Global City Guide

Tokyo is Japan's capital and one of the world's largest metr…

Osaka is Japan's third-largest city, famed for its food scen…

Seoul is South Korea's capital and center of K-pop and tech.…

Singapore is Southeast Asia's premier international financia…

Bangkok offers one of Southeast Asia's lowest costs of livin…

Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia's capital and a multicultural melti…

Hong Kong has some of the world's highest property prices an…

Shanghai is China's most international city with a large int…

Taipei is Taiwan's capital, blending Chinese heritage with a…

Beijing is China's capital and political-cultural center, ho…

Shenzhen is China's tech innovation capital, bordering Hong …

Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is Vietnam's largest city…

Jakarta is Indonesia's capital (in process of relocation), S…

Hanoi is Vietnam's capital, retaining rich historical charac…

Yokohama is Japan’s second-largest city and the capital of K…

Nagoya is Japan’s fourth-largest city and the capital of Aic…

Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido and the largest city in n…

Fukuoka is the largest city in Kyushu and the capital of Fuk…

Kobe is the capital of Hyogo and a major Kansai port city — …

Kyoto is Japan’s thousand-year ancient capital and cultural …

Kawasaki lies between Tokyo and Yokohama as an industrial an…

Saitama City, the capital of Saitama Prefecture, was formed …

Hiroshima is the largest city in the Chugoku (western) regio…

Sendai is the largest city in the Tohoku region and the capi…

Chiba City, the capital of Chiba Prefecture, sits on the eas…

Kitakyushu sits at the northern tip of Kyushu by the Kanmon …

Sakai, in southern Osaka Prefecture on Osaka Bay, is the sec…

Niigata City, the capital of Niigata Prefecture, is one of t…

Hamamatsu, in western Shizuoka by Lake Hamana, is Japan’s "c…

Kumamoto City, the capital of Kumamoto Prefecture, is the ce…

Sagamihara, a designated city in northern Kanagawa, is a res…

Okayama City, the capital of Okayama Prefecture, sits on the…

Shizuoka City, the capital of Shizuoka Prefecture, lies betw…

Kagoshima City, the capital of Kagoshima Prefecture, sits at…

Hachioji is the largest city in western Tokyo — the core of …

Himeji, in southwestern Hyogo, is the central city of the Ha…

Matsuyama, the capital of Ehime Prefecture and the largest c…

Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture, lies about 10…

Matsudo, in the northwestern corner of Chiba on the east ban…

Nagasaki City, the capital of Nagasaki Prefecture, is a port…

Kanazawa City, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, lies on t…

Naha City, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, sits in the so…

Guangzhou is the gateway to South China and a thousand-year-…

Chengdu is the hub of Southwest China and a leading "new fir…

Chongqing is a direct-controlled municipality in Southwest C…

Tianjin is a direct-controlled municipality in North China a…

Wuhan is Hubei’s capital and the largest city of Central Chi…

Xi’an is Shaanxi’s capital and a thirteen-dynasty ancient ca…

Hangzhou is Zhejiang’s capital and an e-commerce powerhouse,…

Suzhou is a Jiangnan garden city and manufacturing hub next …

Nanjing is Jiangsu’s capital and a six-dynasty ancient capit…

Zhengzhou is Henan’s capital and the core of the Central Pla…

Jinan is Shandong’s capital and the "City of Springs," famed…

Qingdao is an open coastal city in Shandong and a famed seas…

Dalian is the Northeast’s largest coastal port city, cool an…

Shenyang is Liaoning’s capital and the Northeast’s largest c…

Changsha is Hunan’s capital and a media-and-entertainment hu…

Xiamen is a coastal SEZ in Fujian and a garden city — mild, …

Kunming is Yunnan’s capital and the "Spring City," mild year…

Harbin is Heilongjiang’s capital and the hub of the northern…

Fuzhou is Fujian’s capital and a historic city, the "Banyan …

