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(6/6) Modest spelling/pronunciation changes for country names, like #Nauru to #Naoero, usually don't result in a change in #Chinese, which adopts foreign names by picking eloquent full-syllable symbols with loosely similar pronunciations, since it doesn't have individual letters.

#geography #toponymy #linguistics #languages #micronesia #geopolitics #world #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(6/6) Modest spelling/pronunciation changes for country names, like #Nauru to #Naoero, usually don't result in a change in #Chinese, which adopts foreign names by picking eloquent full-syllable symbols with loosely similar pronunciations, since it doesn't have individual letters.

#geography #toponymy #linguistics #languages #micronesia #geopolitics #world #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(6/6) Modest spelling/pronunciation changes for country names, like #Nauru to #Naoero, usually don't result in a change in #Chinese, which adopts foreign names by picking eloquent full-syllable symbols with loosely similar pronunciations, since it doesn't have individual letters.

#geography #toponymy #linguistics #languages #micronesia #geopolitics #world #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(6/6) Modest spelling/pronunciation changes for country names, like #Nauru to #Naoero, usually don't result in a change in #Chinese, which adopts foreign names by picking eloquent full-syllable symbols with loosely similar pronunciations, since it doesn't have individual letters.

#geography #toponymy #linguistics #languages #micronesia #geopolitics #world #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(5/6) #Nauru's change of official international name to #Naoero isn't just for English: Official name at #UnitedNations has also been changed in UN official languages #Spanish, #French, #Russia, and #Arabic (but not #Chinese - see below):

https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806

#linguistics #geography #international #politics #UnitedNations #langauges #toponymy

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(5/6) #Nauru's change of official international name to #Naoero isn't just for English: Official name at #UnitedNations has also been changed in UN official languages #Spanish, #French, #Russia, and #Arabic (but not #Chinese - see below):

https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806

#linguistics #geography #international #politics #UnitedNations #langauges #toponymy

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(5/6) #Nauru's change of official international name to #Naoero isn't just for English: Official name at #UnitedNations has also been changed in UN official languages #Spanish, #French, #Russia, and #Arabic (but not #Chinese - see below):

https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806

#linguistics #geography #international #politics #UnitedNations #langauges #toponymy

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(5/6) #Nauru's change of official international name to #Naoero isn't just for English: Official name at #UnitedNations has also been changed in UN official languages #Spanish, #French, #Russia, and #Arabic (but not #Chinese - see below):

https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806

#linguistics #geography #international #politics #UnitedNations #langauges #toponymy

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(4/6) Govt also announced that the country's 3-letter code is changing from NRU for " #Nauru" to NRO for " #Naoero". However, world authority on country codes #ISO hasn't yet published such a change (it's normal for this to take months): https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:NR

#geography #namechange #toponymy #standards #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(4/6) Govt also announced that the country's 3-letter code is changing from NRU for " #Nauru" to NRO for " #Naoero". However, world authority on country codes #ISO hasn't yet published such a change (it's normal for this to take months): https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:NR

#geography #namechange #toponymy #standards #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(4/6) Govt also announced that the country's 3-letter code is changing from NRU for " #Nauru" to NRO for " #Naoero". However, world authority on country codes #ISO hasn't yet published such a change (it's normal for this to take months): https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:NR

#geography #namechange #toponymy #standards #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(4/6) Govt also announced that the country's 3-letter code is changing from NRU for " #Nauru" to NRO for " #Naoero". However, world authority on country codes #ISO hasn't yet published such a change (it's normal for this to take months): https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:NR

#geography #namechange #toponymy #standards #international

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(3/6) UN web page says #Nauru "informed the United Nations" of name change to #Naoero on June 26 (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/naoero), but UN database seems to say it received notice July 6, for name change effective June 26 (https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806)

#geography #namechange #toponymy #geopolitics #unitednations #standards

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(3/6) UN web page says #Nauru "informed the United Nations" of name change to #Naoero on June 26 (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/naoero), but UN database seems to say it received notice July 6, for name change effective June 26 (https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806)

