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List of populated places named after populated places

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This is a list of populated places named after other populated places.

Africa

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2024)

Namibia

Gross Barmen – Barmen^[1]

South Africa

Aberdeen – Aberdeen^[2]
Alkmaar, Mpumalanga – Alkmaar^[3]
Amersfoort, Mpumalanga – Amersfoort^[4]
Belfast, Mpumalanga – Belfast^[5]
Berlin – Berlin^[6]
Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal – Donnybrook, Dublin^[7]
Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal – Dundee^[8]
Ermelo – Ermelo, Netherlands^[9]
Germiston – Germiston, Glasgow^[10]
Grabouw – Grabow^[11]
Hamburg – Hamburg^[12]
Hanover – Hanover^[13]
Heidelberg, Western Cape – Heidelberg^[14]
Heidelberg, Gauteng – Heidelberg^[15]
Hermannsburg, KwaZulu-Natal – Hermannsburg^[16]
Llandudno, Western Cape – Llandudno^[17]
Lüneburg, KwaZulu-Natal – Lüneburg^[18]
Margate – Margate^[19]
Marseilles, Free State – Marseille^[20]
New Hanover, KwaZulu-Natal – Hanover^[21]
Utrecht – Utrecht^[22]

Americas

Argentina

Córdoba – Córdoba, Spain

Brazil

Nova Friburgo – Fribourg
Novo Hamburgo – Hamburg

Canada

Airdrie, Alberta – Airdrie, North Lanarkshire^[23]
Aldborough Township, Ontario – Aldborough (Aldeburgh)^[24]
Alnwick/Haldimand – Alnwick^[25]
Athens, Ontario – Athens
Bardo, Alberta – Bardu^[26]
Béthanie, Quebec – Bethany^[27]
Brampton – Brampton, Carlisle
Calgary – Calgary, Mull
Calmar, Alberta – Kalmar^[28]
Camrose, Alberta – Camrose, Pembrokeshire^[28]
Cardiff, Alberta – Cardiff^[29]
Connemara, Alberta – Connemara^[30]
Dinant, Alberta – Dinant^[31]
Dresden, Ontario – Dresden^[32]
Duagh, Alberta – Duagh^[33]
Edmonton – Edmonton, London
Falun, Alberta – Falun^[34]
Greater Sudbury – Sudbury, Suffolk
Harlech, Alberta – Harlech^[35]
Hebron, Prince Edward Island – Hebron
Kimberley, British Columbia – Kimberley, Northern Cape^[36]
Krakow, Alberta – Kraków^[37]
Lisburn, Alberta – Lisburn^[38]
London, Ontario – London
Morningside, Alberta – Morningside, Edinburgh^[39]
Mosside, Alberta – Moss-side, County Antrim^[39]
New Westminster – Westminster
Odessa, Ontario – Odesa^[40]
Palermo, Ontario – Palermo^[41]
Roros, Alberta – Røros^[42]
Scarborough, Ontario – Scarborough, North Yorkshire^[43]
Sebastopol Township, Ontario – Sevastopol^[44]
Sniatyn, Alberta – Sniatyn^[45]
Stratford, Ontario – Stratford-upon-Avon
Stry, Alberta – Stryi^[46]
Stubno, Alberta – Stubno^[46]
Surrey, British Columbia – Surrey^[47]
Venice, Alberta – Venice^[48]
Vilna, Alberta – Vilnius^[48]
Warwick, Ontario – Warwick^[49]
Waterloo, Ontario – Waterloo, Belgium^[49]
Wilno, Ontario – Wilno (Vilnius)
Windsor, Ontario – Windsor, Berkshire
Wrentham, Alberta – Wrentham, Suffolk^[50]
Woodstock, Ontario – Woodstock, Oxfordshire^[51]
Yeoford, Alberta – Yeoford^[50]

Colombia

Pamplona, Norte de Santander – Pamplona

El Salvador

Berlín, Usulután – Berlin^[52]