Wuxi is a manufacturing city on Lake Tai in southern Jiangsu…

Ningbo is a port and foreign-trade powerhouse in eastern Zhe…

Hefei is Anhui’s capital and a fast-rising innovation city; …

Nanchang is Jiangxi’s capital and the "Heroic City" where th…

Changchun is Jilin’s capital and the cradle of China’s auto …

Shijiazhuang is Hebei’s capital and a key node of the Jing-J…

Taiyuan is Shanxi’s capital and a historic city at the heart…

Guiyang is Guizhou’s capital and "China’s Data Valley," a bi…

Nanning is Guangxi’s capital and the "Green City," a gateway…

Lanzhou is Gansu’s capital and a key center of Northwest Chi…

Urumqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regi…

Haikou is Hainan’s capital and a tropical seaport, the core …

Sanya, at the southern tip of Hainan Island, is China’s prem…

Dongguan sits between Guangzhou and Shenzhen as a manufactur…

Foshan adjoins Guangzhou with deep "same-city" integration a…

Zhuhai is an SEZ and seaside garden city on the west bank of…

Wenzhou, on the coast of southern Zhejiang, is the birthplac…

Quanzhou has long led Fujian in economic output and is the s…

Shantou, on the eastern Guangdong coast, is an SEZ and famou…

Linyi, in southern Shandong, is a populous commerce-and-logi…

Weifang, in the central Shandong Peninsula, is the "World Ki…

Zibo, in central Shandong, is the cradle of Qi culture (Linz…

Yantai, on the eastern Shandong Peninsula, is a livable seas…

Tangshan, in eastern Hebei on the Bohai Bay, is a cradle of …

Baoding, in central Hebei at the heart of the Jing-Jin-Ji re…

Handan, in southern Hebei where Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and …

Luoyang, in western Henan, is a thirteen-dynasty ancient cap…

Nanyang, in southwestern Henan, is a historic city (home of …

Xinxiang, in northern Henan on the north bank of the Yellow …

Yangzhou is a Grand Canal city in central Jiangsu, prosperou…

Xuzhou sits where Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui meet, t…

Changzhou, in southern Jiangsu on the Shanghai-Nanjing line,…

Nantong sits on the north bank of the Yangtze’s mouth, facin…

Lianyungang, at the northeastern tip of Jiangsu on the Yello…

Shaoxing is a water-town old city and historic-cultural city…

Taizhou, on Zhejiang’s southeast coast, is an important birt…

Jinhua, in central Zhejiang, administers Yiwu — the world’s …

Huzhou, on the south shore of Lake Tai, is the birthplace of…

Jiaxing, between Shanghai and Hangzhou at the heart of the Y…

Hohhot is the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regio…

Baotou is Inner Mongolia’s largest industrial city, the "Ste…

Ordos, in southwestern Inner Mongolia within the Yellow Rive…

Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region…

Xining is Qinghai’s capital and the gateway to the Qinghai-T…

Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region and a ho…

Mianyang, in northwestern Sichuan, is the province’s second …

Yibin, in southern Sichuan where the Jinsha and Min rivers f…

Nanchong, in northeastern Sichuan on the middle Jialing Rive…

Luzhou, in southern Sichuan where the Yangtze meets the Tuo …

Zunyi, in northern Guizhou, is a famous revolutionary-cultur…

Dali, in western Yunnan, is the seat of the Dali Bai Autonom…

Lijiang, in northwestern Yunnan, is world-famous for its Old…

Guilin, in northeastern Guangxi, is globally famous for kars…

Liuzhou, in north-central Guangxi with the Liu River running…

Beihai, at the southern tip of Guangxi on the Beibu Gulf, is…

Weihai, at the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula and…

Jining, in southwestern Shandong, is the birthplace of Confu…

Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong by the Grand Canal, is a tr…

Cangzhou, in southeastern Hebei on the Bohai Sea, combines t…

Langfang, in central Hebei between Beijing and Tianjin, is a…

Qinhuangdao, in northeastern Hebei on the Bohai Sea, is a fa…

Datong, in northern Shanxi where Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mon…