#geography #namechange #toponymy #geopolitics #unitednations #standards

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(3/6) UN web page says #Nauru "informed the United Nations" of name change to #Naoero on June 26 (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/naoero), but UN database seems to say it received notice July 6, for name change effective June 26 (https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806)

#geography #namechange #toponymy #geopolitics #unitednations #standards

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(3/6) UN web page says #Nauru "informed the United Nations" of name change to #Naoero on June 26 (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/naoero), but UN database seems to say it received notice July 6, for name change effective June 26 (https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/d9b9e1d7-f1fa-4b1d-a396-b686c5c27806)

#geography #namechange #toponymy #geopolitics #unitednations #standards

@geography @geopolitics @cartography

(1/6) Republic of #Nauru govt announces that change of country name to #Naoero is complete, after deciding no #referendum necessary after May 2026 constitutional amendment.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/836342/nauru-officially-changes-name-to-naoero-after-thoughtful-deliberation-bypassing-referendum

#geography #geopolitics #oceania #toponymy #namechange #microstates #micronesia #islands #pacific @geography @geopolitics @cartography

(1/6) Republic of #Nauru govt announces that change of country name to #Naoero is complete, after deciding no #referendum necessary after May 2026 constitutional amendment.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/836342/nauru-officially-changes-name-to-naoero-after-thoughtful-deliberation-bypassing-referendum

#geography #geopolitics #oceania #toponymy #namechange #microstates #micronesia #islands #pacific @geography @geopolitics @cartography

(1/6) Republic of #Nauru govt announces that change of country name to #Naoero is complete, after deciding no #referendum necessary after May 2026 constitutional amendment.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/836342/nauru-officially-changes-name-to-naoero-after-thoughtful-deliberation-bypassing-referendum

#geography #geopolitics #oceania #toponymy #namechange #microstates #micronesia #islands #pacific @geography @geopolitics @cartography

(1/6) Republic of #Nauru govt announces that change of country name to #Naoero is complete, after deciding no #referendum necessary after May 2026 constitutional amendment.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/836342/nauru-officially-changes-name-to-naoero-after-thoughtful-deliberation-bypassing-referendum

#geography #geopolitics #oceania #toponymy #namechange #microstates #micronesia #islands #pacific @geography @geopolitics @cartography

Now that #CaboVerde's #WorldCup run is complete, it's time you figured out why some people call it that and others call it "Cape Verde":

https://www.polgeonow.com/2014/01/icymi-cape-verdes-name-change.html (from 2014)

#CapeVerde #Fıfaworldcup #geography #toponymy #namechange #Portuguese #FIFA #sports #soccer #football #Africa #islands #FIFA2026 #fifa26 #worldcup26 #2026worldcup @geography @geopolitics

Now that #CaboVerde's #WorldCup run is complete, it's time you figured out why some people call it that and others call it "Cape Verde":

https://www.polgeonow.com/2014/01/icymi-cape-verdes-name-change.html (from 2014)

#CapeVerde #Fıfaworldcup #geography #toponymy #namechange #Portuguese #FIFA #sports #soccer #football #Africa #islands #FIFA2026 #fifa26 #worldcup26 #2026worldcup @geography @geopolitics

Now that #CaboVerde's #WorldCup run is complete, it's time you figured out why some people call it that and others call it "Cape Verde":

https://www.polgeonow.com/2014/01/icymi-cape-verdes-name-change.html (from 2014)

#CapeVerde #Fıfaworldcup #geography #toponymy #namechange #Portuguese #FIFA #sports #soccer #football #Africa #islands #FIFA2026 #fifa26 #worldcup26 #2026worldcup @geography @geopolitics

Now that #CaboVerde's #WorldCup run is complete, it's time you figured out why some people call it that and others call it "Cape Verde":

https://www.polgeonow.com/2014/01/icymi-cape-verdes-name-change.html (from 2014)

#CapeVerde #Fıfaworldcup #geography #toponymy #namechange #Portuguese #FIFA #sports #soccer #football #Africa #islands #FIFA2026 #fifa26 #worldcup26 #2026worldcup @geography @geopolitics

