Places that start with C

Atlaspong knows 71 places that start with C: 16 countries, 6 states and regions, 49 cities. Names run from A to Z, such as Cairns, Cairo, Calgary. Did you know? Cairns: It is a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest.

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Countries

Cambodia. Angkor Wat, on its flag, is the largest religious monument in the world.
Cameroon. Nicknamed Africa in miniature for its varied landscapes.
Canada. It has more lakes than any other country.
Cape Verde. Its ten volcanic islands had no people at all until Portuguese explorers arrived in the 1400s.
Central African Republic. As a French colony it was called Ubangi-Shari, after the Ubangi and Shari rivers.
Chad. The country takes its name from Lake Chad, and over 200 ethnic and language groups live there.
Chile. Over 4,000 km long but only about 180 km wide on average.
China. Home to the giant panda.
Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.
Comoros. Called the Perfume Islands, it is a leading grower of ylang-ylang, a flower used in perfumes.
Congo. Its capital, Brazzaville, sits right across the Congo River from Kinshasa, another country's capital.
Costa Rica. This small country holds about 4% of all the plant and animal species on Earth.
Croatia. The necktie, or cravat, is named after Croats.
Cuba. Home to the bee hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world.
Cyprus. In Greek myth, the goddess Aphrodite was born from the sea here.
Czech Republic. The sugar cube was invented here, in the town of Dačice, in 1843.

States and regions

California. The most populous state in the USA.
Chandigarh. It is the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, and its buildings by Le Corbusier are a UNESCO site.
Chhattisgarh. Its Chitrakote waterfall on the Indravati River is nicknamed the Niagara of India.
Chiapas. The ancient Maya city of Palenque lies in its rainforest.
Colorado. It has over 50 mountain peaks taller than 14,000 feet, the most of any US state.
Connecticut. It is named after the Connecticut River, from a Mohegan word meaning long tidal river.

Cities

Cairns. It is a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest.
Cairo. The biggest city in the Arab world.
Calgary. It hosts the Calgary Stampede, a giant rodeo and festival, every July.
Cali. It is a Colombian city known as the salsa capital of the world.
Cambridge. Its university, founded in 1209, is one of the best in the world.
Canberra. The capital of Australia. Not Sydney.
Cancun. It is a famous beach resort on Mexico's Caribbean coast.
Cape Town. Sits at the foot of Table Mountain.
Caracas. It has some of the tallest skyscrapers in Latin America, the Parque Central Towers.
Cardiff. The capital of Wales, it has a castle right in the middle of the city.
Cartagena. Its old town, full of colourful houses inside thick stone walls, is a UNESCO site.
Casablanca. The name means white house.
Castries. It is the capital of Saint Lucia, set around a harbour on the island's northwest coast.
Cebu. About 80% of the Philippines' domestic shipping companies are based in this city.
Chandrapur. Tadoba, one of India's best-known tiger reserves, is right next to this city.
Changsha. It is the capital of Hunan province in central China.
Charlotte. It is named after Queen Charlotte, and its nickname is the Queen City.
Chengdu. It is famous for giant pandas and has a big panda breeding centre.
Chennai. Used to be called Madras.
Cherrapunji. It is one of the wettest places on Earth and is famous for its living root bridges.
Chhapra. It is the headquarters of Saran district in Bihar.
Chhindwara. Patalkot, a deep green valley with villages far below its rim, is in this district.
Chiang Mai. Its name means new city in Thai, and its old centre is a square ringed by a moat.
Chicago. Nicknamed the Windy City.
Chidambaram. It is famous for its Thillai Nataraja Temple, dedicated to the dancing Shiva.
Chikkamagaluru. Its hills are where coffee was first grown in India, and coffee estates still cover them.
Chiplun. It is a busy trading town in the Konkan region of Maharashtra.
Chisinau. It is the capital of Moldova, a city of parks, wine and wide boulevards.
Chitradurga. Its 15th-century stone fort is nicknamed the Seven Circles Fort.
Chittagong. It is the main seaport of Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal.
Chittorgarh. Its Chittor Fort is one of the largest forts in India.
Chongqing. It is the biggest city in the world by the number of people inside its official boundaries.
Christchurch. Made a city in 1856, it is officially the oldest city in New Zealand.
Churu. Called the gateway to the Thar Desert, it has a 500-year-old fort at its centre.
Cincinnati. It had the first fully professional baseball team, the Red Stockings, in 1869.
Cleveland. It is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, on the shore of Lake Erie.
Coimbatore. It is a big maker of wet grinders, the machines used to make dosa and idli batter.
Cologne. Its cathedral was the tallest building in the world from 1880 to 1890.
Colombo. It is Sri Lanka's commercial capital, while the official capital is nearby Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.
Conakry. It is the capital of Guinea and lies on a narrow peninsula by the Atlantic Ocean.
Cooch Behar. Its grand Cooch Behar Palace was modelled on Buckingham Palace in London.
Copenhagen. Home to Tivoli Gardens, one of the world's oldest amusement parks.
Cordoba. Its university, founded in 1613, is the oldest in Argentina.
Cork. Its city centre is an island between two channels of the River Lee.
Cotonou. It is Benin's largest city and the place where its government works.
Cuddalore. The Pichavaram mangrove forest, one of the largest in India, is in its district.
Curitiba. It is famous for its fast bus system, which inspired cities all over the world.
Cusco. It was the capital of the Inca Empire, and many buildings still stand on old Inca walls.
Cuttack. Called the Silver City for its silver filigree work, it is over 1,000 years old.