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Lists Of Cities In Asia
This is a list of cities in Asia by country. *List of cities in Afghanistan *List of cities in Armenia *List of cities in Azerbaijan *List of cities in Bahrain *List of cities and towns in Bangladesh *List of cities in Bhutan *List of cities and towns in Brunei *List of cities in Cambodia *List of cities in China *List of cities in Cyprus *List of cities, towns and villages in East Timor *List of cities in Georgia (country) *List of cities in Hong Kong *List of cities in India *List of cities in Indonesia *List of cities in Iran *List of cities in Iraq *List of cities in Israel *List of cities in Japan *List of cities in Jordan *List of cities in Kazakhstan *List of cities in North Korea *List of cities in South Korea *Districts of Kuwait *List of cities in Kyrgyzstan *List of cities in Laos *List of cities and towns in Lebanon *List of cities in Macau *List of cities in Malaysia *List of cities, towns and villages in the Maldives *List of cities in Mongolia *List of cities and la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Afghanistan
The only city in Afghanistan with over 1 million people is its capital, Kabul. The rest are smaller cities and towns. Demographics of Afghanistan, Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 36–50 million. Of this, 26% were reported to be living in urban areas and the rest in rural areas or the countryside. List The chart below shows 18 cities of Afghanistan with a population over 70,000, by order of population. Population estimates are from 2015. Ancient names Ancient names of places or cities in Afghanistan: Gallery File:Kabul, Afghanistan view.jpg , Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents File:Aerial view of a section of Kandahar in 2013.jpg , Kandahar is the second largest city and the former capital of Afghanistan. The city is located in southern Afghanistan. File: View of Herat in 2009.jpg , Herat is the third largest city and is located in western Afghanistan File: Mi-17 helicopter flies over the northern Afghan city-101113-N- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Israel
This article lists the 73 localities in Israel that the Ministry of Interior (Israel), Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a City council (Israel), city council. It excludes the 4 List of Israeli settlements with city status in the West Bank, Israeli settlements in the West Bank designated as cities, but Israeli occupation of the West Bank, occupied East Jerusalem is included within Jerusalem. The list is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Within Local government in Israel, Israel's system of local government, an urban municipality can be granted a city council by the Interior Ministry when its population exceeds 20,000. The term "city" does not generally refer to Local council (Israel), local councils or urban agglomerations, even though a defined city often contains only a small portion of an urban area or metropolitan area's population. List As for 2022, Israel has 18 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jeru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Mongolia
This list includes City, cities in Mongolia of more than 7,500 inhabitants. The results are from the census of January 5, 2000 as well as from a population estimation for the end of 2008. If 2008 year data was not accessible, the closest and most reliable data was used and noted by an index. The population for previous years show the historical significance of population growth and urbanisation throughout Mongolia. Population data The higher level administrative unit is the Aimags of Mongolia, aimag, except for Ulaanbaatar which administers its own federal district (Nalaikh and Baganuur are administered by Ulaanbaatar). The numbers of inhabitants relate to the cities proper without surrounding districts. Colour key: * Salmon cells indicate that the population has declined or experienced minimal (<1%) growth. * Light green cells indicate a growth between 1-2%. * Dark green cells indicate a growth of greater than or equal to 2%. Notes: See also *History o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities, Towns And Villages In The Maldives
Out of 1,192 islands of the Maldives, 187 are inhabited. They are listed by administrative division/atoll. The islands are divided into: *Inhabited islands - those officially recognized as towns, villages, fishing, and farming communities with permanent human habitation. They all have an island office and island chiefs (councilor and ''"katheeb"''). *Uninhabited islands - islands with no permanent human habitations. They are sometimes used for agricultural and industrial purposes, and more recently as tourist resorts and picnic islands. Some of these islands are valuable breeding grounds for various species of seabirds and sea turtles. *Disappeared islands - islands which during recorded history, have been completely eroded away, claimed by the sea due to the sea level rise or assimilated by other islands. Some of these islands were previously inhabited and have been important in the history of the country. Some natural atolls are named after them (islands of ''Thiladhoo'' and ''Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Malaysia