Abhainn, allt, uisge: Mar a tha a’ Ghàidhlig a’ sruthadh tron chruth-tire
River, stream, water: How Gaelic flows through the landscape
19 September, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free

Gaelic names for Scotland’s rivers & burns reveal reveal the spread of Gaelic across Scotland, & how medieval people understood their landscape

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-stream-water-how-gaelic-flows-through-the-landscape-tickets-1992814761597

#Scottish #Scotland #toponymy #placenames #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #medieval

Abhainn, allt, uisge: Mar a tha a’ Ghàidhlig a’ sruthadh tron chruth-tire
River, stream, water: How Gaelic flows through the landscape
19 September, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free

Gaelic names for Scotland’s rivers & burns reveal reveal the spread of Gaelic across Scotland, & how medieval people understood their landscape

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-stream-water-how-gaelic-flows-through-the-landscape-tickets-1992814761597

#Scottish #Scotland #toponymy #placenames #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #medieval

Abhainn, allt, uisge: Mar a tha a’ Ghàidhlig a’ sruthadh tron chruth-tire
River, stream, water: How Gaelic flows through the landscape
19 September, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free

Gaelic names for Scotland’s rivers & burns reveal reveal the spread of Gaelic across Scotland, & how medieval people understood their landscape

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-stream-water-how-gaelic-flows-through-the-landscape-tickets-1992814761597

#Scottish #Scotland #toponymy #placenames #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #medieval

Abhainn, allt, uisge: Mar a tha a’ Ghàidhlig a’ sruthadh tron chruth-tire
River, stream, water: How Gaelic flows through the landscape
19 September, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free

Gaelic names for Scotland’s rivers & burns reveal reveal the spread of Gaelic across Scotland, & how medieval people understood their landscape

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-stream-water-how-gaelic-flows-through-the-landscape-tickets-1992814761597

#Scottish #Scotland #toponymy #placenames #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #medieval

Hey Ottawans 👋

Do you know where I can find the origin of your street names? I want to know the story behind “Data Centre Rd” and “Tremblay Rd”
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Yo les Ottaviens•iennes 👋

Savez-vous où je peux trouver l’origine de votre toponymie? Je veux connaître l’histoire derrière « ch. Data Centre » et « ch. Tremblay »

#Ottawa #Toponymy #Toponymie

Hey Ottawans 👋

Do you know where I can find the origin of your street names? I want to know the story behind “Data Centre Rd” and “Tremblay Rd”
- - -
Yo les Ottaviens•iennes 👋

Savez-vous où je peux trouver l’origine de votre toponymie? Je veux connaître l’histoire derrière « ch. Data Centre » et « ch. Tremblay »

#Ottawa #Toponymy #Toponymie

Hey Ottawans 👋

Do you know where I can find the origin of your street names? I want to know the story behind “Data Centre Rd” and “Tremblay Rd”
- - -
Yo les Ottaviens•iennes 👋

Savez-vous où je peux trouver l’origine de votre toponymie? Je veux connaître l’histoire derrière « ch. Data Centre » et « ch. Tremblay »

#Ottawa #Toponymy #Toponymie

#1225 Adrian Room - Dictionary of British Place Names. Bookmart Limited, 1995, 1st paperback edition.

#AdrianRoom #BookmartLimited #PlaceNames #Toponymy #BookOfTheDay

#1225 Adrian Room - Dictionary of British Place Names. Bookmart Limited, 1995, 1st paperback edition.

#AdrianRoom #BookmartLimited #PlaceNames #Toponymy #BookOfTheDay

#1225 Adrian Room - Dictionary of British Place Names. Bookmart Limited, 1995, 1st paperback edition.

#AdrianRoom #BookmartLimited #PlaceNames #Toponymy #BookOfTheDay

#1201 P.A.S. Pool - The Field-Names of West Penwith. Author, Penzance, 1990, 1st edition.

#PASPool #PeterPool #Toponymy #PlaceNames #Penwith #Cornwall #Kernewek #BookOfTheDay

#1201 P.A.S. Pool - The Field-Names of West Penwith. Author, Penzance, 1990, 1st edition.

