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Places that start with A

Atlaspong knows 90 places that start with A: 11 countries, 3 continents, 11 states and regions, 65 cities. Names run from A to Z, such as Aarhus, Aberdeen, Abidjan. Did you know? Aarhus: Its cathedral is the longest in Denmark, at 93 metres.

How to use this in the game. When the previous place ends in A, any name on this page is a good answer. Play Atlaspong, free, and see how long your chain gets.

Countries

• Afghanistan. The mighty Hindu Kush mountains run through the middle of this mostly mountainous country.
• Albania. Its flag shows a black two-headed eagle on a red background.
• Algeria. It is the biggest country in Africa, and most of it is Sahara desert.
• Andorra. It has two princes at once: a Spanish bishop and the president of France.
• Angola. Kalandula Falls here is one of the largest waterfalls in Africa by volume.
• Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua is said to have 365 beaches, one for every day of the year.
• Argentina. Its name comes from argentum, the Latin word for silver.
• Armenia. It adopted Christianity as its state religion in the year 301.
• Australia. It is both a country and a whole continent.
• Austria. Vienna, its capital, is famous for its coffee house culture.
• Azerbaijan. Called the Land of Fire because natural gas flames burn on its hillsides.

Continents

• Africa. It has 54 countries and holds the Sahara, the largest hot desert on Earth.
• Antarctica. It is the coldest, windiest and driest continent, and almost all of it is covered by thick ice.
• Asia. It is the biggest continent, and more than half of all people on Earth live here.

States and regions

• Alabama. It is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after its state bird.
• Alaska. The biggest US state. It has more coastline than all other states put together.
• Alberta. Its Banff National Park, set up in 1885, is the oldest national park in Canada.
• Amazonas. Brazil's largest state, it is bigger than Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay put together.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Of its 836 islands, only 31 have people living on them.
• Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi, one of India's classical dances, comes from this state.
• Arizona. The Grand Canyon is in this state.
• Arkansas. It has a diamond field where visitors can dig and keep any diamonds they find.
• Arunachal Pradesh. Its name means land of the dawn-lit mountains, and India's first sunrise is seen here.
• Assam. It is famous for Assam tea and silk, and its Kaziranga park protects one-horned rhinos.
• Australian Capital Territory. It is home to Canberra, Australia's capital, and is the only landlocked state or territory.

Cities

• Aarhus. Its cathedral is the longest in Denmark, at 93 metres.
• Aberdeen. It is called the Granite City because so many of its buildings are made of grey granite.
• Abidjan. It is the largest city of Ivory Coast, spread around lagoons on the Gulf of Guinea.
• Abu Dhabi. Its Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque has more than 80 domes, all made of white marble.
• Abuja. It is one of the few purpose-built capital cities in Africa, at the very centre of Nigeria.
• Acapulco. At La Quebrada, its cliff divers leap about 35 metres into the sea.
• Accra. Black Star Square, a huge parade ground, is named after the black star on Ghana's flag.
• Addis Ababa. At 2,355 metres up, it is the highest capital city in Africa.
• Adelaide. In its early days it was nicknamed the City of Churches.
• Aden. It is an ancient port near the southern entrance to the Red Sea.
• Agadir. It is known as the capital of Amazigh culture in Morocco.
• Agartala. Its white Ujjayanta Palace, once home to Tripura's kings, is now a museum.
• Agra. Home of the Taj Mahal.
• Ahmedabad. It has the world's biggest cricket stadium, which seats about 132,000 people.
• Ahmednagar. Now officially called Ahilyanagar, its old fort is where Nehru wrote The Discovery of India.
• Aizawl. It is the capital of Mizoram and is built along steep ridges more than 1,000 metres above sea level.
• Ajmer. It is home to the shrine of the Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, visited by people of all faiths.
• Akola. The Morna River runs right through the middle of the city.
• Alappuzha. Famous for its backwaters, it hosts the Nehru Trophy snake boat race.
• Albuquerque. It hosts the world's biggest hot air balloon festival every October.
• Aleppo. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
• Alexandria. Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, it is nicknamed the Pearl of the Mediterranean.
• Algiers. Its old Casbah, a maze of narrow streets, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Alibag. This coastal town south of Mumbai is a favourite beach getaway.
• Alice Springs. It is named after Alice Todd, the wife of telegraph pioneer Charles Todd.
• Aligarh. It is famous for making locks and for Aligarh Muslim University, founded in 1875.
• Almaty. Its name is often linked to the Kazakh word for apple, and wild apples first grew in these hills.
• Almora. This Kumaon hill town is famous for bal mithai, a brown fudge covered in tiny sugar balls.
• Alwar. The Sariska Tiger Reserve lies near this city, halfway between Delhi and Jaipur.
• Amaravati. It is the planned capital of Andhra Pradesh, rising beside the Krishna River.
• Ambala. It is made of two parts, Ambala City and Ambala Cantt, known as the Twin Cities.
• Ambernath. Its Shiva temple, built in 1060, is one of the oldest temples near Mumbai.
• Ambikapur. It is named after the goddess Ambika and is one of the oldest cities in Chhattisgarh.
• Amman. The capital of Jordan, first built on seven hills.
• Amravati. It is the second-largest city in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
• Amreli. Asiatic lions from the Gir forest also roam the countryside of this district.
• Amritsar. It is home to the Golden Temple, the holiest and most visited site of the Sikh faith.
• Amroha. It is a big centre for making dholak drums.
• Amsterdam. It has more than 100 kilometres of canals.
• Anand. Called the Milk Capital of India, it is the home of the Amul dairy.
• Anantapur. It is famous for growing groundnuts in its dry red soil.
• Anantnag. Its name comes from Anantanaga, the old name of a spring at the south end of the town.
• Anchorage. It began in 1915 as a tent city for workers building the Alaska Railroad.
• Andorra la Vella. It is the highest capital city in Europe, high in the Pyrenees mountains.
• Ankara. The capital of Turkey. Many people guess Istanbul, but it is Ankara.
• Ankleshwar. It is a big industrial town just across the Narmada River from Bharuch.
• Antalya. Known as Turkey's capital of tourism, it still has a Roman gate built for Emperor Hadrian.
• Antananarivo. At 1,280 metres up, it is the highest capital city of any island country.
• Antwerp. It is the world's centre of the diamond trade and has one of Europe's biggest ports.
• Apia. It sits on the north coast of Upolu, one of Samoa's main islands.
• Arequipa. It is called the White City because so many buildings are made of white volcanic stone.
• Arrah. It is the main city of the Bhojpur region, which gave its name to the Bhojpuri language.
• Asansol. It is a big railway junction in the Raniganj coalfield.
• Ashgabat. It holds a world record for having the most buildings covered in white marble.
• Asmara. At 2,325 metres up, it is the second-highest capital city in Africa.
• Astana. Its Bayterek tower is shaped like a tree holding a golden egg.
• Asuncion. Known as the Mother of Cities, it is one of the oldest cities in South America.
• Aswan. Its huge dam created Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made lakes.
• Athens. Named after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
• Atlanta. Its name comes from the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which made it a transport hub.
• Auckland. It is built on a field of about 50 small volcanoes.
• Aurangabad. Now called Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, it is the gateway to the Ajanta and Ellora caves.
• Austin. About 1.5 million bats live under its Congress Avenue Bridge, the biggest city bat colony in North America.
• Ayodhya. In the epic Ramayana, it is the home city of Lord Rama.
• Azamgarh. It is famous for shiny black pottery from the nearby village of Nizamabad.