Places that start with J
Atlaspong knows 32 places that start with J: 3 countries, 3 states and regions, 26 cities. Names run from A to Z, such as Jabalpur, Jacksonville, Jaffna. Did you know? Jabalpur: Near it, the Narmada River flows through a gorge of shining white marble at Bhedaghat.
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Countries
- Jamaica. The birthplace of reggae music.
- Japan. It is made up of more than 14,000 islands.
- Jordan. Home of Petra, a city carved into rose-red rock.
States and regions
- Jalisco. Mariachi music, with its trumpets, violins and wide hats, comes from this state.
- Jammu and Kashmir. It has two capitals: Srinagar in summer and Jammu in winter.
- Jharkhand. Its name means land of forests, and it is known for its waterfalls and hills.
Cities
- Jabalpur. Near it, the Narmada River flows through a gorge of shining white marble at Bhedaghat.
- Jacksonville. It is the largest city by area in the mainland United States.
- Jaffna. It is famous for its sweet mangoes and its old star-shaped Dutch fort.
- Jagdalpur. Its Bastar Dussehra festival lasts 75 days, one of the longest festivals in the world.
- Jaipur. Called the Pink City for its rose-coloured buildings.
- Jaisalmer. Called the Golden City, it is built of yellow sandstone in the Thar Desert.
- Jajpur. It was the capital of the Kesari kings, before Cuttack.
- Jakarta. It is sinking, and Indonesia plans to move its capital away from it.
- Jalandhar. It is one of India's biggest makers of sports goods.
- Jalgaon. Nicknamed the Banana City of India, its farms grow about two-thirds of Maharashtra's bananas.
- Jalna. It is known as the seed capital of India.
- Jammu. Known as the City of Temples, it is the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Jamnagar. It is famous for bandhani tie-dye cloth, and the world's largest oil refinery is nearby.
- Jamshedpur. Named after Jamsetji Tata, it grew up around one of India's first big steel plants.
- Jaunpur. Its old Shahi Bridge over the Gomti River was built in the 1560s.
- Jeddah. It is the main gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mecca.
- Jerusalem. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and is holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims.
- Jhansi. Rani Lakshmibai, the famous Queen of Jhansi, ruled from its hilltop fort.
- Jhunjhunu. It is in the Shekhawati region, famous for old mansions with painted walls.
- Jinan. It is called the City of Springs for its 72 famous springs.
- Jind. It is one of the oldest cities in Haryana.
- Jodhpur. The Blue City, with many houses painted blue.
- Johannesburg. Born from a gold rush in the 1880s.
- Jorhat. It is home to Asia's oldest golf course, at the Jorhat Gymkhana Club.
- Juba. It sits on the White Nile and is the capital of South Sudan, the world's newest country.
- Junagadh. Its name means old fort, and it sits at the foot of the Girnar hills.