#PASPool #PeterPool #Toponymy #PlaceNames #Penwith #Cornwall #Kernewek #BookOfTheDay

#1201 P.A.S. Pool - The Field-Names of West Penwith. Author, Penzance, 1990, 1st edition.

#PASPool #PeterPool #Toponymy #PlaceNames #Penwith #Cornwall #Kernewek #BookOfTheDay

Our new article is now published in the Journal of Geography, Politics and Society. A small but telling case: how one signature on Air Force One turned “Gulf of Mexico” into “Gulf of America” — and a new headache for authors and editors, choosing between scientific facts and political pressure:

:doi: https://doi.org/10.26881/jpgs.2025.4.05

#GulfOfAmerica #AcademicFreedom #Toponymy #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceAndPolitics

Our new article is now published in the Journal of Geography, Politics and Society. A small but telling case: how one signature on Air Force One turned “Gulf of Mexico” into “Gulf of America” — and a new headache for authors and editors, choosing between scientific facts and political pressure:

:doi: https://doi.org/10.26881/jpgs.2025.4.05

#GulfOfAmerica #AcademicFreedom #Toponymy #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceAndPolitics

Our new article is now published in the Journal of Geography, Politics and Society. A small but telling case: how one signature on Air Force One turned “Gulf of Mexico” into “Gulf of America” — and a new headache for authors and editors, choosing between scientific facts and political pressure:

:doi: https://doi.org/10.26881/jpgs.2025.4.05

#GulfOfAmerica #AcademicFreedom #Toponymy #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceAndPolitics

#30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names 🌍

I mapped toponyms linked to medieval cope contracts: agreements that allowed settlers to drain and farm peatlands.

Names ending in ‑cop, ‑koop, or ‑kop all trace back to these "ontginningen". The naming tradition even spread to northern Germany and Poland.

#Cartography #Toponymy #GIS #History #Maps #QGIS

#30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names 🌍

I mapped toponyms linked to medieval cope contracts: agreements that allowed settlers to drain and farm peatlands.

Names ending in ‑cop, ‑koop, or ‑kop all trace back to these "ontginningen". The naming tradition even spread to northern Germany and Poland.

#Cartography #Toponymy #GIS #History #Maps #QGIS

#30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names 🌍

I mapped toponyms linked to medieval cope contracts: agreements that allowed settlers to drain and farm peatlands.

Names ending in ‑cop, ‑koop, or ‑kop all trace back to these "ontginningen". The naming tradition even spread to northern Germany and Poland.

#Cartography #Toponymy #GIS #History #Maps #QGIS

#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.

https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics

#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.

https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics

#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.

https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics

#ISO just updated its "country codes" database to spell "The Bahamas" with a capital T. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BS

The change comes at request of country's govt, made to #UnitedNations (UN) in April 2025: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/eaa3fead-a98e-4eb4-ae3b-5d0c7e167784

#TheBahamas #Bahamas #toponymy #the #geography #spelling #Caribbean @geography #placenames #names

#ISO just updated its "country codes" database to spell "The Bahamas" with a capital T. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BS

The change comes at request of country's govt, made to #UnitedNations (UN) in April 2025: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/eaa3fead-a98e-4eb4-ae3b-5d0c7e167784

#TheBahamas #Bahamas #toponymy #the #geography #spelling #Caribbean @geography #placenames #names

#ISO just updated its "country codes" database to spell "The Bahamas" with a capital T. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BS

The change comes at request of country's govt, made to #UnitedNations (UN) in April 2025: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/eaa3fead-a98e-4eb4-ae3b-5d0c7e167784

#TheBahamas #Bahamas #toponymy #the #geography #spelling #Caribbean @geography #placenames #names

How often does it happen that a place takes name from a company that occupies it? In #Warsaw, a whole city district of Ursus was named after a company that used to have a gigantic mechanical factory here, manufacturing tractors and other vehicles for about a hundred years. It had a few different names before that.

And yes, name comes from Latin "ursus", meaning bear.

#linguistics #toponymy

How often does it happen that a place takes name from a company that occupies it? In #Warsaw, a whole city district of Ursus was named after a company that used to have a gigantic mechanical factory here, manufacturing tractors and other vehicles for about a hundred years. It had a few different names before that.

