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Huizhou
Huizhou (惠州) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China, bordering Shenzhen and Dongguan. Known for Daya Bay petrochemicals, TCL electronics, 6.19 million people, and 2,200 years of history.
Huludao
Huludao (葫芦岛), formerly Jinxi, is Liaoning's newest prefecture-level city on Liaodong Bay: 10,400 km², 2.43 million people, 261 km ice-free coastline, petrochemical and swimwear industries, Jiumenkou Great Wall.
Hulunbuir
Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔), also spelled Hulunbeier, is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China, named after Hulun Lake and Buir Lake and among the largest cities by area in the world.
Hunedoara
Hunedoara is a city in southwestern Transylvania, Romania, first documented in 1265, which grew around ironworking and Corvin Castle, the domain of 15th-century regent Iancu de Hunedoara.
Huntingdon
Huntingdon: Cambridgeshire market town, county town of Huntingdonshire, on the River Great Ouse; chartered by King John in 1205, birthplace of Oliver Cromwell, bridging point on Ermine Street.
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California (Surf City USA): Orange County coastal city of about 191,000-199,000 residents, famed for surfing, its 1,850-foot pier, a 1920 oil boom, and recent state conflicts over voter ID and housing mandates.
Huntington, New York
Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York: founded 1653 by deed from the Matinecock sachem Raseokan; about 204,000 residents, 94 square miles, four incorporated villages, and LIRR commuter rail service.
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington, West Virginia: C&O Railway terminus founded 1871 by Collis P. Huntington; second-largest WV city (44,815 in 2025), Ohio River tri-state hub, Marshall University, 1937 flood, opioid recovery.
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama, the state's most populous city (233,627 est. 2025) and seat of Madison County, is "Rocket City USA," home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, and the incoming U.S. Space Command headquarters.
Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville, Texas, is a city of about 46,000 in East Texas and the seat of Walker County, known for Sam Houston's estate, its 1849 prison, and Sam Houston State University.
Hurghada (الغردقة)
Hurghada (الغردقة) is a Red Sea resort city and capital of Egypt's Red Sea Governorate, population about 280,000. A former fishing village turned diving and beach tourism hub, served by Hurghada International Airport (13 million passenger capacity).
Huron, SD Micro Area
Huron, SD Micro Area (Huron, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area, CBSA 26700): OMB-defined micropolitan area in east-central South Dakota centered on Beadle County, principal city Huron, population 19,459, first delineated in 2003.
Hürth
Hürth, Germany: town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, near Cologne; formed 1930 from six municipalities, town rights 1978; about 61,700 residents; former lignite mining and briquette industry, now a Cologne commuter and TV production center.
Húsavík
Húsavík, a town on Skjálfandi Bay in northern Iceland, is the country's oldest settlement (c. AD 870) and its whale watching capital, home to the Húsavík Whale Museum, GeoSea geothermal sea baths, and the Húsavík-Flatey Fault Zone.
Huzhou
Huzhou (湖州市), a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang on Lake Tai's south shore, administers Wuxing, Nanxun, Deqing, Changxing, and Anji; 5,820 km², 3.465 million people, 2025 GDP 445.28 billion yuan, ancient silk and brush center.
Hwaseong, Gyeonggi
Hwaseong (화성특례시, Hwaseong Special City) is a special city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, promoted January 1, 2025 as Korea's fifth special city; population over 1.07 million, four districts since 2026, semiconductor-driven economy with Samsung Electronics.
Hyde Park, New York
Hyde Park, New York: a town in Dutchess County on the Hudson River, home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, three national park sites, the first presidential library, and the Culinary Institute of America; population 21,021 (2020).
Hyderabad (హైదరాబాద్)
Hyderabad (హైదరాబాద్), capital of Telangana, India; founded 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, former Nizam capital, ~10.27 million metro population, major IT, pharma, and vaccine hub.
Hyderābād, Sindh
Hyderābād (حیدرآباد), Sindh, Pakistan's second-largest city, founded 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro on Neroon Kot; Talpur capital until 1843, glass-bangle center, 1.92 million people (2023 census), distinct from Hyderabad, India.
Hyesan
Hyesan (혜산시; 惠山市) is a city in northern North Korea and the capital of Ryanggang Province, on the Yalu River border with China and a major hub for cross-border trade.
Iași
Iași, northeastern Romania's largest city of the Moldavia region and seat of Iași County; capital of Moldavia 1565–1859, home of Romania's first modern university (1860), with 86% resident life satisfaction and a 2030 climate-neutrality target.
Ibadan
Ibadan, also known as Eba Odan, is the capital of Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria. Founded as a war camp in 1829, it is Nigeria's third-largest city.
Ibagué
Ibagué, capital of Colombia's Tolima department, is the "Musical Capital of Colombia," founded 14 October 1550 by Andrés López de Galarza at about 1,285 m altitude, hosting the Colombian Folkloric Festival since 1959 and the Conservatorio del Tolima.
Ibaraki
Ibaraki (茨木市, Ibaraki-shi) is a city of about 285,000 people in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, north of the Yodo River between Osaka and Kyoto; founded 1948, area 76.49 km², eighth most populous city in the prefecture.
Ibarra, Imbabura
Ibarra, formally San Miguel de Ibarra, is a city in northern Ecuador and the capital of Imbabura province, founded in 1606 and known as the "white city".
Ica, Peru
Ica, Peru: capital of the Ica region on the southern coast, founded as Villa de Valverde in 1563. Known for pisco, grapes, Huacachina oasis, agroexports, and severe groundwater over-extraction.
Icheon-si
Icheon-si (이천시), a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, southeast of Seoul; a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art, Korea's largest ceramics center, and home to SK Hynix's semiconductor campus.
Ichihara
Ichihara is a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on the coast of Tokyo Bay between Chiba and Sodegaura, with a population of about 272,000 in 2022.
Ichinomiya, Aichi
Ichinomiya (一宮市) is a core city in western Aichi Prefecture, Japan, formed in 2005 by merging Ichinomiya, Bisai, and Kisogawa; population about 374,000, centered on the Bishu wool textile industry and named for Masumida Shrine.
Idah
Idah is a town on the eastern bank of the Niger River in Kogi State, Nigeria, and the traditional capital of the Igala Kingdom, seat of the Attah Igala.