Cities & towns

Cities & towns

Cities and towns around the world and their related terms.

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Cities & towns

Chennai, also known as Madras, (Tamil: சென்னை), is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is a major commercial, cultural, and ...

Tokyo

Geography; Cities & towns

Tokyo (Japanese: 東京), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the centre of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of the world. It is the seat of the ...

Baghdad

Geography; Cities & towns

Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد‎) is the capital of Republic of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Province. The population of Baghdad as of 2011 is approximately 7,216,040, making it the largest city ...

Jakarta

Geography; Cities & towns

Jakarta, officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of ...

Shenzhen

Geography; Cities & towns

Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic ...

Santiago

Geography; Cities & towns

Santiago, also Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the centre of its largest conurbation (Greater Santiago). It is located in the country's central valley, at an ...

Riyadh

Geography; Cities & towns

Riyadh (Arabic: الرياض‎) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the ...