And yes, name comes from Latin "ursus", meaning bear.

#linguistics #toponymy

How often does it happen that a place takes name from a company that occupies it? In #Warsaw, a whole city district of Ursus was named after a company that used to have a gigantic mechanical factory here, manufacturing tractors and other vehicles for about a hundred years. It had a few different names before that.

And yes, name comes from Latin "ursus", meaning bear.

#linguistics #toponymy

World’s largest “burg,” “burgh,” or “bourg” suffix cities – 2025 REW

By far the longest and most geographically diverse list to date identifies cities and towns of 10,000 residents or more whose name contains the suffix of “burg,” “burgh,” or “bourg.”  Cities/towns for four (4) continents are represented – Europe, North America, Africa, and Yekaterinburg, Russia, which is located east of the Ural Mountains and therefore is considered to be situated in Asia.

Given the number of places represented, it is somewhat surprising that variations of Middle(el)burg and New(Neu)burg lead the list with but four (4) examples each, followed by Petersburg and Pittsburg(h) with three (3) cities/towns each.

The updated list now includes the most recent population estimates (if known) and the new ranking for each city. Those that have changed position show the extent of the change in parenthesis. Since the original December 2019 post, the following cities have moved the most positions up or down on the list:

Upward:

1. Lichtenburg, South Africa +43
2. Fouriesburg, South Africa +30 (due to a numerical transposing error in 2019)
3. Lydenburg, South Africa +28
4. Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa +18
5. Rexburg, Idaho +15
6. Brownsburg, Indiana +12

Downward

1. Korneuburg, Austria -10
2. ( tie)Vicksburg, Mississippi and Ellensburg, Washington – 9 each

Peace!

