of the Commonwealth since 1812 and Dauphin County seat since 1785, on the Susquehanna River. 2020 population 50,099; founded from Harris' Ferry, chartered as a city in 1860.
Harrison, Arkansas
Harrison, Arkansas: county seat of Boone County in the Ozarks, population 13,069 (2020). Known for the 1905 and 1909 race riots that made it a sundown town, nearby Knights of the KKK compound, and Buffalo National River headquarters.
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia: independent city and Rockingham County seat in the Shenandoah Valley, also called the Friendly City or Rocktown. Founded 1780 by Thomas Harrison; home of James Madison University; 2020 population 51,814.
Harrogate
Harrogate is a North Yorkshire spa town that grew around mineral springs discovered from 1571, with the Stray, Royal Pump Room, Royal Baths and Royal Hall, later reinvented as a conference and exhibition town.
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut: capital city on the Connecticut River, founded 1636 by Thomas Hooker, nicknamed the Insurance Capital of the World; about 122,000 residents, high poverty and segregation, mayor-council government under Arunan Arulampalam.
Hartlepool
Hartlepool, England, is a coastal town and unitary borough on the North Sea coast of north-east England, founded in the 7th century around a monastery where St Hild was abbess.
Harwich
Harwich, Essex, England: historic North Sea port town at the Stour-Orwell mouth, home of Harwich International Port (Parkeston Quay, 1883), Stena Hook of Holland ferries, Harwich Haven Authority, Mayflower links, and the 1667 Treadwheel Crane.
Hassan
Hassan, known in Kannada as ಹಾಸನ, is a district in southwestern Karnataka, India, with its headquarters at the city of Hassan and famed for its Hoysala temples.
Hastings, England
Hastings, England: seaside town and borough in East Sussex, about 53 miles from London, population about 91,000 (2021). Original Cinque Port, site linked to the 1066 Battle of Hastings, later a Victorian resort and fishing town.
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Hatfield, Hertfordshire: historic market town 29 km north of London, home of Hatfield House (Cecil family, Elizabeth I's accession), de Havilland's aircraft works, a 1948 New Town, and the University of Hertfordshire.
Hatogaya Shi
Hatogaya Shi (鳩ヶ谷市, Hatogaya-shi) was a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, established March 1, 1967 and absorbed into Kawaguchi City on October 11, 2011; a former Edo post town on the Nikkō Onari Kaidō with about 60,000 residents and 6.22 square kilometers at merger.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the Hub City, county seat of Forrest County, founded 1880s by William H. Hardy and named for his wife Hattie; railroad and timber town, 2020 population 48,730, major 1964 Freedom Summer site.
Hauteville-Lompnes
Hauteville-Lompnes is a town in the Ain department of eastern France, formed in 1942 by merging the villages of Hauteville and Lompnes and known for its tuberculosis sanatoriums and limestone quarries.
Havana
Havana (La Habana, San Cristóbal de la Habana), capital and largest city of Cuba, founded 1519; Spanish colonial port with UNESCO-listed Old Havana and fortifications (1982), over 2 million inhabitants, now in deep economic crisis.
Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Western Cleddau. Founded around a Flemish castle of 1108-1113, it was among medieval Wales's largest towns and is now undergoing £17.7m Levelling Up Fund regeneration.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Havre de Grace, Maryland: a Harford County city at the mouth of the Susquehanna River on the Chesapeake Bay, named by Lafayette, incorporated 1785, burned by the British in 1813, home to Concord Point Lighthouse and the Decoy Museum, population about 15,000.
Hawalli
Hawalli (حولي) is a city and governorate seat in eastern-central Kuwait, once farmland, now a dense expatriate-majority commercial district; third commercial center after Kuwait City and Salmiya, population 164,212.
Hawick
Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, at the confluence of the Teviot and Slitrig Water. Once Scotland's centre of machine-knitted hosiery and knitwear (Pringle, Lyle & Scott), it had 13,512 residents in 2022 and hosts the Common-Riding festival.
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne, California: South Bay Los Angeles County city, incorporated 1922, founded 1905 and named for Nathaniel Hawthorne; home of Northrop Aircraft since 1939, Jack Northrop Field airport, and SpaceX headquarters.
Hay River, Northwest Territories
Hay River (Xatlo Dehe) is the NWT's second-largest town, on Great Slave Lake's south shore; population 3,317 (2025), 42% Indigenous, transportation hub of the Mackenzie barge system.
Hayes, England
Hayes is the name of two towns in Greater London: a large town of about 94,000 in Hillingdon near Heathrow, and a suburban village of about 16,000 in Bromley.
Hayward, California
Hayward, California: Alameda County city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay, incorporated 1876, population 162,954 (2020). Known as the Heart of the Bay, home to the Hayward Fault, CSU East Bay, and Chabot College.