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Kennebunkport, Maine
Kennebunkport, Maine, a York County town (3,629 residents, 2020) on the southern coast, settled as Cape Porpoise in 1653, known for shipbuilding history, its 1976 National Register historic district, Dock Square, and the Bush family's Walker's Point compound.
Kennesaw, Georgia
Kennesaw, Georgia (formerly Big Shanty), a Cobb County city of about 33,000-38,000 in metro Atlanta, founded in the 1830s on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, site of the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase and home of the General locomotive at the Southern Museum.
Kennewick, Washington
Kennewick, Washington: largest of the Tri-Cities, on the Columbia River in Benton County. Incorporated 1904; 2020 population 83,921; retail hub; site of the 9,200-year-old Kennewick Man find.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin, originally named Southport, is a city of about 100,000 on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago, known for its automobile manufacturing heritage and its downtown museums.
Kent, Washington
Kent, Washington: Green River Valley city in King County, 6th largest in the state with 136,588 residents (2020). Aerospace hub home to Boeing and Blue Origin; incorporated 1890 after Kent County, England.
Kerch
Kerch (Керч) is a port city of about 151,000 in eastern Crimea on the Kerch Strait, occupying the site of ancient Panticapaeum, the Milesian-founded capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, now a strategic bridge and port hub hit by 2026 strikes.
Kerman (کرمان)
Kerman (کرمان) is the capital of Kerman province in southeastern Iran, at 1,762 m elevation with 142 mm annual rainfall. Known for its four historic bazaars, Ganj-Ali Khan's Safavid square, the 1794 Qajar destruction, and UNESCO Tentative List status.
Kermanshah (city)
Kermanshah (Kermānšāh, Kurdish Kermāšān), capital of Kermanshah province and principal city of western Iran at 1,391 m elevation; historic Qermisin on the Khorasan Highway, oil-refinery center, UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy since 2021.
Kerrville, Texas
Kerrville, Texas: county seat of Kerr County on the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country, founded 1856 and named for James Kerr; population 24,278 (2020), home of Schreiner University and the Kerrville Folk Festival, hit by deadly July 4, 2025 floods.
Keta
Keta is a coastal town in Ghana's Volta Region, capital of Keta Municipal District, on the sand barrier enclosing Keta Lagoon, a large brackish Ramsar wetland; known for fishing, salt mining, erosion, flooding, and the planned Keta Port.
Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska (Kichx̱áan), the Salmon Capital of the World and Alaska's First City, is a home rule city on Revillagigedo Island in the Tongass National Forest, incorporated 1900, accessible only by air or boat, with a 2020 census population of 8,192.
Ketchum, Idaho
Ketchum, Idaho: Wood River Valley city next to Sun Valley Resort, founded 1880 as a mining supply town named for David Ketchum; now a resort economy with Idaho's highest home prices and a severe workforce housing shortage.
Kettering
Kettering is a Northamptonshire market town, chartered in 1227 under Peterborough Abbey, that grew through boot and shoe making; population 63,150 (2021), with Roman settlement remains and the Manor House Museum.
Keynsham
Keynsham, Somerset, a town between Bristol and Bath, site of the possible Roman town Traiectus at Somerdale, the Durley Hill courtyard villa excavated 1922-24, and medieval Keynsham Abbey.
Khabarovsk (Хабаровск)
Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) is a city of about 615,600 on the Amur River, administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai in the Russian Far East. Founded 1858 as Khabarovka, renamed 1893; major transport hub with Trans-Siberian rail and Khabarovsk Novy Airport.
Khairpur Mir’s
Khairpur Mir's (Sindhi: خيرپور) is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, capital of Khairpur District; founded 1783 by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur, former seat of the Talpur princely state, population 191,044 in 2023.
Khamis Mushait
Khamis Mushait (خميس مشيط), also Khamis Mushayt, a highland city east of Abha in Asir, southwest Saudi Arabia; regional trading center, governorate population 601,305 (2022), elevation 2,056 m, semi-arid climate.
Khammam (city)
Khammam (ఖమ్మం) is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the headquarters of Khammam district, with a history of nearly 1,000 years and the landmark Khammam Fort.
Khān Yūnis
Khān Yūnis (خان يونس), second-largest city in the southern Gaza Strip and seat of its governorate; founded 1387 by Mamluk emir Yunis al-Dawadar; municipality since 1917; heavily razed in the war since 2023.
Khānaqīn
Khānaqīn (Xaneqîn), Kurdish-majority city in Diyala, Iraq, on the Alwand River near Iran; disputed under Article 140, site of Iraq's first 1927 oil refinery, population about 175,000.
Khandwa (खंडवा)
Khandwa (खंडवा), also East Nimar, is a district and town in southwestern Madhya Pradesh, India, in Indore Division between the Narmada and Tapti rivers, known for Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga, the Indira Sagar Project, and singers Kishore Kumar's home.
Kharagpur
Kharagpur is a city in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, known for the South Eastern Railway's largest maintenance workshop and IIT Kharagpur, the first IIT, founded in 1951 at the former Hijli Detention Camp.
Kharkiv (Харьков)
Kharkiv (Харків; Харьков) is Ukraine's second-largest city and Kharkiv oblast capital, founded 1654/5, Soviet Ukraine's capital 1920–1934, a major university center with a three-line metro and the UNESCO-listed Derzhprom building.
Khartoum (الخرطوم)
Khartoum, also known as Al-Khurtum (الخرطوم), is the executive capital of Sudan at the confluence of the Blue and White Niles; founded in 1821, it has been the epicenter of Sudan's war since April 2023.
Kherson (Херсон)
Kherson (Херсон), southern Ukrainian port city and capital of Kherson oblast on the Dnipro River; founded 1778 by Catherine II as a fortress and shipyard, first base of the Black Sea Fleet, occupied by Russia March–November 2022 and shelled since.
Khimki
Khimki (Химки), city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, northwest of Moscow on the Moscow Canal; former closed aerospace satellite (NPO Lavochkin, Energomash, Fakel), city since 1939, about 240,000 residents, Sheremetyevo airport on its territory.
Khmelnytskyi (Хмельницький)
Khmelnytskyi (Хмельницький), formerly Proskuriv and Ploskiriv, is a western Ukrainian city and oblast center on the Southern Buh, first recorded in 1431, renamed in 1954 for Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, with about 270,000 residents.
Khobar (الخبر)
Khobar (الخبر) is a coastal city and category A governorate in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, part of the Dammam Metropolitan Area. First planned city in Saudi Arabia (1947); gateway to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway; WHO Healthy City since 2024.
Khomeynī Shahr
Khomeynī Shahr (خمینیشهر), formerly Sedeh and Homayunshahr, is a city of about 247,000 people (2016) in Isfahan Province, Iran, northwest of Isfahan; capital of Khomeyni Shahr County and a satellite of the Isfahan metropolitan area.
Khorramabad, Lorestan Province
Khorramabad (خرمآباد, Luri Khormuve), capital of Lorestan Province, Iran, in the Central Zagros; 373,415 people (2016 census), Falak al-aflak citadel, and 2025 UNESCO World Heritage prehistoric cave sites.