Introduction Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa. It straddles the Apies River and has spread eastwards into the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains.It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the administrative branch of government, and of...
Introduction Xi'an, Hsi-an, also spelled Xian, historically Chang’an, also known as Sian, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain in Northwest China, it is one of the oldest cities in China, the oldest prefecture capital and one of the...
Introduction Luanda is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and it’s major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative centre. It is also...
Introduction Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. Budapest is both a city and county and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area...
Introduction Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,243,500, it is the sixth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia, about 715 kilometres...
Introduction Nanjing alternatively romanized as Nanking and Nankin, is the capital of Jiangsu of the People's Republic of China and the second largest city in the East China region. The name Nanjing was introduced in 1403, during the Ming dynasty. Situated in the Yangtze River...
Introduction Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is named after the city of Perth, Scotland and is Australia's fourth-most populous city, with a population of 2.06 million living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the...
Introduction Hyderabad /ˈhaɪdərəbɑːd/ is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad City has a population of about 6.9 million, with about 9.7 million in Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, making it the fourth-most populous city...
Introduction Salvador, also known as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos , is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. With 2.9 million people , it is the largest city proper in the Northeast Region and the 4th largest city proper in...
Introduction Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the eastern section of the country. It is also a municipality, forming part of the greater Kabul Province, and divided into 22 districts. According to estimates in 2020, the population of Kabul is...
Introduction Prague (Czech: Praha) is the capital city and largest city in the Czech Republic. It's one among the most important cities of Central Europe and has served as the capital of the historic region of Bohemia for hundreds of years. The town is legendary...
Introduction Kinshasa, formerly (until 1966) Léopoldville, largest city and capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies about 320 miles (515 km) from the Atlantic on the south bank of the Congo. one among the most important cities of Sub-Saharan Africa, it's a...
Introduction Tianjin, historically romanized as Tientsin, is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total population estimated at 15,621,200 in 2016. Part...
Introduction The city nicknamed the "City of Joy" is widely regarded as the "cultural capital" of India and as of 2019, six Nobel Laureates have been associated with the city. Recent estimates of Kolkata Metropolitan Area's economy have ranged from $60 to $150 billion (GDP...
Introduction Chongqing has a significant history and culture. The city was named Chongqing in 1189 under the Nan Song dynasty. Chongqing city was under the administration of Sichuan province from 1954, but in 1997 it was separated from the province and designated a provincial-level municipality...
Introduction Fortaleza is the capital of Ceará, a State of Northeastern Brazil. With more than 30 km of beaches, the city offers various leisure options, such as museums, theatres, crafts, cuisine, in addition to an intense nightlife. Fortaleza originated as a small village adjoining a...
Introduction Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in the US State of Ohio. With a population of 892,533 as of 2018 estimates, it is the 14th-most populous city in the United States and one of the fastest-growing large cities in the...
Introduction Jeddah is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia and the country's commercial center. With a population of about four million people , Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the second-largest in Saudi Arabia , and the tenth-largest in the...
Introduction Medellín, officially the Municipality of Medellín, is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. On 2 November 1675, the...
Introduction Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about 109 kilometers upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288. Pyongyang is considered one...
Introduction Algiers, French Alger, Arabic Al-Jazāʾir, capital, largest city and chief seaport of Algeria. It is the political, economic, and cultural centre of the country. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145 and in 2011 was estimated to be around 3,500,000. Algiers is...
Introduction Naples is the regional capital of Campania. It is the third-largest city of Italy behind Rome and Milan. In 2017, around 967,069 people lived within the city's administrative limits. Its metropolitan area is the third largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the...
Introduction Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and 7th largest city in the European Union. One of Germany's 16 federal states, it is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The city's metropolitan region is home to...
Introduction Jerusalem is the capital of the modern nation of Israel and a major holy city for the three Western traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It sits on spurs of bedrock between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea area. Both Israel and the...
Introduction Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is Morocco's largest city and the capital of the Grand Casablanca region, with 3.7 million inhabitants and an area of 1,615 km². Casablanca is also the largest city in the Maghreb...
Introduction Tehran is the capital city of Iran and the centre of the province of Tehrān, located in north-central Iran at the foot of the Elburz mountain range. It was established as the capital city by Āghā Moḥammad Khān more than 200 years ago. Since...
Introduction Bogota, or Santa Fe De Bogotá, is the capital of the republic of Colombia and the interior department of Cundinamarca, as well as the largest and most populous city in the country. Its metropolitan area brings the population to over 7 million people. The...
Introduction Montreal, Canada, is in the southwest of the province of Quebec. Incorporated as a city in 1832, Montreal is Canada’s second largest city and is home to nearly half of the province of Quebec’s population. The Hochelaga Archipelago, also known as the Montreal Islands,...
Introduction Lima is the capital of Peru and the country’s commercial and industrial centre. The city is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of...
Introduction Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It has been the cultural, educational, economic, political, and administrative centre of independent Slovenia since 1991. Located on the Ljubljanica River, the city lies in central Slovenia in a natural depression surrounded by high peaks...