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Jamnagar (જામનગર)
Jamnagar (જામનગર) is a city in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India, founded in 1540 as the princely capital Nawanagar and now known for the world's largest single-site oil refinery.
Jamshedpur (जमशेदपुर)
Jamshedpur, also known locally as Tatanagar, is an industrial city in Jharkhand, India, built around the Tata Steel works and renamed in 1919 for founder Jamsetji Tata.
Jamtara
Jamtara (झारखंड district) is a district in north-eastern Jharkhand, India, created 26 April 2001 from Dumka; headquarters Jamtara town; 1,811 sq km, 791,042 people (2011), six blocks, agrarian economy on the Howrah–Delhi rail main line.
Jāmuria
Jamuria (জামুরিয়া) is a city and former municipality in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, merged into Asansol Municipal Corporation in 2015. 2011 population 145,276; coal-mining town in the Raniganj coalfield with subsidence and coal-fire issues.
Janakpur
Janakpur (Janakpurdham), capital of Madhesh Province, Nepal, in the Terai about 225 km from Kathmandu; birthplace of Sita in Hindu tradition, home of the 1910 Janaki Mandir, sacred ponds, Mithila art, and a rail link to Jainagar, India.
Janesville-Beloit, WI Metro Area
Janesville-Beloit, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 27500), a single-county Wisconsin metro covering Rock County, part of the Madison-Janesville-Beloit combined area; about 166,000 residents, manufacturing-heavy economy, incomes below national medians.
Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville, Wisconsin: Rock County seat on the Rock River, founded 1835, incorporated 1853, known as Wisconsin's Park Place; former GM assembly town, 2020 population 65,615.
Järvenpää
Järvenpää is a Finnish city in Uusimaa on Lake Tuusula, 38 km north of Helsinki; 46,944 residents (2025), city since 1967, home of Sibelius's Ainola and four commuter rail stations.
Jauja
Jauja, or Xauxa, is a city in the Mantaro Valley of the Peruvian central highlands, founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1534 as the first Spanish capital of Peru.
Jayapura
Jayapura, capital of Papua Province at Indonesia's eastern tip bordering Papua New Guinea; formerly Dutch Hollandia, twin urban centers Jayapura and Abepura divided by Skyline hills; about 405,000 residents in 2025, largest city on New Guinea.
Jeddah (جدة)
Jeddah (جدة), Saudi Arabia's second city on the Red Sea in Makkah Province, has been Makkah's seaport since 646 CE; its Historic District is a UNESCO site of Roshan tower houses, and the city holds 3.8 million people.
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, Missouri: state capital and Cole County seat, founded 1821 as a planned capital, government moved in 1826; population 43,228 (2020), declining to an estimated 42,489 in 2025.
Jeju City (제주시)
Jeju City (제주시) is the administrative city of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, South Korea, on northern Jeju Island. Population about 503,607 (2025), 26 eup/myeon/dong, seat of provincial government and Jeju International Airport.
Jena
Jena, Thuringia's second-largest city on the Saale, is a university and optics center (Lichtstadt). Founded around 1230, home of the 1558 university, Zeiss, Schott, and Abbe; about 109,000 residents.
Jeonju (전주)
Jeonju (전주), capital of Jeonbuk State in southwestern South Korea, is home to Korea's largest hanok village (about 700 traditional houses), the birthplace of bibimbap, and Korea's first UNESCO City of Gastronomy; population about 650,000.
Jeonnam-Gwangju
Jeonnam-Gwangju (전남광주통합특별시, abbreviated Gwangju Special City) is South Korea's first mega-regionally integrated autonomous government, launched July 1, 2026 by merging Jeollanam-do and Gwangju Metropolitan City under a special act granting Seoul-comparable status.
Jerash (جرش)
Jerash (جرش), ancient Gerasa, is a city in northern Jordan and capital of Jerash Governorate, famed for one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman sites: oval forum, cardo, theaters, hippodrome, devastated by the 749 AD earthquake, refounded in 1878.
Jericho
Jericho (أريحا) is a West Bank oasis city in the Jordan Valley, the world's lowest city and among the oldest continually inhabited. Nearby Tell es-Sultan holds deposits from about 10,500 BC and was UNESCO-listed in 2023.
Jerome, Arizona
Jerome, Arizona: historic copper-mining town on Cleopatra Hill in Yavapai County, incorporated 1899, once home to nearly 15,000, a National Historic Landmark since 1967, now an artist and tourist community of about 444 people.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey: second-largest New Jersey city (302,013 est. 2025), county seat of Hudson County across from Manhattan. Historic Paulus Hook, dense transit-rich waterfront, 41.7% foreign-born, 2026 budget crisis with 15.15% tax increase under Mayor James Solomon.
Jerusalem (ירושלים)
Jerusalem (ירושלים, al-Quds), city sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Israel's largest city with about 1,063,000 residents; Old City a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981; East Jerusalem annexed in 1967, unrecognized internationally.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Yerushalayim; al-Quds): the contested holy city of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; UN corpus separatum plan of 1947, divided 1948-1967, Israeli-claimed capital since 1980, population about 1,063,000.
Jessore (যশোর)
Jessore (Jashore, যশোর) is a city and one of Bangladesh's oldest municipalities (1864) in Khulna Division, 275 km southwest of Dhaka, a rail junction on the Benapole corridor with a growing airport slated for international status.
Jhansi (झाँसी)
Jhansi (झाँसी), historic city in Bundelkhand, southern Uttar Pradesh, between the Pahuj and Betwa rivers; seat of Rani Lakshmibai, home of the 1613 Jhansi Fort, and a UP Defence Industrial Corridor node.
Jiamusi (佳木斯)
Jiamusi (佳木斯, Jiāmùsī) is Heilongjiang's easternmost prefecture-level city, on the Sanjiang Plain bordering Russia (382 km, 7 Class I ports). 2.159 million people; grain, Russia trade, and rail hub economy.
Jiangyin
Jiangyin (江阴), a county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, on the Yangtze's south bank; 988 km², 1.21 million people, GDP 527.2 billion yuan (2025), 66 listed companies, and the 1,385 m Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge (1999).
Jianshui
Jianshui (建水), formerly Lin'an, a historic county in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, 220 km south of Kunming; Nanzhao-era old town, 1994 National Historic and Cultural City, 1285 Confucius Temple, 1389 Chaoyang Tower, and purple pottery industry.
Jiaozhou
Jiaozhou (胶州市) is a county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, on Jiaozhou Bay; established 1987 from Jiao County, about 1.05 million people, a national development zone, and a rail-port hub.
Jiaozuo
Jiaozuo (焦作) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan, between the Taihang Mountains and the Yellow River; former coal city turned tourism and logistics hub, birthplace of Taijiquan, population about 3.47 million.
Jiaxing
Jiaxing (嘉兴) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang, China, in the Yangtze River Delta between Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, all under 100 km away.