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Idaho Falls, Idaho

Idaho Falls, Idaho: largest city of eastern Idaho on the Snake River, seat of the Idaho National Laboratory; near EBR-I, first reactor to generate electricity (1951); 2025 estimate 71,785.

Idkū

Idkū (إدكو, also Edku) is a city of about 105,875 people (2026) in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, at 31.3058°N, 30.2956°E, on Lake Idku, a 13,000-hectare brackish Nile Delta lagoon and major fishery.

Idlib (إدلب)

Idlib (إدلب) is a city and governorate capital in northwestern Syria on the Turkish border, long the main rebel-held enclave under HTS, now under the Syrian Transitional Government, with roughly 2.8–3.2 million people and heavy displacement.

Ifakara

Ifakara: town and district headquarters in Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, south-central Tanzania, on the Kilombero floodplain and TAZARA Railway; home of the Ifakara Health Institute malaria research centre; 290,424 council population (2022).

Igel

Igel is a Moselle village in Rhineland-Palatinate near Trier, first documented 929 as Villa Agullia, home of the 23-meter Roman Igeler Säule tomb of the Secundinii cloth merchants, UNESCO-listed since 1986, and the Grutenhäuschen burial temple.

Ijebu Ode

Ijebu Ode is a city in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria, traditional seat of the Awujale, ruler of the precolonial Ijebu kingdom, and host of the Ojude Oba festival.

Ikare

Ikare (Ikare-Akoko, Ìkàré-Àkókó) is a Yoruba city in Ondo State, Nigeria, headquarters of Akoko North-East LGA, founded by Ile-Ife migrants under the Olukare dynasty and a major cocoa and food-crops trading center.

Ikeja

Ikeja, capital of Lagos State, Nigeria, and an LGA on the Lagos mainland; seat of the state secretariat at Alausa, home of Murtala Muhammed Airport and Computer Village; designated state capital in 1976.

Ikire

Ikire (Ìkirè) is a Yoruba town in Osun State, Nigeria, headquarters of Irewole LGA and gateway to the state from Oyo; known for Dodo Ikire plantain snack, the Akire stool, and River Osun basin farming.

Ikot Ekpene

Ikot Ekpene is a town and local government area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, inhabited mainly by the Annang people and known as "The Raffia City" for its raffia weaving.

Iksan

Iksan (익산시, 益山市), also historically Iri, is a city in northwestern Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, a former Baekje secondary capital whose Wanggung-ri and Mireuksa Temple sites form part of the UNESCO Baekje Historic Areas inscribed in 2015.

Ila Orangun

Ila Orangun (Ìlá Òràngún) is a historic Yoruba city in Osun State, Nigeria, seat of the Ila Local Government Area and one of the original Yoruba kingdoms.

Ile-Ife

Ile-Ife (Ilé-Ifẹ̀) is an ancient Yoruba city in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria, regarded as the birthplace of Yoruba civilization and seat of the Ooni of Ife.

Ilesa

Ilesa (Ilesha, Iléṣà), city in Osun State, Nigeria, capital of the Ijesa kingdom, founded c.1500, ruled by the Owa Obokun; agricultural and commercial hub with gold deposits, about 325,000 people.

Ilidža

Ilidža is a municipality of Kanton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the foot of Mount Igman near Sarajevo, known for its thermal-mineral springs, Roman-era Aquae settlement, and the Vrelo Bosne park.

Iligan

Iligan, officially the City of Iligan, is a highly urbanized city on the northern coast of Mindanao, Philippines, known as the "City of Majestic Waterfalls."

Ílion, Attica

Ílion (Ίλιον), until 1994 Nea Liosia, is a municipality in West Athens, Attica, Greece, 8 km northwest of the city center; 2021 census population 84,004, municipality since 1963.

Iloilo City

Iloilo City, capital of Iloilo province on Panay Island, Philippines; a highly urbanized city of 457,626 (2020) known as the Queen City of the South, with a service-driven economy that grew 10.5% in 2023.

Ilorin

Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, Nigeria, in northern Yorubaland; an Old Oyo settlement that became Afonja's stronghold, then an emirate incorporated into the Sokoto Caliphate in 1829.

Imola

Imola (ancient Forum Cornelii) is a town of about 69,700 people in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, on the Via Aemilia and the Santerno river, founded as a Roman municipium and later seat of the Alidosi and Riario Sforza signories.

Imperatriz

Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil: second largest city of Maranhão, founded 16 July 1852 by Frei Manoel Procópio, on the Tocantins River; hub of southwestern Maranhão, northern Tocantins, and southern Pará.

Imphal

Imphal (ꯏꯝꯐꯥꯜ), capital of Manipur, India, in a valley at 24°N 94°E; home of Kangla Fort, Ima Keithel women's market, and the 1944 Battle of Imphal; reached via Bir Tikendrajit Airport (IMF), no train yet.

Imsbach

Imsbach, a village of about 1,000 people on the southern slope of the Donnersberg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; former mining village (Bergmannsdorf) with iron mining from Roman times, copper, silver, and cobalt from the 15th century, mining ended in the 1920s, now a mining heritage site with visitor mines Weiße Grube and Grube Maria.

Imus

Imus (Lungsod ng Imus) is a component city and de jure capital of Cavite, Philippines, with 481,949 residents (2024). Known as the Flag Capital of the Philippines for the 1898 Battle of Alapan, it became a city in 2012 under RA 10161.

Incheon (인천)

Incheon (인천), a South Korean metropolitan city of about 3 million on the Yellow Sea west of Seoul; formerly Michuhol and Jemulpo, port opened 1883, metropolitan city status 1995, home to the Incheon Free Economic Zone and Incheon International Airport.

Indaiatuba

Indaiatuba, São Paulo municipality in the Campinas Metropolitan Region, Brazil; former district of Itu, freguesia 1830, vila 1859; 255,748 people (2022 census), industrial hub near Viracopos Airport with high quality-of-life rankings.

Independence, Missouri

Independence, Missouri: city in Jackson County founded 1827, eastern terminus of the Santa Fe Trail and outfitting point for the Oregon and California Trails, nicknamed Queen City of the Trails, and hometown of President Harry S. Truman.

Independent city (United States)

Independent city (United States): a city outside any county, treated by the Census Bureau as a county equivalent. 41 exist, 38 in Virginia, plus Baltimore, St. Louis, and Carson City.

Index, Washington

Index, Washington: a town of about 173 people in Snohomish County on the North Fork Skykomish River, platted by the Gunn family in 1893, incorporated 1907, now a recreation and climbing gateway.

Indian Wells, California

Indian Wells, California: affluent Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, incorporated July 14, 1967 as California's 400th city; named for a Cahuilla well; home of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament.