100 Cities by Letter - U

Town in Komi republic located on an eponymous river

City in western Paraná known as "The Capital of Friendship"

Birthplace of Vladimir Lenin, and is Russia's only UNESCO City of Literature

This city near Gqeberha was renamed as Kariega, and has the biggest car factory in Africa (Volkswagen)

Roadside attraction / tourist trap on Route 66 in Missouri, or the third largest planet in our solar system

Town in Irkutsk oblast on the Angara river, formerly home to a notorious gulag

Town in Geita region, located near the Lake Victoria Goldfields

Capital of East Kazakhstan region, with differing Kazakh and Russian names (use Russian for this quiz)

Fourth largest city in Sweden and ecclesiastical center of the country

Altdorf, where the story of William Tell allegedly begins, is the capital of this Swiss canton

City in Jammu and Kashmir union territory, and has importance for the Indian military

Large suburb of Seoul, famous for military history and mountains

City in Edo state and largest city in the Esanland cultural region

Notable district of Warsaw home to the largest agricultural university in Poland

Town in Anambra state and home to the Obuofor festival

The tragic 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting (largest in Texas state history) occurred in this town

Township in New Jersey home to the 1908-38 Self-Master Colony homeless housing experiment

Notable district of Madrid and home to Madrid's Chinatown

Capital of the Khorazm region and gateway city to Khiva (World Heritage Site)

Popular tourist destination in the Denpasar metropolitan area and home to the Moon of Pejeng (argest single-cast bronze kettle drum in the world)

Capital of the same-named southernmost municipality in Montenegro

Notable city in the Wellington metropolitan area, and close to the Remutaka Rail Trail

City in western Karnataka state, famous for a strictly vegetarian cuisine

I'm not sure what to write for this tiny town in northeastern Texas

Notable suburb north of Johor Bahru and home to an abandoned mall

Capital of Buryatia republic and endpoint of the Mongol Rally car rally

Twelfth largest city in Iowa, located in the Des Moines metropolitan area and home to the Olmsted Family Farmhouse

City in Rio Grande do Sul state located across the Uruguay river from Paso de los Libres (Corrientes province)

Municipality in western Minas Gerais state home to the Cave Gentile II archaeological site

Capital of a same-named province in Angola, formerly named as Carmona prior to independence from Portugal

Recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark, this city in the Brazilian Highlands is the seventh largest city in Minas Gerais state,

Municipality in Seville province with historical importance for flamenco and bullfighting

Capital of Västerbotten County, and home to a university where CRISPR gene editing was developed

Capital of Uvs province in western Mongolia, with a name meaning "Red Valley/Sand"

Famous, for its name, municipality in Pohnpei state (Fed. States of Micronesia)

Coldest capital city in the world by average yearly temperature, served by Chinggis Khaan International Airport

Located about halfway between Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro, in the Zona da Mata mesoregion

Capital of Akwa Ibom state and cultural hub for the Ibibio people

This city in Cross River state is an important city for the Yakurr people

Capital of Xinjiang autonomous region, and the closest urban area to a glacier in the world

Northernmost town in the U.S., formerly known as Barrow

Fourth largest city in the Netherlands, and home to the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition

De Facto capital of South Kivu province, located on the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika

Tenth most populous city in New York state and forms a metropolitan area with nearby Rome

Largest settlement in Wester Ross (area in the Scottish Highlands), sitting on Loch Broom

City in Illinois with a twin-city, Champaign

Component city in Pangasinan province, and is the only first class city in the province

City in Sindh province, home to an important Hindu pilgrimage during Maha Shivaratri

Suburb of Dallas home to Southern Methodist University

Capital of Abia state and longest serving capital of the short-lived Republic of Biafra

Sixth largest city in Baden-Württemberg state, home to the second tallest church in the world

City in Primorsky Krai on the Razdolnaya/Suifen river

Notable suburb of Kanpur known for its leather, Zardozi and chemical industries

World's southernmost city, and capital of Tierra del Fuego province

Tiny Scottish village on Isle of Skye where ferries to the Outer Hebrides leave

Unincorporated area within the San Fernando Valley home to a famous television and film studio complex and theme park

Capital of Tochigi prefecture, famous for its gyōza dumplings

City in Nagano prefecture, home to an eponymous castle

Capital of Bashkortostan republic, founded by Ivan the Terrible

Located in Thane district, this city is home to a notable Sindhi Hindu community

Capital of Zlatibor district (Šumadija and Western Serbia region), located on the Đetinja river

Yellowcake boomtown in northern Saskatchewan province that has had massive population loss since 1982

Coastal municipality in São Paulo state within Serra do Mar State Park

Town on a remote volcanic South Korean island (disputed with North Korea)

Sixth most populous municipality in Pennsylvania state and home to the famous Tower Theater

"Major" town on the Aleutian Islands located on a same-named island

This New Jersey city is the most densely populated city (>50k, as of 2010) in the U.S.

Name one of two districts in Istanbul with a population over 500,000

Notable city in Cherkasy oblast and home to the famous Sofiyivka Park complex

This city in eastern Isan is famous for its annual Candle Festival

Capital of a same-named province in Thailand near the Myanmar border

City in North Rhine-Westphalia state and home of the world's only art museum dedicated only to Light art

Second largest city in Michoacán state, and is important for avacados

City in northern Bolívar state close to Ciudad Guayana

Located in northwestern Czechia near the German border, this city is home to the famous Střekov Castle

Fifth largest city in El Salvador and capital of a same-named department

Second largest city in Kyoto prefecture, home to Tsuen Tea (oldest tea shop in Japan)

City in Chiba prefecture home to Tokyo Disney Resort

City in the eastern Aegean region famous for its carpets

Second largest city in Qassim province/region

Capital of a same-named province in Thailand, with a name meaning "port of the north"

Largest city in the Triângulo Mineiro region, and the largest city in Minas Gerais outside of the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area

"???, WTF" in slang, or a tiny town on the Sudan-C.A.R. border in South Darfur state

City in southern Rajasthan state famous for its 5 artificial lakes

Coastal town in Ordu province famous for hazelnuts

City in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and host of a few famous East Asian film/cinema festivals

Lies at the mouth of the Kamchatka river - literally

Capital of Semarang kabupaten in Central Java province, and near an eponymous stratovolcano

City in the Inland Empire previously known as North Ontario

Prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, where the world's shortest mobile man is from

Town in Northern Cape province located on the Orange river, and site of a 1985 incident - "The ___ 26"

City in Ibaraki prefecture, located south of Lake Kasumigaura

Fifth largest city in Madhya Pradesh state, famous for Kumbh Mela every 12 years

Iraqi port city home to the former U.S. military base, Camp Bucca

Combine the capital of Mongolia and capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region

City in Yamaguchi prefecture located on the Seto Inland Sea

Town in Delta state and cultural hub for the Urhobos peoples

Located just north of Busan, this city has the world's largest automobile assembly plant (Hyundai)

Capital of Zakarpattia oblast, located on the Ukraine-Slovakia border

Sixth largest city in Thailand, located in northern Isan