Anshan, in central Liaoning, is a famous steel city; Ansteel…

Jilin City, in central Jilin on the Songhua River, is the pr…

Daqing, on the Songnen Plain of western Heilongjiang, is Chi…

Wuhu, in southeastern Anhui on the south bank of the Yangtze…

Ganzhou, in southern Jiangxi, is the regional center of sout…

Jiujiang, in northern Jiangxi where the Yangtze meets Poyang…

Xiangyang, in northwestern Hubei on the middle Han River, is…

Yichang, in western Hubei on the upper-middle Yangtze, is ho…

Zhuzhou, in eastern Hunan on the Xiang River, is an importan…

Hengyang, in southern Hunan on the middle Xiang River, is th…

Yueyang, in northern Hunan where Dongting Lake meets the Yan…

Zhanjiang, on the Leizhou Peninsula at Guangdong’s southwest…

Maoming, in western Guangdong, is a major South-China petroc…

Jiangmen, in the western Pearl River Delta, is a famous over…

Huizhou, on the east bank of the Pearl River Delta next to S…

Zhongshan, on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta, is the…

Jurong is western Singapore’s industry and emerging second C…

Tampines is a regional center in eastern Singapore — a matur…

Woodlands is northern Singapore’s gateway and a regional cen…

Punggol is Singapore’s next-generation waterfront smart town…

Chiang Mai is northern Thailand’s cultural capital and a glo…

Phuket is an Andaman Sea resort island and Thailand’s intern…

Pattaya is a beach-resort and convention city southeast of B…

Nonthaburi is a satellite city in the northern Bangkok metro…

Khon Kaen is a regional center and university city (Khon Kae…

George Town is the capital of Penang and a World Heritage ol…

Johor Bahru is southern Malaysia’s gateway and capital of Jo…

Ipoh is the capital of Perak and a tin-mining heritage city …

Kuching is the capital of Sarawak on Borneo — "Cat City," wi…

Kota Kinabalu is the capital of Sabah on Borneo — a gateway …

Malacca is a historic Strait-of-Malacca city (World Heritage…

Da Nang is a central coastal tech and tourism city in Vietna…

Hai Phong is northern Vietnam’s largest port and industrial …

Can Tho is the central and largest city of the Mekong Delta …

Nha Trang is a south-central bay resort city in Vietnam — fa…

Hue is the former imperial capital of the Nguyen dynasty (th…

Surabaya is Indonesia’s second city and largest eastern port…

Bandung is a highland "flower city" in West Java — cooler (h…

Medan is Sumatra’s largest city and gateway, capital of Nort…

Denpasar is the capital and gateway of Bali — the core of a …

Semarang is the capital and port of Central Java — a well-pr…

Makassar is eastern Indonesia’s largest city and gateway, ca…

Ankara is Turkey’s capital and political-administrative cent…

Izmir is the largest Aegean port and Turkey’s third city — a…

Bursa is the first Ottoman capital and Turkey’s fourth city …

Antalya is the Mediterranean "Turkish Riviera" tourism capit…

Adana is a southern agriculture and industry center — a larg…

Gaziantep is a southeastern industry and culinary capital (a…

Konya is a historic religious city of central Anatolia — the…

Busan is South Korea’s second city and largest port — famed …

Incheon is the western gateway of the Seoul metro and Korea’…

Daegu is a third-largest inland city in southeastern Korea —…

Daejeon is South Korea’s "science city" — the Daedeok resear…

Gwangju is the largest city in southwestern Korea — a city o…

Suwon is the capital of Gyeonggi Province and a large city i…

Ulsan is South Korea’s industrial capital and highest-GDP-pe…

Jeju is South Korea’s largest volcanic island and resort (Ha…

Manama is the capital of Bahrain. A full city guide is in pr…

Muscat is the capital of Oman. A full city guide is in progr…

Amman is the capital of Jordan. A full city guide is in prog…

Beirut is the capital of Lebanon. A full city guide is in pr…

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq. A full city guide is in prog…

Tehran is the capital of Iran. A full city guide is in progr…

New Delhi is the capital of India. A full city guide is in p…

Manila is the capital of Philippines. A full city guide is i…

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan. A full city guide is i…

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. A full city guide is in …

Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. A full city guide …

Naypyidaw is the capital of Myanmar. A full city guide is in…

Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia. A full city guide is …

Vientiane is the capital of Laos. A full city guide is in pr…

Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of Brunei. A full city gu…

Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia. A full city guide is…

Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal. A full city guide is in p…

Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia. A full city guide is in p…

Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan. A full city guide is in p…

Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. A full city guide is in…

Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan. A full city guide is …

London is Europe's largest financial center with a very acti…

Paris is France's capital and the world's capital of fashion…

Berlin is one of Western Europe's most affordable major citi…

Munich is Germany's highest living standard city, home to wo…

Amsterdam is the Dutch capital and one of Europe's leading t…

Lisbon is Portugal's capital and has become one of Europe's …

Madrid is Spain's capital and one of Europe's largest cities…

Zurich is Switzerland's largest city and financial hub, cons…

Istanbul straddles Europe and Asia, serving as Turkey's larg…

Lyon is France’s second metro area and a historic city (the …

Marseille is France’s largest port and second city — a Medit…

Toulouse is Europe’s aerospace capital (Airbus HQ, the Cité …

Nice is the tourism, convention and lifestyle capital of the…

Nantes is the largest city in western France and capital of …

Bordeaux is the world’s wine capital and capital of Nouvelle…

Lille is the largest city and gateway of northern France, ne…

Strasbourg is the seat of the European Parliament and the Co…

Montpellier is one of the fastest-growing cities on southern…

Rennes is the capital of Brittany and one of western France’…

Manchester is the largest metro in northern England and the …

Birmingham is the UK’s second city and the core of the West …

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and the UK’s second fin…

Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city and a capital of culture …

