100 Cities by Letter - K

Capital city surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountains that has experienced serious conflicts in modern times

A coastal port city name shared by Japan and India, both historically important trade gateways

Westernmost town of Estonia and administrative center of Saaremaa Island

In Henan, it's one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China and has been capital eight times in history as well

Usually home to about 100,000 people, an additional 45,000 NATO military personnel are based in this German city

City on Kyushu, close in proximity to Japan's second largest active volcano after Fuji, Mount Aso

Sits on a plateau surrounded by the Morava Mountains close to the Greek border

The founding father of aeronautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, was born in this Russian city

A special city in the southern part of North Korea, visible from the DMZ

This large city in Bangladesh is served by both a riverport and seaport named Port of Mongla

Lively city in western Canada that is known as the "Tournament Capital of Canada" as well as its film and wine festivals

Central German city were the Brothers Grimm lived and wrote most of their fairy tales

City on the Dnipro River and capital of its oblast

One of the most significant cities in South Maharashtra and has been a hub of historical, religious, and cultural activities for centuries.

Main urban centre and only port city of this "Alpine-Adriatic" country

Known as Yorkshire's maritime city, it is unique for having its own white telephone boxes instead of red ones

Largest city of Pakistan

Japan's southernmost major city on the four main islands

Former imperial capital of Japan for over 1,000 years and part of the huge Keihanshin metropolitan area

Capital city at the foot of the Himalayas

Capital and largest town of the Scottish Orkney Islands

Gateway to a namesake mountain, the highest of Malaysia and Borneo

Tajikistan's second largest city, located at the western periphery of the Fergana valley

Located in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, it is part of the historical Polish province of Lesser Poland.

Core city of the urban area also known as the Upper Silesian metropolitan area

Capital city of Sudan

Kenyan port city on Lake Victoria, cultural center of the Luo people

Malaysia's largest city on Borneo, founded by the representative of the Sultan of Brunei

Capital city on the Persian Gulf

The largest city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, close to Lucknow

Second largest city of Slovakia, located on the Hornád River close to Hungary

Thanks to intermittent Russian fire, a quarter of this Ukrainian city has been damaged or destroyed

Junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, on the Yenisei River

Capital and largest city of the state and historical region of Carinthia, close to the Slovene border

Located in namesake oblast, this Russian city lies in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Basin

It is located at the center of its namesake autonomous okrug, close to the confluence of the Irtysh and Ob rivers

The only city in Japan with a population exceeding 1m that is not a prefectural capital

This African provincial capital has considerable historical significance because of its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War.

Capital city of Värmland County at the northern shore of lake Vänern

City located along the Tennessee River and a former capital of its state in the 18th/19th century

This city, the largest in Taiwan by area, is the countries third largest population wise and the largest southern city

Only major seaport of Lithuania, located near the Curonian Lagoon

One of Germany’s oldest cities, founded by Romans at the Rhine-Moselle confluence

Regarded by many as cultural capital of India and the most significant city in the historic region of Bengal

The capital of the North East Indian state of Nagaland

This tourist destination in British Columbia lies on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley and derives its name from Okanagan

In eastern Crimea, it lies on a peninsula that was named after the city

This provincial capital lies on the same island as Timor Leste

Part of a larger metropolitan area with Taipei, it's the terminal for ferries to the Matsu Islands in Lienchiang County

Famous landing place of Vasco da Gama in 1498, opening the sea route to India

In Northeast Thailand, this city is part of the "big four of Isan"

Capital city of Rwanda

The second largest city of North-Macedonia and site of a major battle of the First Balkan War

Capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the DRC, west of Likasi

Coastal town in a fjord-like bay, famous for its UNESCO medieval old town and Venitian influence

Nigerian city that lies very close to the border of Niger, with Maradi on the other side

Capital city on the Dnipro River in Eastern Europe

Site of the largest tank battle in history (1943), Germany's last major offensive against the Soviet Union

The largest city in southern Russia, as well as the Southern Federal District

Largest German city on the Baltic Sea and capital of Schleswig-Holstein

Widely recognised as the largest Kurdish-populated city in Iran and one of the most significant urban centres of Kurdish culture in the region

Prussian silk capital with Mennonite roots and Bauhaus villas in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region

Second biggest city of Lithuania that has also served as a placeholder-capital during the Polish siege of Vilnius

Lies on a chain of islands and is the southernmost city in the contiguous United States

Historically known as Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since ancient times

Outback town known for underground homes to escape the extreme heat

Capital of the current Ashanti Region and formerly the Ashanti Empire

The second most populous city of the Central Anatolia Region after Ankara.

Main port and capital of one of the islands in the Caribbean Netherlands

Thracian city whose name supposedly derives from ‘forty churches’ (Kırk Kilise)

This hub in the Russian Far East is located on the Baikal-Amur Mainline

Largest city of the province of Yunnan and nicknamed "City of Eternal Spring"

Capital city of a Caribbean country with its airport and former capital on a nearby sand spit

Capital city on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, built on seven hills

This centrally situated city in the DRC lies near the Lulua River and was consequently formerly named Luluaburg

Largest city in the Russian Far East, some 30km away from the Chinese border on the formerly disputed Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island

A planned industrial city for arms manufacture in central Turkey

Former Polish royal capital on the Vistula River, home to Wawel Castle and a UNESCO Old Town

City in Skåne län, home to Sweden's lowest point at 2,41 meters under sea level

This major atoll settlement serves as the capital of Lakshadweep, India

This Ukrainian city is claimed to have the longest stretching city-boundaries in Europe

This city was one of the seven medieval Hausa kingdoms and is now the second biggest in its country at over 4m inhabitants

Located in Rajasthan, it is India's first and world's second traffic signal free city after Bhutan's capital Thimphu

Was the capital city of the Senkadagala Kingdom, which was sometimes also named after this Sri Lankan city itself

Industrial Japanese city at the Kanmon Strait linking Kyushu and Honshu

Largest city of Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland

Biggest city in the north of the DRC and the biggest in the Congo River Basin

A former capital of the historical region of Baden, this city lies close to France's northeastern tip

One of the world's fastest-growing megacities and the third city largest in Africa

Lies partly in Kansas (naturally), but for the most part actually in Missouri

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is the 3rd-largest city in Georgia

Sometimes called ___-Nkana, named after a Lamba chief in Zambia’s Copperbelt

Capital city home to the Petronas Towers, the tallest twin skyscrapers in the world

Described as both the Jerusalem of Kurdistan and historical capital of Iraqi Turkmens

Formerly called Vyatka after river it lies on, this Russian city is known for colorful Dymkovo clay toys

This Australian city is 3,040 kilometres away from its state capital via the Great Northern Highway

Town and capital of the Musandam Governorate exclave of Oman

City in Hyōgo Prefecture or first name of famous basketballer that died tragically

This urban area is the fourth-largest in Iran and lies close to Tehran