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Haza/Hassis
Haza/Hassis (Greek Aza, Ἄζα) was a town of ancient Armenia Minor on the Roman road between Ad Dracones and Satala, attested by Pliny, Ptolemy, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Tabula Peutingeriana; its exact site near Refahiye, Turkey, remains uncertain.
Hazāribāgh
Hazāribāgh (हज़ारीबाग़), Jharkhand district and North Chotanagpur division headquarters; 1.73 million people (2011), coal mining economy, 16 blocks, town of 142,489.
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Hazleton, Pennsylvania: Luzerne County city in the Pocono foothills, once an anthracite coal boomtown (peak 38,009 in 1940), now about 63% Hispanic; first US city to pass a 2006 Illegal Immigration Relief Act, struck down in federal court.
Hebden Bridge
Hebden Bridge is a market town in the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, England, within Calderdale, known for its stone mill buildings, steep valley setting, and independently owned shops.
Hebi (city)
Hebi (鹤壁) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan, China, founded 26 March 1957 as a coal-mining city. It covers 2,182 km², administers 3 districts and 2 counties, had 1.559 million residents in 2024, and posted 2025 GDP of 114.4 billion yuan, Henan's fastest growth.
Hebron
Hebron (Al-Khalil) is the second-largest Palestinian city in the West Bank, with over 200,000 people and a UNESCO-listed Old Town in danger, divided since 1997 into H1 and H2.
Hechi
Hechi (河池, Héchí) is a prefecture-level city in northwest Guangxi, China, a karst mountain city of about 3.31 million people known for longevity (Bama), non-ferrous metal mining, Zhuang and Yao culture, and bronze drum heritage.
Hechuan
Hechuan District (合川区), a district of Chongqing on the Sichuan border at the Jialing, Fu, and Qu river confluence; historic Diaoyucheng fortress, transport hub, 2,344 km², about 1.46 million registered residents.
Hednesford
Hednesford, Staffordshire: market town and gateway to Cannock Chase, first recorded 1153 as Hedenedford; coal mining town from the 1850s, WWI training camps, RAF Hednesford, and a Neighbourhood Plan adopted in 2018.
Heerlen
Heerlen, Limburg municipality in the Netherlands, central city of Parkstad Limburg near Aachen; Roman Coriovallum with the country's largest excavated Roman bathhouse, former coal-mining city, 87,764 inhabitants (2026).
Hefei (合肥)
Hefei (合肥), also historically Luzhou or Luyang, is the capital of Anhui Province, China. A Yangtze River Delta city of over 10 million people known for the state-capital-driven "Hefei model," USTC, and electric vehicle, semiconductor, and quantum industries.
Heftrich
Heftrich is a village in the eastern Hintertaunus in Germany, first recorded in 1234 and granted town rights by Emperor Charles IV in 1367; its population was 1,578 in 2021.
Hegang
Hegang (鹤岗市) is a prefecture-level coal city in northeastern Heilongjiang, China, near the Russian border. A shrinking, resource-exhausted city with 2.6 billion tons of proven coal, 935,000 registered residents in 2023, and China's cheapest housing.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg, a city of about 160,000 in Baden-Württemberg on the Neckar river, home of Germany's oldest university (1386), roughly 39,000 students, major research institutes, and about 13.9 million annual visitors.
Heilbronn
Heilbronn, a county-free city on the Neckar in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, had 133,360 residents at end-2025. Known for its imperial-city history, the 1944 air raid, wine, and top German purchasing power.
Helen, Georgia
Helen, Georgia: small White County city on the upper Chattahoochee River, remodeled in 1968–1972 into a Bavarian alpine village. Third most visited destination in Georgia; known for tubing, Oktoberfest, waterfalls, and wineries.
Helena, Montana
Helena is the capital city of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. Founded as a gold-mining camp in 1864, it had 32,091 residents in 2020.
Helsingborg
Helsingborg, a coastal city and municipality in northwestern Skåne, Sweden, opposite Helsingør, Denmark. Sweden's 8th largest municipality (152,777 residents, 2025), a major ferry and container port, home of the medieval keep Kärnan.
Helsingør
Helsingør (Elsinore), Danish city on Zealand at the Øresund's narrowest point opposite Helsingborg; home of Kronborg Castle (UNESCO 2000, Shakespeare's Hamlet), Sound Dues port 1429–1857, about 64,460 municipal residents in 2026.
Helsinki
Helsinki (Swedish: Helsingfors), capital and largest city of Finland, founded 1550 by Gustav Vasa to rival Tallinn, made Grand Duchy capital in 1812; 694,392 residents at end of 2025, over 700,000 by August 2026.
Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead: Hertfordshire market town designated a 1947 Mark One New Town, planned by Geoffrey Jellicoe as a town in a park; 60,000 planned population, Water Gardens, Maylands Business Park, and Garden Town growth since 2019.
Hemet, California
Hemet is a city in Riverside County's San Jacinto Valley, incorporated in 1910, with a 2020 population of 89,833 and home of the Ramona Pageant.
Hemmoor
Hemmoor, a town in Landkreis Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, on the Oste river; namesake of the Miocene Hemmoorium stage, home of the Roman Hemmoor buckets, the Kreidesee diving lake, and the Osten-Hemmoor transporter bridge.
Hempstead, New York
Hempstead, New York: an incorporated village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island. Founded 1643, first self-governing incorporated village (1853), site of the 1665 Duke's Laws convention; about 59,000 residents.
Hendaye
Hendaye (Hendaia) is a French Basque border commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques on the Bidassoa estuary facing Spain; 18,102 inhabitants in 2023, a 3 km beach, Abbadia cliffs, and cross-border Txingudi cooperation.
Henderson, Nevada
Henderson, Nevada: second-largest city in Nevada, in Clark County southeast of Las Vegas. Founded around the WWII Basic Magnesium Plant, incorporated April 16, 1953; population 369,167 (2025).
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Hendersonville, North Carolina: county seat of Henderson County in the Blue Ridge foothills, incorporated 1847, about 15,900 residents, council-manager government, retirement destination hit by Hurricane Helene flooding.
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville, Tennessee: a Sumner County city on Old Hickory Lake near Nashville; 61,753 residents (2020), incorporated 1901, modern government since 1969, home of Johnny Cash and Taylor Swift's high school.
Hengelo, Overijssel
Hengelo (Overijssel), a Twente municipality of about 80,000 near Enschede; industrial 'Metaalstad' built on Stork works, rebuilt after 1944 bombings, now redeveloping Hart van Zuid and ranking highest in broad welfare among 50 large Dutch cities.
Hengshui
Hengshui (衡水) is a prefecture-level city in southeast Hebei Province, north China, on the North China Plain, known for Hengshui High School's exam-driven "gaokao factory" and Hengshui Lake.