Bristol is the largest city in southwest England and a capit…

Leeds is the largest city in Yorkshire and a northern center…

Liverpool is a historic port and music city in northwest Eng…

Cambridge is a world-top university city (the University of …

Oxford is a world-top university city (the University of Oxf…

Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales — from a co…

Hamburg is Germany’s second city and largest port — a major …

Frankfurt is Europe’s financial capital — home of the ECB an…

Cologne is Germany’s fourth city and a historic Rhine city —…

Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Württemberg and Germany’s …

Düsseldorf is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia and the …

Leipzig is one of eastern Germany’s fastest-growing cities —…

Dresden is the capital of Saxony and a baroque capital on th…

Hanover is the capital of Lower Saxony and home to one of th…

Nuremberg is the largest city in northern Bavaria and a hist…

Bremen is a port and aerospace city in northwest Germany (Ai…

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and a Mediterranean de…

Valencia is Spain’s third city and the birthplace of paella …

Seville is the capital of Andalusia and the largest city in …

Bilbao is the largest city in the Basque Country and an indu…

Málaga is the gateway to the Costa del Sol and Picasso’s bir…

Zaragoza is the capital of Aragon and Spain’s fifth city — b…

Palma is the capital of the Balearic Islands and the gateway…

Geneva is a world capital of international organizations — t…

Basel is Switzerland’s pharma and life-sciences capital — No…

Bern is Switzerland’s federal capital — seat of the federal …

Lausanne is home of the IOC — the "Olympic Capital," a unive…

Lugano is the largest city in Italian-speaking Switzerland a…

Porto is Portugal’s second city and northern gateway — the h…

Braga is a historic and religious city in northern Portugal …

Coimbra is Portugal’s oldest university city — the Universit…

Faro is the capital and gateway of the Algarve — the adminis…

Funchal is the capital of the Atlantic Madeira archipelago —…

Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port and the Netherlands’ seco…

The Hague is the seat of the Dutch government, parliament an…

Utrecht sits at the geographic heart of the Netherlands — th…

Eindhoven is the Netherlands’ tech and innovation capital — …

Groningen is the largest city in the northern Netherlands an…

Oslo is Norway’s capital — a green, high-tech, high-welfare …

Bergen is Norway’s second city and the gateway to the fjords…

Trondheim is Norway’s tech and university city — NTNU and th…

Stavanger is Norway’s oil capital — Equinor’s HQ and an ener…

Tromsø is the gateway to the Arctic — a city of northern lig…

Copenhagen is Denmark’s capital — a city of bikes and design…

Aarhus is Denmark’s second city and a young university town …

Odense is Denmark’s third city and the birthplace of Hans Ch…

Aalborg is the largest city in northern Denmark and the cent…

Esbjerg is the largest port in western Denmark and an energy…

Helsinki is Finland’s capital — a Baltic design and tech cit…

Espoo is the second city of the Helsinki metro and Finland’s…

Tampere is Finland’s largest inland city and second metro — …

Vantaa is the third city of the Helsinki metro and home to H…

Turku is Finland’s oldest city and former capital — a histor…

Oulu is the largest city in northern Finland and a tech city…

Brussels is the seat of the EU and NATO — Europe’s political…

Antwerp is Europe’s second port and a global diamond-trading…

Ghent is a historic Flemish university city — a well-preserv…

Bruges is a well-preserved medieval canal town (its entire h…

Liège is one of the largest cities in Wallonia and a histori…

Athens is Greece’s capital and the cradle of Western civiliz…

Thessaloniki is Greece’s second city and northern gateway — …

Patras is Greece’s third city and western gateway — a port a…

Heraklion is the largest city and capital of Crete — home of…

Piraeus is Greece’s largest port and a Mediterranean shippin…

Rome is the capital of Italy. A full city guide is in progre…

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. A full city guide is in …

Dublin is the capital of Ireland. A full city guide is in pr…

Vienna is the capital of Austria. A full city guide is in pr…

Warsaw is the capital of Poland. A full city guide is in pro…

Prague is the capital of Czechia. A full city guide is in pr…

Bucharest is the capital of Romania. A full city guide is in…

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. A full city guide is in …

Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria. A full city guide is in pr…

