Cities and towns

Jiexiu

Jiexiu (介休市) is a county-level city in central Shanxi province, China, administered by Jinzhong. Its name comes from Jie Zitui, who withdrew to Mount Mian there in 636 BC.

Jieyang (揭阳) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China, approved in 1991, administering Rongcheng, Jiedong, Jiexi, Huilai, and Puning; a 2,200-year-old Chaoshan cultural center and major overseas-Chinese hometown.

Jijiga

Jijiga (Jigjiga), capital of Ethiopia's Somali Regional State since March 1996, a fast-growing eastern Ethiopian trade and livestock hub with highland climate, about 600 mm annual rainfall, and rapid urban expansion.

Jilin City (吉林市)

Jilin City (吉林市), second-largest city of Jilin province and China's only city sharing its province's name, on the Songhua River; known for rime ice, ski resorts, petrochemicals, and carbon fiber industry.

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (formerly Mauch Chunk), borough and Carbon County seat renamed in 1954 for the athlete buried there; population 4,507; known for Victorian architecture, the Lehigh Gorge, and scenic railway tourism.

Jimeta

Jimeta, town in Adamawa State, Nigeria, twin of Yola on the Benue River; headquarters of Yola North LGA, established 1912 by the British, river port merged with Yola 1935, population about 198,000-248,000.

Jimma

Jimma (Jima) is a city in southwestern Ethiopia, Oromia Region, seat of Jimma Zone and former capital of the Oromo kingdom of Jimma under Abba Jifar I and II, annexed in 1932; a wet highland coffee-trade hub of about 195,000–283,000 people.

Jinan (济南)

Jinan (济南), capital of Shandong province and a sub-provincial city, is China's "Spring City," with 1,209 natural springs including 72 famous ones. Key facts: 9.44 million residents (2023), 2025 GDP of 1,421 billion yuan, Mount Tai to the south, Yellow River to the north.

Jinchang

Jinchang (金昌市), a prefecture-level city in Gansu's Hexi Corridor founded in 1981, is China's 'nickel capital', built on the Jinchuan copper-nickel deposit and Jinchuan Group, with 670.24亿元 GDP in 2025.

Jincheng, Shanxi

Jincheng (晋城), historically Zezhou, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shanxi on the Henan border, established 1985; 2.15 million people, 9,490 km², 72 national heritage sites, and a coal, coalbed methane, and steel economy.

Jīnd

Jind (जींद), town and district headquarters in central Haryana, India; one of the first Sikh kingdoms, founded as Jaintapuri after Jainti Devi; 2,702 sq km district, 1,334,152 people (2011).

Jingdezhen

Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi, China's "Porcelain Capital," produced imperial and blue-and-white porcelain for over 1,000 years; its handicraft porcelain industry sites joined the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2026.

Jingling

Jingling (竟陵, later 景陵) is the ancient name of Tianmen, a city in central Hubei on the Jianghan Plain. A Qin county renamed twice under imperial naming taboos and finally to Tianmen in 1726, it was the home of tea sage Lu Yu and the Ming Jingling literary school.

Jingmen

Jingmen (荆门) is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei, China, first named in 634 and now a petrochemical and industrial hub on the Jianghan Plain.

Jingzhou (荆州市)

Jingzhou (荆州市) is a prefecture-level city on the Yangtze in southern Hubei, China, heir to the ancient Three Kingdoms province of the same name. Distinguished by its preserved ancient city wall, the Jingjiang Reach flood defenses, and a 2023 GDP of RMB 300.86 billion.

Jinhua, Zhejiang

Jinhua (金华), formerly Wuzhou, a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang, China; home of Yiwu's world-largest small-commodities market, Hengdian studios, 2025 GDP 731.35 billion yuan, and 1.05 trillion yuan foreign trade.

Jining, Shandong

Jining (济宁) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong, China, called the hometown of Confucius and Mencius and the Canal Capital; it has 8.19 million people, a 612.8-billion-yuan 2025 GDP, and China's first 100-million-ton northern inland port.

Jinjiang, Fujian

Jinjiang (晋江市), county-level city under Quanzhou, Fujian, on the Taiwan Strait; founded 718, city 1992. Top Fujian county economy 32 years, footwear-apparel hub, qiaoxiang with 3 million overseas, 5.3 nautical miles from Kinmen.

Jinshanlu

Jinshanlu (金山路) is the GeoNames name for Altay City (阿勒泰市), a county-level city and Altay Prefecture seat in far northern Xinjiang, China; about 190,064 residents (2010), 886 m elevation, cold dry continental climate.

Jinzhong

Jinzhong (晋中市) is a prefecture-level city in central Shanxi, China, seat at Yuci, bordering Taiyuan. Area 16,391 km²; 2025 population 3.29 million; GDP 246.26 billion yuan; home of Pingyao Ancient City and Jin merchant culture.

Jinzhou, Liaoning (chinchow)

Jinzhou (锦州, historically romanized Chinchow), a prefecture-level city in western Liaoning, China; founded in the Liao dynasty, named for the Xiao Ling River; 10,081 km², 2.668 million people, regional central city and Liaoshen Campaign site.

Jiujiang (九江)

Jiujiang (九江), historically known as Kiukiang, is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangxi, China, on the Yangtze River near Poyang Lake, with over 2,200 years of recorded history.

Jiutai

Jiutai (九台区) is a district of Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province in northeastern China, named for the ninth beacon platform on the seventeenth-century Willow Palisade.

Jiutepec

Jiutepec (Xiutpec, Nahuatl for 'hill of precious stones') is a municipality in Morelos, Mexico, southeast of Cuernavaca; 215,357 inhabitants (2020), Tlahuica origins, conquered by Cortés in 1521, home of the CIVAC industrial park.

Jixi

Jixi (鸡西) is a prefecture-level coal city in southeastern Heilongjiang, China, bordering Russia; one of the province's four coal cities and China's 'Graphite Capital', with 1.61 million residents and a graphite-based transition economy.

Jiyuan

Jiyuan (济源市), a province-administered city in northwestern Henan, China, named for the source of the Ji River; county founded 596 AD, city status 1988, provincial administration 1997, about 720,000 people.

Jizzax

Jizzax (Жиззах, Jizzakh) is a city in central Uzbekistan, capital of Jizzakh Region, on the Sangzar river between Tashkent and Samarkand; population about 188,000, ancient Ustrushana caravan city, regional industrial and transport hub.

João Pessoa

João Pessoa, capital of Paraíba, Brazil; founded 1585 as Nossa Senhora das Neves, third-oldest city, easternmost point of the Americas; 833,932 residents (2022), renamed 1930 after assassinated politician João Pessoa.

Jodhpur (जोधपुर)

Jodhpur (जोधपुर), also called the Blue City, is Rajasthan's second largest city, founded 12 May 1459 by Rao Jodha as Marwar's capital below Mehrangarh Fort; district population 3,687,165.