In Malaysia, cities (Malay language, Malay: ''bandaraya'') are officially designated under the governance of city councils (Malay language, Malay: ''Majlis bandaraya''), although there are several exceptions. , 20 areas in the country are officially termed cities by law. Among them, 16 are from Peninsular Malaysia, while 3 are from East Malaysia. George Town, Penang, George Town, the capital city of Penang, was declared a city on 1 January 1957 by Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, making it the first city in the country, and the only city declared before Malayan Independence, Malayan independence. George Town remained the sole city of Federation of Malaya, Malaya until 1963, when Singapore was formally incorporated into Malaysia. However, Singapore's expulsion in 1965 meant that George Town would remain Malaysia's only city until Kuala Lumpur's declaration as a city in 1972, by Abdul Halim of Kedah, the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. In 1988, Kuching was chartered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Macau
By the end of Portuguese rule, Macau was administratively divided into two municipalities: Macau and Ilhas, and seven civil parishes (). Parishes were administrative subdivisions of the municipalities. After the 1999 transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China, municipalities were formally abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No. 17/2001. Since the abolition of the municipalities, parishes are still officially recognized divisions but for symbolic reasons only, while some of the municipal services are now handled by the Municipal Affairs Bureau. Parishes Prior to the dissolution of the municipalities in 2001, the first five parishes listed in the table below fell under the Municipality of Macau while the remaining two fell under the Municipality of Ilhas, totalling to seven parishes. The parishes of Nossa Senhora do Carmo and São Francisco Xavier are coterminous with the natural borders of the islands of Taipa and Coloane, respectively. Former municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Lebanon
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Laos
This is a list of cities in Laos, a country in Asia. Towns and cities Gallery File:ตานกมอง - เวียงจันทน์.jpg, Vientiane File:Champasak Pakse8 tango7174.jpg, Pakse File:Savannakhet1.JPG, Savannakhet File:Luang Prabang pano Wikimedia Commons.jpg, Luang Prabang File:View of Thakhek and Mountains.jpg, Thakhek See also * Provinces of Laos * Districts of Laos References External links {{Asia topic, List of cities in Laos, List of cities in Cities Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ... simple:List of cities in Laos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Kyrgyzstan ...
This is a list of the 32 official cities (, ) in Kyrgyzstan. In addition, there are 12 smaller urban-type settlements (, ) in Kyrgyzstan. List There are three types of cities: #cities of republican significance #cities of regional significance #cities of district significance Gallery File:Bischkek.jpg, Bishkek, Capital of Kyrgyzstan File:Osh 03-2016 img28 view from Sulayman Mountain.jpg, Osh File:Jalalabad 1.jpg, Jalal-Abad File:Karakol cathedral.jpg, Karakol References External linksAssociation of cities of Kyrgyz Republic {{DEFAULTSORT:Cities in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, List of cities in Cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Kuwait
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. Etymology The word "district" in English is a loan word from French. It comes from Medieval Latin districtus–"exercising of justice, restraining of offenders". The earliest known English-language usage dates to 1611, in the work of lexicographer Randle Cotgrave. By country or territory Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In South Korea
The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces. Seoul, the largest city and capital, is classified as a ''teukbyeolsi'' (List of special cities of South Korea#Position in hierarchy and types, Special City), while the next six-largest cities are classified as ''gwangyeoksi'' (Metropolitan Cities). Smaller cities are classified as ''si'' ("cities") and are under provincial jurisdiction, at the same level as counties. City status Article 10 of the Local Autonomy Act defines the standards under which a populated area may become a city: an area which is predominantly urban area, urbanised and has a population of at least 50,000; a which has an urbanised area with a population of at least 50,000; or a which has a total population of at least 150,000 and multiple urbanised areas each with a population of at least 20,000. An English translation is available from the Korea Legislative Research Institute, but is out of date: Article 7 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In North Korea
The important cities of North Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. Pyongyang, the largest city and capital, is classified as a chikhalsi (capital city), while three cities (see the list below) are classified as t'ŭkpyŏlsi (special city). Other cities are classified as si (city) and are under provincial jurisdiction, at the same level as counties (see Administrative divisions of North Korea). List ;Notes: * All population figures come from the 2008 North Korean census. * Several former special cities have been re-merged with their provinces, including Chongjin, Hamhung and Kaesong. * Rason was annexed into North Hamgyong Province in 2004, but was later promoted back to special city in 2010 to help manage it for foreign investment. * Chosŏn'gŭl has replaced Hancha; Hancha has not been officially used in North Korea since the 1950s. (Note: foundation dates are the dates the cities were legally founded as their current status by the North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