Zagreb is the capital of Croatia. A full city guide is in pr…

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia. A full city guide is i…

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia. A full city guide is …

Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania. A full city guide is in…

Riga is the capital of Latvia. A full city guide is in progr…

Tallinn is the capital of Estonia. A full city guide is in p…

Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus. A full city guide is in pr…

Valletta is the capital of Malta. A full city guide is in pr…

Luxembourg City is the capital of Luxembourg. A full city gu…

Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland. A full city guide is in…

Belgrade is the capital of Serbia. A full city guide is in p…

Moscow is the capital of Russia. A full city guide is in pro…

Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine. A full city guide is in prog…

Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A full ci…

New York is the global financial capital with a massive Chin…

Toronto is Canada's largest city with the largest Chinese di…

Vancouver is called "Canada's Hong Kong"—over 30% of residen…

Los Angeles is the world's entertainment and creative indust…

Mexico City (CDMX) is Latin America's largest city and has b…

Chicago is the finance, trade and transport hub of the US Mi…

Houston is the fourth-largest US city and the energy capital…

Phoenix is the Valley of the Sun metro of the US Southwest a…

Philadelphia is a historic city of the US Northeast and the …

San Antonio is the second-largest city in Texas, famed for t…

San Diego is a coastal city in Southern California, famed fo…

Dallas (the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex) is a finance, tech …

San Jose is the core city of Silicon Valley and California’s…

Austin is the capital of Texas and a rising US tech hub — "S…

San Francisco is the tech-and-finance hub of the US West Coa…

Seattle is the tech-and-aerospace hub of the US Northwest — …

Boston is the education, healthcare and biotech center of th…

Washington, D.C. is the US capital and political center — ho…

Atlanta is the business, logistics and media center of the U…

Miami is the international finance, trade and tourism gatewa…

Denver is the gateway to the Rocky Mountains and the capital…

Minneapolis, with Saint Paul, forms the "Twin Cities" metro …

Detroit is the capital of the US auto industry (the "Motor C…

Portland is the largest city in Oregon in the US Northwest, …

Las Vegas is the entertainment and convention capital of the…

Orlando is the theme-park and tourism capital of central Flo…

Charlotte is the finance center of the US Southeast and the …

Sacramento is the capital of California and the political, a…

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and "Music City" — the…

Pittsburgh is the tech, education and healthcare center of w…

Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah and an economic center…

Kansas City straddles Missouri and Kansas and is a logistics…

Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii on the island of Oahu — a …