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1. Johannesburg, South Africa = 5,635,127 (2019) > 6,444,580 (2025 est.) #1 in 2025
2. Saint Petersburg, Russia = 5,351,935 (2018 est.) > 5,597,340 (2025 est.) #2
3. Hamburg, Germany = 1,822,445 (2018) > 1,787,710 (2025 est.) #3
4. Yekaterinburg, Russia = 1,468,833 (2018 est.) > 1,537,000 (2025 est.)  #4
5. Rustenburg, South Africa = 626,522 (2016) > 607,955 (2025 est.) #5
6. Gothenburg, Sweden = 575,597 (2018) > 643,993 (2025 est.) #6
7. Orenburg, Russia = 564,773 (2018 est.) > 570,039 (2025 est.) #7
8. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK = 518,500 (2018) > 563,564 (2025 est.) #8
9. Duisburg, Germany = 498,590 (2018) > 528,993 (2025 est.) #10 (-1)
10. Randburg, South Africa = 337,053 (2011) — Now part of Johannesburg.**
11. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania = 301,048 (2018 est.) > 303,572 (2025 est.) #14 (-3)
12. Augsburg, Germany = 295,135 (2018) > 338,747 (2025 est.) #13 (-1)
13. Strasbourg, France = 279,284 (2016) > 489,811 (2025 est.) #11 (+2)
14. St. Petersburg, Florida = 265,098 (2018 est.) > 266, 411 (2025 est.) #16 (-2)
15. Boksburg, South Africa = 260,321 (2011) — Now part of Ekurhuleni.**
16. Magdeburg, Germany = 238,697 (2018) > 255,790 (2025 est.) #17 (-1)
17. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany = 230,241 (2018) > 274,408 (2025 est.) #15 (+2)
18. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa = 223,448 (2011) > 560,879 (2025 est.) #9 (+9)
19. Oldenburg, Germany = 163,210 (2018) > 181,461 (2025 est.) #18 (+1)
20. Salzburg, Austria = 153,377 (2018) > 152,675 (2025 est.) #21 (-1)
21. Sasolburg, South Africa = 153,038 (2011) > 179,425 (2025 est.) #19 (+2)
22. Regensburg, Germany = 152,610 (2018) > 174,014 (2025 est.) #20 (+2)
23. Würzburg, Germany = 127,880 (2018) > 126,325 (2025 est.) #24 (-1)
24. Wolfsburg, Germany = 124,151 (2018) > 134,809 (2025 est.) #23 (+1)
25. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg = 116,323 (2018) > 136,208 (2025) #22 (+3)
26. Rustenburg, South Africa = 104,612 (2011) (repeat)
27. Edinburg, Texas = 98,665 (2018 est.) > 109,191 (2025 est.) #25 (+2)
28. Ludwigsburg, Germany = 93,499 (2018) > 94,157 (2022 est.) #27 (+1)
29. Flensburg, Germany = 89,504 (2018) > 92,550 (2022 est.) #28 (+1)
30. Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa = 87,348 (2011) > 388,907 (2025 est.) #12 (+18)
31. Lynchburg, Virginia = 82,126 (2018 est.) > 79,905 (2025 est.) #30 (+1)
32. Marburg, Germany = 76,851 (2018) > 77,845 (2022 est.) #31 (+1)
33. Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany = 73,939 (2023 est.) – Thank you, Mike H.! #35 (-2)
34. Schaumburg, Illinois = 73,509 (2018 est.) > 73,970 (2025 est.) #34
35. Pittsburg, California = 72,437 (2018 est.) > 75,435 (2025 est.) #33 (+2)
36. Aschaffenburg, Germany = 70,527 (2018) > 72,918 (2025 est.) #36
37. Gaithersburg, Maryland = 68,289 (2018 est.) > 69,615 (2025 est.) #37
38. Neubrandenburg, Germany = 64,086 (2018) > 64,390 (2023 est.) #38
39. Offenburg, Germany = 59,646 (2018) > 61,670 (2022 est.) #39
40. Queensburgh, South Africa = 54,846 (2011) — no update #40
41. Harrisonburg, Virginia = 54,033 (2018 est.) > 50,666 (2025 est.) #42 (-1)
42. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania = 49,229 (2018 est.) > 49,957 (2025 est.) #43 (-1)
43. Middelburg, Netherlands = 48,265 (2017) > 48,964 (2021 est.) #44 (-1)
44. Hattiesburg, Mississippi = 45,951 (2018 est.) > 48,199 (2025 est.) #45 (-1)
45. Blacksburg, Virginia = 44,678 (2018 est.) > 45,972 (2025 est.) #47 (-2)
46. Oranienburg, Germany = 44,512 (2018) > 47,752 (2022 est.) #46
