100 Cities by Letter - V

Largest city in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, and home to the longest pleasure beach in the world

Historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, and namesake of an ice piedmont in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

Fourth largest city in Belarus and host of the Slavic Bazaar music festival

Capital of Presidente Hayes department, and sister city with Fremont (OH)

Notable borough of Mexico City and home to Mexico City International Airport

Second largest city in Guatemala department, located on Lake Amatitlán's north shore

The National Congress of Chile is set in this important Chilean port city

This town in Valais canton is home to the largest ski area located entirely within Switzerland

Coal-mining city in Komi republic, holding the record for the coldest temperature recorded by a European city (-61 F)

Municipality in Şanlıurfa province important for Turkey's cotton industry

Third largest city in Bulgaria, and houses the world's oldest processed gold

Fifth largest city in the San Joaquin Valley and closest major city to Mount Whitney

Fourth largest city in Chile and is a twin city with Valparaíso

Goan (state) city named after a famous Portuguese explorer

Second largest city in Mauritius, home to one of Mauritius' oldest Hindu temples.

Notable city in the Toronto metropolitan area and home to Canada's Wonderland amusement park

Seat of a same-named county in northeastern Romania and historically important for the Moldavia region

Capital of Labuan federal territory and named after a British monarch

City near Montana home to Ledenika cave and Vrachanska Skaklya (highest waterfall in the Balkans)

Capital of a same-named Portuguese district, home to the Grão Vasco Museum

Largest city in British Columbia province and host to the 2010 Winter Olympics

Capital of Espírito Santo state with Brazil's largest port complex (Port of ___ and Tubarão)

Capital of Tabasco state and home to the La Venta archaeological site

Second largest city in Andhra Pradesh state, located on the Krishna river

Seventh largest city in North Macedonia, and located on the Vardar (Axios) river

City in Rio de Janeiro state named for its layout around the Paraíba do Sul river

Capital of Västmanland county and located on the shores of Lake Mälaren

City in northern Tamil Nadu and site of the first instance of a large-scale and violent mutiny by Indian sepoys against the East India Company (1806)

City in Central Department that was the only Paraguayan colony inhabited by Swedish people

City in Meuse department and site of the longest battle in modern history (during World War I)

Largest municipality in the Porto Alegre metropolitan region and located near Itapuã State Park

Rapidly growing coastal town in Inhambane province, and gateway to the Bazaruto archipelago

Forms a metropolitan area with Padua and Treviso, and home to the Grand Canal

City in Pontevedra province where the 1702 Battle of Rande occurred

Famous suburb of Athens named after Lord Byron

This town is home to the largest ski mountain in Colorado state, and located in the White River National Forest

Capital of a same-named northwestern Russian oblast, and the former center of Ivan the Terrible's personal demesne

Coastal municipality part of the Greater Vitória Metropolitan Area, and home of the Penha Convent

City in Veneto region and home to the Palladian villas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Capital of Primorsky krai and eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Twelfth largest city in South Dakota state, and home to the University of South Dakota

This city in Gujarat state is famous for its abundance of banyan trees

Second largest city in Carinthia state, and located in the Gailtal Alps

City in Rostov oblast on the shores of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir

This African world capital is home to a famous botanical gardens, Eden Island, and Arulmigu Navasakti Vinayagar Hindu Temple

City in Volgograd oblast important industrially, and is twinned with two Cleveland suburbs

Patuxai and Pha That Luang are famous sites in this world capital on the Mekong

Largest town in Taita–Taveta county, with historical importance for the Ugandan Railway

Vietnam abolished two "V" cities with a population of over 150,000 in 2025. Name either one

City in Gauteng province named after Hendrik van der Bijl

City in Trujillo state and gateway to Venezuela's Andean region

Schaan is the largest municipality in this small European country, not this capital city

City in Negros Occidental province, home to the Angry Christ Church (Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church)

Capital of a same-named oblast in southwestern Russia, and hub of the Central Black Earth Region

This coastal city in Gujarat state is also known as Somnath, and is an important Hindu pilgrimage site

The composers Mozart, Schoenberg, and Schubert all called this largest city on the Danube, home

Third largest city in Bahia state and birthplace of acclaimed filmmaker Glauber Rocha

Capital of the same-named most northwestern Bulgarian province, near the famous town Belogradchik

Southernmost village in Iceland and home to a famous "black sand beach"

Third largest city in Venezuela or Spain

Major suburb of Helsinki that is currently Finland's most unsafe city

Capital of a same-named Ukrainian oblast, and largest city in the Podolia historical region

If you know the largest city in the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland, you'll easily get this Buenos Aires neighborhood - "Villa ___"

This city on the Ganges river in Uttar Pradesh is important for Hindus, and is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities

Suburb of Los Angeles and the largest neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley

Capital of North Ossetia–Alania republic and on the Terek river, home to the famous Mukhtarov Mosque

Frédéric Chopin (mid) and George Sand famously lived in this small town on Mallorca island

This city in Minas Gerais is equidistant from Brazil's three largest cities (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte), and has an interesting history with UFOs

This city in Karnataka state was important historically to the Adil Shahi Dynasty (Sultanate of Bijapur)

Capital of a same-named Russian oblast near Moscow, home to the White Monuments of ___ and Suzdal (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

City in Mississippi state and was the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi river

Major port city in Mexico and hub for Son Jarocho music

Important Alaskan (state) port city notable for the 1964 Alaska Earthquake and Exxon ___ Oil Tanker Spill (1989)

City in Limburg province, which Gertruid Bolwater (allegedly) defended during a siege by Emperor Maximilian I

Third largest city in Armenia and capital of Lori province

Fourth largest city in Washington state, and part of the Portland metropolitan area

Bilingual (Finnish/Swedish) capital of Ostrobothnia region, formerly known as Nikolaistad

Third largest municipality in Portugal, and major suburb of Porto

Third largest city in Albania and capital of a same-named county

Europe's southernmost capital city and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Largest city (and capital) of and on a same-named Turkish province and lake respectively

Capital of Meta department, known as the "Gateway to the Llanos"

Capital of Kronoberg county and home to Linnaeus University

Largest city in Andhra Pradesh state, formerly known as Waltair

Capital of British Columbia province located on Vancouver island

Capital of Novgorod oblast and one of Russia's oldest cities

Suburb of Philadelphia home to a same-named university that won the 2016 and 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Championships

Second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area, and named the most diverse small town in America (2022)

City in Gauteng province and important for South Africa's manufacturing industry

California city that forms an urban area with Hesperia and Apple Valley

Popularly known as Pucela, this city is the de facto capital of Castile and León autonomous community

Commune in Yvelines department home to a world-famous Palace

Capital of Los Ríos region and hit by the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake

Largest city in Veneto region and setting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Largest Baltic city, and home to a UNESCO inscribed Old Town

This commune in Drôme department is known as France's "Gateway to the South"

The largest and bloodiest battle of World War II took place in this city, then known as Stalingrad

Capital of Cesar department lying in a valley between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá mountain ranges

St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel are located in this city

City on the Jutland peninsula, and Denmark's ninth largest city