Guatemala

Zaragoza, Chimaltenango – Zaragoza

Mexico

Valladolid, Yucatán – Valladolid
Zaragoza, Puebla – Zaragoza

Nicaragua

Granada – Granada

United States

Memphis, Tennessee – Memphis, Egypt
Richmond, Virginia – Richmond, London

Venezuela

Valencia – Valencia de Don Juan

Asia

Philippines

Russia

Belostok, Tomsk Oblast – Białystok
Berlin – Berlin^[53]
Bredy – Breda
Fershampenuaz – Fère-Champenoise
Izmaylovsky – Izmail^[54]
Kasselsky – Kassel^[55]
Leyptsig – Leipzig^[56]
Ostrolensky – Ostrołęka^[57]
Parizh, Chelyabinsk Oblast – Paris^[58]
Polotskoye, Chelyabinsk Oblast – Polotsk^[58]
Varna – Varna, Bulgaria^[59]
Varshavka, Chelyabinsk Oblast – Warsaw^[59]

Australia

Australia

Almaden, Queensland – Almadén^[60]
Alsace, Queensland – Alsace^[60]
Beverly Hills, New South Wales – Beverly Hills, California
Cracow, Queensland – Kraków^[61]
Hampton, Queensland – Hampton, London^[62]
Hermannsburg, Northern Territory – Hermannsburg^[63]
Ilfracombe, Queensland – Ilfracombe^[64]
Kilcoy, Queensland – Kilcoy, Scotland^[65]

New Zealand

Europe

Belgium

Belgrade, Namur – Belgrade

Poland

Kalisz Pomorski – Kalisz
Łańcut – Landshut
Modliborzyce, Lublin Voivodeship – Modliborzyce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Ostróda – Osterode am Harz
Parma – Parma, Italy^[67]
Szczecinek – Szczecin

Russia

Armavir – Armavir, Armenia
Novocherkassk – Cherkassk

Slovakia

Praha – Prague

Ukraine

See also

List of biblical place names in North America

References

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^ Raper, p. 51
^ Raper, p. 57
^ Raper, p. 58
^ Raper, p. 73
^ Raper, p. 75
^ Raper, p. 140
^ Raper, p. 145
^ Raper, p. 157
^ Raper, p. 174
^ Raper, p. 186
^ Raper, p. 194
^ Raper, pp. 195–196
^ Raper, p. 201
^ Raper, p. 202
^ Raper, p. 205
^ Raper, pp. 279–280
^ Raper, p. 285
^ Raper, p. 297
^ Raper, p. 298
^ Raper, p. 333
^ Raper, pp. 448–449
^ GNBC 1928, p. 10.
^ Armstrong 1930, pp. 4–5.
^ Armstrong 1930, p. 8.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 15.
^ "Béthanie" (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b GNBC 1928, p. 29.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 30.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 37.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 43.
^ Armstrong 1930, p. 85.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 44.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 50.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 62.
^ "Kimberley". BC Geographical Names.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 73.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 77.
^ ^a ^b GNBC 1928, p. 90.
^ Armstrong 1930, p. 211.
^ Armstrong 1930, p. 218.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 110.
^ Armstrong 1930, p. 258.
^ Armstrong 1930, p. 260.
^ GNBC 1928, p. 117.
^ ^a ^b GNBC 1928, p. 121.
^ "Surrey". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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^ ^a ^b GNBC 1928, p. 137.
^ "Woodstock". Britannica.com. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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^ "Топонимы (буква Л)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Топонимы (буква О)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Топонимы (буква П)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Топонимы (буква В)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Nomenclature of Queensland.—8". The Courier-Mail. 8 October 1935. p. 12. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Nomenclature of Queensland.—100". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 24 January 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Nomenclature of Queensland.—145". The Courier-Mail. 17 March 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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^ "Parma". Oficjalny Portal Gminy Łowicz (in Polish). Retrieved 31 January 2024.

Bibliography

Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928.
Armstrong, George Henry (1930). The origin and meaning of place names in Canada. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited.

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