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La Quinta, California
La Quinta is a Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, California, incorporated May 1, 1982 and named for the 1926 La Quinta Resort. Population 37,558 (2020 census), 39,440 estimated 2025; 35.26 square miles; median household income $99,250.
La Rinconada, Peru
La Rinconada, a gold-mining settlement in Ananea, Puno, Peru, at about 5,100 m, the world's highest permanent settlement; informal mining, cachorreo labor, mercury pollution, and minimal state services distinguish it.
La Rochelle
La Rochelle, Atlantic port city in Charente-Maritime, France; founded 10th century, recorded as Rupella in 961. Known for its medieval towers, the 1627-1628 Great Siege under Richelieu, the Grand Port Maritime, and major tourism.
La Romana, La Romana
La Romana, city and head municipality of La Romana province, Yuma region, Dominican Republic. Sugar-built town (Central Romana mill, 1917), port since 1954, home to Casa de Campo; 139,238 residents (2022).
La Serena, Chile
La Serena is a city in northern Chile, capital of the Coquimbo Region and of the province of Elqui. Founded in 1544 on the Elqui River, it is the second oldest city in Chile after Santiago.
La Spezia
La Spezia, eastern Liguria, Italy: gulf port city and provincial capital, home of the Regia Marina arsenal (1869) and a major container port, gateway to the Cinque Terre.
La Tuque, Quebec
La Tuque, Quebec: city on the Saint-Maurice River in Mauricie, founded 1911; largest Quebec city by area (agglomeration 29,310 km², like Belgium) with about 11,000–15,000 residents, forest economy, Gouin reservoir, mayor Pierre Pacarar.
Laayoune (العيون)
Laayoune (العيون) is the largest city of Western Sahara, capital of Morocco's Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, about 260,000 people, founded by Spain in 1938, with a major fishing port, the Bou Craa phosphate conveyor, and seawater desalination.
Labin
Labin, also known as Albona, is a hilltop town in eastern Istria, Croatia, near the coastal resort of Rabac, known for its medieval old town and coal mining.
Labuan Bajo
Labuan Bajo is a port town on the western tip of Flores, Indonesia, capital of West Manggarai Regency and the main gateway to Komodo National Park.
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette, Indiana: county seat of Tippecanoe County on the Wabash River, founded by William Digby on May 25, 1825 and named for the Marquis de Lafayette; population 70,783 in 2020, home of Subaru of Indiana Automotive and Purdue University next door.
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana: parish seat of Lafayette Parish on the Vermilion River, heart of Acadiana's Cajun and Creole culture. Founded as Vermilionville, renamed 1884; consolidated city-parish government; 2020 population 121,374; oil-based economy diversified into tech and health care.
Laferrere
Gregorio de Laferrere (Laferrere) is a city in La Matanza partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, founded 4 May 1911 by writer Gregorio de Laferrere, Pedro Luro, and Honorio Luque; its most populous locality, on the Belgrano Sur rail line.
Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria, is a coastal megacity built around islands beside the Lagos Lagoon. It is the country's largest city and was its capital until 1991.
Lagos, Portugal
Lagos (Lacobriga, Zawaia) is a city and municipality in the western Algarve, Faro District, Portugal: 40,729 residents in 2025, a Discoveries-era port, seat of the Algarve bishopric from 1572, rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake, now tourism-driven.
Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach is a seaside resort city in Orange County, California, incorporated 1927, known for its art colony, Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters, and fully protected state marine reserves along its coastline.
Lahore (لاہور)
Lahore (لاہور), capital of Pakistan's Punjab province and its second-largest city with about 13 million people (2023 census), a historic Mughal, Sikh, and British center home to the UNESCO-listed Fort and Shalamar Gardens.
Laibin
Laibin (来宾市; Zhuang Laizbinh) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangxi, China, established in 2002, with about 2.07 million people, mostly Zhuang and Yao, and a sugar industry producing a tenth of China's sugar.
Laixi
Laixi (莱西市) is a county-level city of Qingdao in Shandong, China, between Qingdao, Yantai, and Weihai. Known for Laixi Lake, the Jiaodong Peninsula's largest reservoir, strong agriculture, and its "Laixi Weekend" tourism brand.
Laiyang
Laiyang (莱阳市) is a county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, in the Jiaodong Peninsula; 1,732 km², 795,000 people, GDP 547.8亿元 (2025). Known for the Laiyang pear, Cretaceous dinosaur fossils, and mantis boxing.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Lake Buena Vista, a small city in Orange County, Florida, incorporated 1967 as City of Reedy Creek, renamed 1969; about 3 square miles inside Walt Disney World, population 21, governed by a five-member council.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles, Louisiana: parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, sixth-largest Louisiana city (84,872 in 2020), named for settler Charles Sallier, home of McNeese State University, hit by Hurricane Laura in 2020.
Lake City, Florida
Lake City, Florida, formerly Alligator, is the county seat of Columbia County in North Central Florida, near the intersection of Interstates 75 and 10, with a 2020 population of 12,329.
Lake Elsinore, California
Lake Elsinore is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, on the shore of Southern California's largest natural lake. Incorporated in 1888 as Elsinore, it has about 75,000 residents.
Lake Forest, California
Lake Forest, California (formerly El Toro), a city in Orange County incorporated December 20, 1991; population 85,858 in 2020, largest employer Oakley Inc., named for eucalyptus plantings and lakes.
Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, on Lake Michigan about 30 miles north of Chicago, founded in 1857 as a planned commuter suburb.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Lake Havasu City, Arizona: Mohave County city (pop. ~59,000) on Lake Havasu, founded by Robert P. McCulloch, home of the relocated 1831 London Bridge; tourism-driven desert river city with Colorado River water entitlements.
Lake Jackson, Texas
Lake Jackson, Texas, the "City of Enchantment," is a Brazoria County city founded in 1941 as a Dow Chemical company town, designed by Alden B. Dow, incorporated in 1944, population 28,177 in 2020.
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Lake Oswego, Oregon: suburban city eight miles southwest of Portland, founded 1850 as Oswego, Oregon's first iron town, renamed 1960; centered on privately managed Oswego Lake with contested public access.
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland, Florida: largest city in Polk County on the I-4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando; incorporated January 1, 1885 by Abraham Munn; 124,990 residents (2024 est.); 38 named lakes; Publix headquarters; Frank Lloyd Wright's largest single-site campus; Detroit Tigers spring training.