Montreal is Quebec’s largest city and North America’s French…

Calgary is Alberta’s largest city and Canada’s energy (oil a…

Edmonton is Alberta’s capital and the north’s energy, govern…

Ottawa is Canada’s capital, a bilingual city driven by gover…

Quebec City is the capital of Quebec and the only walled old…

Winnipeg is Manitoba’s capital and Central Canada’s "gateway…

Hamilton sits at the west end of Lake Ontario between Toront…

Kitchener, with Waterloo and Cambridge, forms the "Waterloo …

Halifax is Atlantic Canada’s largest city and Nova Scotia’s …

Victoria is the capital of British Columbia at the southern …

London, Ontario sits between Toronto and Detroit as the regi…

Saskatoon is Saskatchewan’s largest city, with the South Sas…

São Paulo is the largest metro in the Southern Hemisphere an…

Rio de Janeiro is Brazil’s culture and tourism capital — Cop…

Brasília is Brazil’s planned capital (Niemeyer’s modernist a…

Belo Horizonte is Brazil’s third metro and capital of Minas …

Salvador is Brazil’s first capital and a center of Afro-Braz…

Fortaleza is the largest coastal city of northeastern Brazil…

Curitiba is the capital of Paraná and a model of urban plann…

Porto Alegre is the southernmost major metro and capital of …

Recife is a tech port city of northeastern Brazil and capita…

Guadalajara is Mexico’s second metro and capital of Jalisco …

Monterrey is northern Mexico’s industry and business capital…

Puebla is a colonial historic city in central Mexico (its hi…

Cancún is a Caribbean resort and convention capital and the …

Tijuana is the largest US-Mexico border city, adjacent to Sa…

Querétaro is one of central Mexico’s fastest-growing and saf…

Mérida is the capital of Yucatán and one of Mexico’s safest …

Buenos Aires is Argentina’s capital and a Latin American cul…

Córdoba is Argentina’s second city and a university town (on…

Rosario is Argentina’s third city and a Paraná River port — …

Mendoza is Argentina’s wine capital (Malbec) — a tourism and…

La Plata is the capital of Buenos Aires Province — a 19th-ce…

Santiago is Chile’s capital and financial-political center —…

Valparaíso is Chile’s historic Pacific port (its old town is…

Concepción is the second metro of southern Chile and capital…

Viña del Mar is Chile’s "Garden City" and a Pacific beach re…

Antofagasta is northern Chile’s copper-mining capital and a …

Bogotá is Colombia’s capital and an Andean high-plateau metr…

Medellín is Colombia’s second city and capital of Antioquia …

Cali is Colombia’s third city and capital of Valle del Cauca…

Barranquilla is the largest industrial city on Colombia’s Ca…

Cartagena is a Caribbean colonial walled city in Colombia (i…

Lima is the capital of Peru. A full city guide is in progres…

Quito is the capital of Ecuador. A full city guide is in pro…

Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay. A full city guide is i…

Asunción is the capital of Paraguay. A full city guide is in…

Panama City is the capital of Panama. A full city guide is i…

Port-au-Prince is the capital of Haiti. A full city guide is…

Willemstad is the capital of Curaçao. A full city guide is i…

Sydney is Australia's largest city with over 550,000 Chinese…

Melbourne is Australia's second-largest city and perennially…

Auckland is New Zealand's largest city with one of the world…

Brisbane is the capital of Queensland and Australia’s third …

Perth is the capital of Western Australia and a mining-wealt…

Adelaide is the capital of South Australia — a neatly planne…

Canberra is Australia’s planned capital — a government, dipl…

The Gold Coast is Queensland’s surfing and theme-park resort…

Newcastle is the second city of New South Wales and the worl…

Hobart is the capital of Tasmania and Australia’s southernmo…

Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory and Australi…

Wellington is New Zealand’s capital — a city of government, …

Christchurch is the largest city on New Zealand’s South Isla…

Hamilton is the largest inland city on New Zealand’s North I…

Tauranga is one of New Zealand’s largest ports and fastest-g…

Dunedin is a Scottish-heritage university city in the south …

Dubai is the Middle East's largest international city with z…

Abu Dhabi is the UAE capital and largest emirate — backed by…

Sharjah is the UAE’s culture capital (a center of Islamic cu…

Ajman is the UAE’s smallest emirate — a low-cost residential…

Ras Al Khaimah is a mountain-and-sea emirate in the northern…

Al Ain is the inland "Garden City" of Abu Dhabi emirate — ho…

Doha is Qatar’s capital — natural-gas wealth, Al Jazeera and…

Al Rayyan is a large western suburb of Doha and Qatar’s seco…

Al Wakrah is a port city south of Doha — a traditional fishi…

Lusail is Qatar’s planned future smart city — site of the 20…

Al Khor is an oil-gas and fishing city in northern Qatar — o…

Riyadh is Saudi Arabia’s capital and political-financial cen…

Jeddah is a Red Sea gateway and Saudi Arabia’s largest port …

Mecca is Islam’s holiest city — home of the Grand Mosque and…

Medina is Islam’s second holiest city — home of the Prophet’…

Dammam is the oil-industry capital of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern…

Kuwait City is Kuwait’s capital and finance-oil center — a G…

Hawalli is a core residential and commercial district of met…

Al Ahmadi is Kuwait’s oil-industry city — the base of the Ku…

Salmiya is Kuwait’s seaside shopping and entertainment distr…

Jahra is an agricultural and historic city in western Kuwait…

Tel Aviv is Israel’s tech and finance capital — the heart of…

Jerusalem is a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam…

Haifa is northern Israel’s largest port and a tech and acade…

Beersheba is the capital of Israel’s southern Negev desert —…

Netanya is a Mediterranean beach-resort and diamond-cutting …

Cape Town is one of Africa's most beautiful cities, framed b…

Cairo is Egypt’s capital and the largest metro in the Arab w…

Alexandria is Egypt’s largest port and a historic Mediterran…

Giza is a large city on the west bank of the Nile in the Cai…

Sharm El Sheikh is a Red Sea diving and resort destination a…

Luxor sits on the site of ancient Thebes — the world’s large…

Johannesburg is South Africa’s largest city and economic-fin…

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