47. Siegburg, Germany = 41,463 (2018) > 42,274 (2023 est.) #48 (-1)
48. Coburg, Germany = 41,249 (2018) > 42,139 (2023 est.) #49 (-1)
49. Ficksburg, South Africa = 41,248 (2011) > 50,998 (2025 est.) #41 (+8)
50. Fitchburg, Massachusetts = 40,882 (2018 est.) > 41,515 (2025 est.) #50
51. Fribourg, Switzerland = 38,358 (2018) — no update #55 (-4)
52. Reynoldsburg, Ohio = 38,278 (2018 est.) > 41,333 (2025 est.) #51 (+1)
53. Neu-Isenburg, Germany = 37,668 (2018) > 39,287 (2022 est.) #54 (-1)
54. Papenburg, Germany = 37,579 (2018) > 38,556 (2022 est.) #55 (-1)
55. Lydenburg, South Africa = 37,258 (2011) > 94,059 (2025 est.) #27 (+28)
56. Spartanburg, South Carolina = 37,013 (2010) > 39,328 (2025 est.) #53 (+3)
57. Cloppenburg,Germany = 34,913 (2018) > 37,056 (2022 est.) #56 (+1)
58. Merseburg, Germany = 34,080 (2018) > 34,335 (2022 est.) #58
59. Ahrensburg, Germany = 33,472 (2018) > 34,509 (2022 est.) #57 (+2)
60. Bernburg, Germany = 32,674 (2018) > 32,261 (2022 est.)b #63 (-3)
61. Naumburg, Germany = 32,402 (2018) > 32,289 (2022 est.) #62 (-1)
62. Petersburg, Virginia = 31,567 (2018 est.) > 33,251 (2025 est.) #60 (+2)
63. Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany = 31,550 (2018) > 32,126 (2022 est.) #64 (-1)
64. Fitchburg, Wisconsin = 30,170 (2018 est.) > 33,142 (2025 est.) #61 (+3)
65. Parkersburg, West Virginia = 29,675 (2018 est.) > 28,599 (2025 est.) #67 (-2)
66. Fredericksburg, Virginia = 29,144 (2018 est.) > 29,552 (2025 est.) #66
67. Rexburg, Idaho = 28,687 (2018 est.) > 40,344 (2025 est.) #52 (+15)
68. Rendsburg, Germany = 28,470 (2018) > 29,743 (2022 est.) #65 (+3)
69. Newburgh, New York = 28,164 (2018 est.) > 27,880 (2025 est.) #68 (+1)
70. Klosterneuburg, Austria = 26,466 (2015) > 27,726 (2025 est.) #69 (+1)
71. Brownsburg, Indiana = 26,367 (2018 est.) > 34,296 (2025 est.) #59 (+12)
72. Lichtenburg, South Africa = 26,338 (2011) > 85,943 (2025 est.) #29 (+43)
73. Quedlinburg, Germany = 23,989 (2018) > 23,313 (2022 est.) #76 (-3)
74. Bedburg, Germany = 23,531 (2018) > 25,196 (2023 est.) #70 (-4)
75. Waldkraiburg, Germany = 23,442 (2018) > 24,604 (2023 est.) #72 (+3)
76. Roseburg, Oregon = 23,379 (2018 est.) > 23,983 (2025 est.) #73 (+3)
77. Dillenburg, Germany = 23,365 (2018) > 23,480 (2022 est.) #74 (+3)
78. Warburg, Germany = 23,079 (2018) > 23,317 (2023 est.) #75 (+3)
79. Christiansburg, Virginia = 22,505 (2018 est.) > 22,024 (2025 est.) #79
80. Vicksburg, Mississippi = 22,136 (2018 est.) > 19,343 (2025 est.) #89 (-9)
81. Bad Harzburg, Germany = 21,945 (2018) > 21,738 (2022 est.) #81
82. Amherstburg, Ontario = 21,936 (2016) > 24,877 (2025 est.) #71 (+9)
83. Rotenburg an der Wümme, Germany = 21,798 (2018) > 22,656 (2022 est.) #77 (+6)
84. Vryburg, South Africa = 21,182 (2011) — no update #82 (+2)
85. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania = 21,029 (2018 est.) > 22,484 (2025 est.) #78 (+7)
86. Ellensburg, Washington = 20,977 (2018 est.) > 18,233 (2025 est.) #95 (-9)
87. Günzburg, Germany = 20,707 (2018) > 21,865 (2023 est.) #80 (+7)
88. Pittsburg, Kansas = 20,178 (2018 est.) > 20,424 (2025 est.) #83 (+5)
89. Miamisburg, Ohio = 19,941 (2018 est.) > 19,748 (2025 est.) #86 (+3)
90. Blankenburg, Germany = 19,817 (2018) > 19,161 (2022 est.) #90
91. Plattsburgh, New York = 19,438 (2018 est.) > 19,898 (2025 est) #85 (+6)
92. Bückeburg, Germany = 19,245 (2018) > 19,701 (2022 est.) #87 (+5)
93. Bad Driburg, Germany = 19,002 (2018) > 18,830 (2023 est.) #93
94. Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa = 18,861 (2011) — no change #92 (-2)
95. Moosburg, Germany = 18,510 (2018) > 20,027 (2023 est.) #84 (+11)
