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Anuradhapura (අනුරාධපුරය)
Anuradhapura (අනුරාධපුරය), ancient Sri Lankan capital and Theravada Buddhist sacred city, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982; founded ca. 440 BC, flourished 1,300 years, abandoned after 993 invasion, famed for stupas, Sri Maha Bodhi, and tank irrigation.
Anyang
Anyang (安阳) in Henan, China, is an Eight Great Ancient Capital and the site of the Shang capital Yin Xu, while Anyang (安養) is a satellite of Seoul.
Anyang, Gyeonggi
Anyang (안양시, 安養市) is a Gyeonggi Province satellite city southwest of Seoul with two districts, Manan-gu and Dongan-gu, about 562,000 residents, 58.50 km2, and a name from Anyangsa Temple founded by King Taejo of Goryeo. Distinct from Anyang, Henan, China.
Aomori
Aomori (青森市, Aomori-shi), capital of Aomori Prefecture, Japan; port city on Mutsu Bay founded 1626, population about 257,000, famous for the Nebuta Festival, heavy snowfall, and compact city policy.
Aosta
Aosta (Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; French Aoste) is the capital of Italy's Valle d'Aosta, a Roman colony founded 25 BC after Augustus defeated the Salassi. Its walls, Arch of Augustus, Porta Praetoria, theatre, amphitheatre, and cryptoporticus survive, earning it the nickname little Rome of the Alps.
Apalachicola
Apalachicola, Florida: Franklin County seat on Apalachicola Bay, once the Gulf's third-largest cotton port and source of 90% of Florida's oysters; bay closed 2020, reopening 2026.
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn, Gelderland municipality in the central Netherlands on the Veluwe; 170,000 residents (2026), town plus eleven villages, rooted in the House of Orange's Het Loo; Paleis Het Loo, Apenheul, canal and railway growth history.
Apensen
Apensen, Lower Saxony: village in the district of Stade with the Roman Iron Age burial ground Apensen 1 (703 excavated cremations, est. 2,000-3,000 burials) and 5,500-year-old megalithic tombs at Grundoldendorf.
Apia
Apia, capital and main port of Samoa on Upolu's north coast, 40 km from Faleolo airport; 35,974 residents (2021); site of the 1918 Talune influenza disaster, Black Saturday 1929, and independence in 1962.
Apollonia (Albania)
Apollonia, also known as Apollonia of Illyria, was an ancient Greek colony in southwestern Albania founded in the 6th century BC, where Octavian studied; it is now an archaeological park on the UNESCO Tentative List.
Apple Valley, California
Apple Valley is a town in San Bernardino County's High Desert, California, incorporated in 1988 with about 75,791 residents (2020), known for its 1920s apple orchards, Bass and Westlund's 1946 land development, and Mojave River water issues.
Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton, Wisconsin: a Fox River city of about 75,000 in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago counties, home of Lawrence University, the world's first hydroelectric plant (1882), and the Fox Valley's first paper manufacturing.
Aqaba (العقبة)
Aqaba (العقبة) is Jordan's only coastal city and seaport, on the Gulf of Aqaba at the Red Sea's northern head, known for its 27 km coastline, coral reefs, medieval Ayla, and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone.
Aquileia
Aquileia: Roman colony founded 181 BCE on the Natiso River in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy; a wealthy early Roman Empire trade city destroyed by Attila in 452, now a 1998 UNESCO World Heritage site with an unexcavated urban reserve and the mosaic-floored Patriarchal Basilica.
Ar Ramthā
Ar Ramthā (الرمثا), Ramtha, is a city in far northwest Jordan's Irbid Governorate near the Syrian border, 10 km from Daraa. Known for its bahhara cross-border traders and border-trade economy disrupted by the Syrian war.
Aracaju
Aracaju, capital of Sergipe, Brazil; planned coastal city founded 1855 on a grid by engineer Pirro, replacing São Cristóvão; 602,757 residents (2022), Tupi name meaning cashew tree of parrots.
Arad, Arad County
Arad (Arad), municipality and seat of Arad County in western Romania on the Mureș River; 164,631 residents (2026), known for its 1763–1783 Vauban fortress, the 1849 execution of 13 generals, and its 1918 role in Transylvania's union with Romania.
Araguaína
Araguaína is a municipality in the state of Tocantins in northern Brazil, on the BR-153 highway; created in 1958, it is the state's largest city and principal economic center outside the capital, Palmas.
Arāk, Markazi
Arāk is an industrial city in central Iran and the capital of Markazi province, founded in 1808 as Solṭānābād and long a major carpet center.
Arapiraca
Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil; second-largest city of Alagoas in the Agreste; 234,696 residents (2022 census); emancipated 1924; former Brazilian tobacco capital, now a vegetable-farming and regional trade hub.
Ararat, Victoria
Ararat, Victoria: regional city 198 km west of Melbourne, gateway to the Grampians, former gold rush town and the only Australian city founded by the Chinese, population over 11,000 in its rural city.
Araure
Araure, Venezuela: city and municipal seat in Portuguesa state, twin of Acarigua; founded as El Pilar de Araure in 1694, site of Bolivar's 1813 Battle of Araure; Acarigua-Araure had 287,368 people in 2011.
Arcadia, California
Arcadia, California: San Gabriel Valley city in Los Angeles County, about 13 miles northeast of Los Angeles, incorporated 1903 by Lucky Baldwin. Known for Santa Anita Park, the 127-acre Arboretum, top-ranked Arcadia Unified schools, and a majority-Asian population of about 54,000.
Arcata, California
Arcata, California: Humboldt County city on Humboldt Bay, founded 1850 as Union, home of Cal Poly Humboldt, known for the Arcata Marsh wastewater-wetland project; population about 19,000.
ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena (later Power Balance Pavilion, Sleep Train Arena) was the Sacramento Kings' 17,000-seat NBA home in Natomas from 1988 to 2016, famed for loud crowds, demolished for the Innovation Park redevelopment.
Ardabīl
Ardabīl (اردبیل), or Ardabil, is the capital of Ardabil Province in northwestern Iran, on a cold plateau near Mount Sabalan. Population 529,374 (2016); home of the UNESCO-listed Sheikh Safi al-Din shrine, birthplace of the Safavid order.
Ardiège
Ardiège, commune in Haute-Garonne, France, near Labarthe-Rivière; ancient mining site in the Pleiades gazetteer (BAtlas 25 F2) and home of the 12th-13th century castrum du Houcheton, excavated since 2024.
Arecibo, PR Metro Area
Arecibo, PR Metro Area: a Puerto Rico metropolitan statistical area (code 11640) covering Arecibo, Camuy, Hatillo, and Quebradillas municipios; about 180,767 residents, median household income $25,084, principal city Arecibo.
Arequipa
Arequipa, Peru's second city, capital of its namesake department at 2,335 m under El Misti volcano; sillar-built historic center inscribed by UNESCO in 2000; 2025 census counted 1,815,000 department residents.
Arezzo
Arezzo (Arretium) is a hill city in eastern Tuscany, Italy, provincial capital with about 98,000 residents. An Etruscan dodecapolis member and Roman municipium, conquered by Florence in 1384; home of Piero della Francesca's True Cross frescoes and Cimabue's crucifix.