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Angarsk
Angarsk (Ангарск) is an industrial city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, founded in 1945, city since 1951, on the Angara river 46 km from Irkutsk, home to the Rosneft-owned Angarsk Petrochemical Company, East Siberia's largest refinery.
Angeles City
Angeles City (Lakanbalen ning Angeles) is a highly urbanized city in Pampanga, Philippines; founded as Culiat in 1796, chartered 1963/1964, population 462,928 in 2020, near Clark Air Base and Mount Pinatubo.
Angers
Angers, prefecture of Maine-et-Loire in Pays de la Loire, France; historic capital of Anjou, 159,022 inhabitants (2023), tramway lines B and C opened 2023, mayor Christophe Béchu.
Angren
Angren (Ангрен) is a coal-mining city in Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region on the Ahangaron River, founded as a settlement in 1940 and made a city on June 13, 1946; it hosts Central Asia's largest open-pit coal mine, the Uzbekko'mir company, and the Angren thermal power plant.
Ani (Անի)
Ani (Անի), the ruined medieval city in Kars Province, Turkey, near the Armenian border; capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom from 961, a Silk Roads hub known as the City of 1001 Churches, abandoned by the 18th century and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016.
Anjō
Anjō (安城市) is a city of about 186,000 people in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, about 30 kilometers from Nagoya, nicknamed the "Denmark of Japan" for its advanced farming.
Ankang, Shaanxi
Ankang (安康市) is a prefecture-level city in southern Shaanxi, China, between the Qinling and Daba mountains on the upper Han River; about 23,500 km², 3.05 million people, core water source for the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route, site of a major 2011 relocation program.
Ankara
Ankara (Ancyra, Angora), capital of Türkiye since October 13, 1923, in central Anatolia; ancient Galatian and Roman provincial capital, home of the Monumentum Ancyranum, rebuilt as a planned Republican capital under the Jansen plan.
Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area
Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area (CBSA 11460): one-county Michigan MSA covering Washtenaw County, anchored by the University of Michigan. About 373,900 residents, 150th-largest US metro, high income and education, part of the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor CSA.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan: county seat of Washtenaw County, founded 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey, home of the University of Michigan (opened there 1841). Population 123,851 (2020); seventh-largest Michigan city, about 40 miles from Detroit.
Annaba (city)
Annaba (عنابة), ancient Hippo Regius and colonial Bône, is a Mediterranean port city in northeastern Algeria at the Seybouse river mouth, Saint Augustine's episcopal see 391–430, known for its Roman ruins, basilica, port, and tram project.
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland: capital of Maryland and seat of Anne Arundel County on the Severn River; home of the U.S. Naval Academy (1845), St. John's College (1696), and the Maryland State House; population about 40,000.
Annecy
Annecy, prefecture of Haute-Savoie, France, on Lake Annecy; commune nouvelle since 2017 merging six communes; 132,117 inhabitants (2023), major Alpine tourist city with 3 million annual visitors.
Anomabo
Anomabu, also spelled Anomabo and historically Annamaboe, is a Fante town in Ghana's Central Region that grew into a major Atlantic slave-trading port, with the British Fort William still standing on its shore.
Anqing
Anqing (安庆), also called Yicheng, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Anhui, China, on the north bank of the lower Yangtze and Anhui's capital from 1760 to 1938.
Anqiu
Anqiu (安丘市) is a county-level city under Weifang, Shandong, China; formerly Quqiu, county since 148 BC, city since 1994; about 2,025 km², ginger and vegetable farming, 2024 GDP 51.7 billion yuan.
Anshun
Anshun (安顺) is a prefecture-level city in central Guizhou, China, approved in 2000, with 2.69 million people, 39 percent ethnic minorities, and the Huangguoshu Waterfall, a 77.8 m karst waterfall on China's UNESCO Tentative List.
Antakya
Antakya (ancient Antioch, Antiocheia), city in Hatay Province, southern Turkey, on the Orontes River. Founded about 300 BC by Seleucus I; Roman Syria's capital; devastated by the February 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes.
Antalya
Antalya (Attaleia), Mediterranean city and province in southwestern Turkey, the Turkish Riviera. Founded by Attalos II around 150 BC; 2,777,677 residents in 2025, fifth largest in Turkey, defined by tourism-driven urbanization.
Antananarivo
Antananarivo (Tananarive, Tana), capital and largest city of Madagascar in the central highlands at 1,276 m; 1.39 million city residents, 4.4 million metro; former Merina royal capital, taken by France in 1895; accounts for 44% of national GDP and faces severe flood exposure.
Antibes
Antibes (Antipolis in antiquity) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes, France, on the Côte d'Azur between Nice and Cannes; 77,637 inhabitants in 2023, Greek and Roman port origins, Vauban fortifications, Port Vauban, and the closed Marineland park.
Anticaria
Anticaria (Antikaria), ancient Roman city in Turdetania identified with Antequera, Málaga, Spain; mansio in the Antonine Itinerary, municipium, later Colonia Anticaria Sulpicia under Galba, with baths, necropolises, and the Villa Romana de la Estación.
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Antigonish, Nova Scotia: small university town in northeastern mainland Nova Scotia, home of St. Francis Xavier University and the Antigonish Highland Games since 1863; 2021 census population 4,656.
Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala (La Antigua Guatemala), colonial city in Sacatepéquez, Guatemala; former capital founded 1543, ruined by the 1773 Santa Marta earthquakes, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, known for Barroco antigueño architecture and Holy Week.
Antioch
Antioch (Antakya, Turkish Antakya), ancient Syrian city on the Orontes founded 300 BCE by Seleucus I Nicator; Seleucid and Roman provincial capital, repeatedly destroyed by earthquakes, later Arab, Byzantine, Crusader, and Ottoman, now in Hatay, Turkey.
Antioch, California
Antioch, California: a Contra Costa County city on the San Joaquin River, incorporated 1872, population about 119,000, BART Yellow Line terminus, with a new brackish water desalination plant and a 2025 police reform settlement.
Antipolo
Antipolo: first-class component city and capital of Rizal province, Philippines, east of Metro Manila; pilgrimage capital with the enshrined Virgin Mary image, Hinulugang Taktak, 913,712 residents, cityhood 1998.
Antium
Antium, modern Anzio, ancient Latium coastal city 56 km south of Rome; Volscian stronghold, Rome's first citizen colony (338 BCE), resort of Augustus and birthplace of Nero, with his great harbour and temple of Fortuna.
Antofagasta
Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, capital of the Antofagasta Region, founded in the 1860s as Bolivia's Pacific port, occupied by Chile in 1879, and now a copper and lithium mining and logistics hub.
Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers), Belgium's second city on the Scheldt with about 516,000 people: Europe-scale port (266.5 million tonnes, 13.5 million TEU in 2025), 500-year diamond centre, Plantin-Moretus UNESCO museum, Rubens, and the 1863 reopening of the Scheldt.