96. Martinsburg, West Virginia = 17,465 (2018 est.) > 19,042 (2025 est.) #91 (+5)
97. Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands =16,416 (2017) > 16,365 (2021 est.) #96 (+1)
98. Tilsonburg, Ontario = 15,872 (2016) > 18,615 (2021) #94 (+4)
99. Steffisburg, Switzerland = 15,709 (2018) — no change #98 (+1)
100. Dieburg, Germany = 15,679 (2018) > 15,699 (2022 est.) #99 (+1)
101. Dillenburg, Germany = 15,583 (2018) repeat
102. Middleburg Heights, Ohio = 15,540 (2018 est.) > 15,337 (2025 est.) #102
103. Clarksburg, West Virginia = 15,480 (2018 est.) > 15,135 (2025 est.) #103
104. Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany = 15,257 (2018) > 15,089 (2023 est.) #104
105. Mainburg, Germany = 15,241 (2018) = 15,517 (2023 est.) #100 (+5)
106. Laurinburg, North Carolina = 15,033 (2018 est.) > 14,967 (2025 est.) #105 (-1)
107. Williamsburg, Virginia = 14,896 (2018 est.) > 16,171 (2025 est.) #97 (+10)
108. Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany = 14,676 (2018) > 14,066 (2022 est.) #108
109. Ratzeburg, Germany = 14,652 (2018) > 15,553 (2022 est.) #99 (+10)
110. Shlisselburg, Russia = 14,425 (2018 est.) — no change #106 (+4)
111. Phillipsburg, New Jersey = 14,303 (2018 est.) > 15,397 (2025 est.) #101 (+10)
112. Greensburg, Pennsylvania = 14,192 (2018 est.) > 14,403 (2025 est.) #107 (+5)
113. Orangeburg, South Carolina = 13,964 (2010) > 13,353 (2025 est.) #113
114. Bedburg-Hau, Germany = 13,643 (2023 est.) #111 (+3)
115. Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania = 13,919 (2018 est.) > 13,391 (2025 est.) #112 (+3)
116. Philippsburg, Germany = 13,615 (2018) > 13,882 (2022 est.) #109 (+7)
117. Weilburg, Germany = 12,990 (2018) > 13,334 (2022 est.) #114 (+3)
118. Fouriesburg, South Africa = 19,425 (2011) — no change but erroneous number #88 (+30)
119. Wasserburg am Inn, Germany = 12,691 (2018) > 13,112 (2023 est.) #115 (+4)
120. Korneuburg, Austria = 12,552 (2015) > 13,764 (2025 est.) #110 (-10)
121. Frohburg, Germany= 12,470 (2018) > 12,305 (2022 est.) #119 (+2)
122. Vilsbiburg, Germany = 12,074 (2018) > 12,621 (2023 est.) #116 (+6)
123. Greensburg, Indiana = 11,916 (2018 est.) > 12,385 (2025 est.) #118 (+5)
124. Ladenburg, Germany = 11,537 (2018) > 12,517 (2022 est.) #117 (+7)
125. Lauenburg, Germany = 11,444 (2018) > 11,855 (2022 est.) #122(+3)
126. Scottburgh, South Africa = 11,403 (2011) –no update #124 (+2)
127. Fredericksburg, Texas = 11,369 (2017 est.) > 11,889 (2025 est.) #123 (+4)
128. Ventersburg, South Africa = 11,260 (2011) — no update #126 (+2)
129. Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany = 11,243 (2018) > 11,385 (2023 est.) #125 (+4)
130. Hammelburg, Germany = 11,037 (2018) > 10,826 (2023 est.) #128 (+2)
131. Lawrenceburg, Tennessee = 10,838 (2018 est.) > 12,224 (2025 est.) #120 (+11)
132. Boizenburg, Germany = 10,724 (2018) > 10,881 (2023 est.) #127 (+5)
133. Bad Iburg, Germany = 10,661 (2018) > 10,559 (2022 est.) #130 (+3)
134. Lenzburg, Switzerland = 10,569 (2018) — no update #129 (+5)
135. Ogdensburg, New York = 10,551 (2018 est.) > 8,928 (2025 est.) dropped below the minimum for this list
136. East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania = 10,384 (2018 est.) > 8,626 (2025 est.) dropped below the minimum for this list
137. Wallaceburg, Ontario = 10,098 (2016) > 10,323 (2021) #131 (+6)

SOURCES:

• en.wikipedia.org for each country, state, province, and city
• maps.google.com
• Rand McNally Road Atlas
• personal knowledge
• https://worldpopulationreview.com/cities

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