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Places that start with K

Atlaspong knows 67 places that start with K: 6 countries, 4 states and regions, 57 cities. Names run from A to Z, such as Kabul, Kakinada, Kalaburagi. Did you know? Kabul: At about 1,790 metres up, it is one of the highest capital cities in the world.

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Countries

• Kazakhstan. The largest landlocked country in the world.
• Kenya. Millions of wildebeest cross between Kenya and Tanzania each year.
• Kiribati. It is the only country that lies in all four hemispheres: north, south, east and west.
• Kosovo. The Rugova Gorge near Peja is one of the longest and deepest canyons in Europe.
• Kuwait. Its Kuwait Towers have big blue-and-silver spheres, and one of them stores water.
• Kyrgyzstan. Most of the country is covered by mountains.

States and regions

• Kansas. It is named after the Kansas River, which takes its name from the Kansa people.
• Karnataka. Its capital, Bengaluru, is known as the Silicon Valley of India.
• Kentucky. It has Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world.
• Kerala. Known as God's Own Country, with calm backwaters.

Cities

• Kabul. At about 1,790 metres up, it is one of the highest capital cities in the world.
• Kakinada. It is famous for its sweet Kakinada kaja and is nicknamed the Pensioners' Paradise.
• Kalaburagi. Its old fort holds one of the largest cannons in the world.
• Kalyan. It sits on the banks of the Ulhas River, near Mumbai.
• Kampala. Built across a group of hills, and the capital of Uganda.
• Kanchipuram. Known as the City of a Thousand Temples, it is famous for its silk saris.
• Kandy. It is home to the Temple of the Tooth, one of the most important places in the Buddhist world.
• Kannur. It is called the land of looms and lores, famous for weaving and Theyyam dance.
• Kano. Its old Kofar Mata dye pits have been used to dye cloth for more than 500 years.
• Kanpur. It is one of the world's biggest centres for making leather goods.
• Kansas City. It has so many fountains that it is called the City of Fountains.
• Kanyakumari. At the southern tip of mainland India, it is known as the Land's End.
• Kaohsiung. Its port is the largest and busiest in Taiwan.
• Karachi. It is Pakistan's biggest city, home to more than 20 million people.
• Kargil. It is the second-largest town in Ladakh, after Leh.
• Karnal. It is said to be named after Karna, a hero of the Mahabharata.
• Kasaragod. It is called the Land of Seven Languages.
• Kathmandu. The capital of Nepal, in a valley below the Himalayas.
• Katihar. It sits on the eastern bank of the Kari Kosi river in Bihar.
• Katni. It is called the City of Lime for its limestone and cement factories.
• Kavaratti. It is the capital of Lakshadweep, a coral island in the Arabian Sea.
• Kazan. Its Kremlin, a fortress mixing Tatar and Russian styles, is a World Heritage Site.
• Key West. At the southern tip of the Florida Keys, it is closer to Cuba than to Miami.
• Khammam. Its old hill fort, Khammam Fort, is more than 1,000 years old.
• Khandwa. The famous singer Kishore Kumar was born here.
• Kharagpur. It is home to IIT Kharagpur, the oldest and largest of India's IITs.
• Kharkiv. It is the second-largest city in Ukraine.
• Khartoum. Where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet.
• Kigali. It is famous as one of Africa's cleanest cities, helped by a monthly community clean-up day.
• Kingston. It is the birthplace of reggae music, and Bob Marley's old home is now a museum.
• Kingstown. It is the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on the main island of Saint Vincent.
• Kinshasa. It is one of the fastest-growing megacities in the world, home to about 18 million people.
• Kishanganj. It is the only district in Bihar where tea is grown.
• Kisumu. It sits on the shore of Lake Victoria and is Kenya's third-largest city.
• Kochi. Nicknamed the Queen of the Arabian Sea, it has traded spices since ancient times.
• Kodaikanal. It is a Tamil Nadu hill station known for its star shaped lake.
• Kohima. It began as Kewhira, a village of the Angami Naga people.
• Kolar. It is known for its milk and for the old Kolar Gold Fields nearby.
• Kolhapur. It gives its name to Kolhapuri chappals, famous handmade leather sandals.
• Kolkata. Used to be called Calcutta, and was once India's capital.
• Kollam. It is one of India's oldest port cities and a gateway to Kerala's backwaters.
• Konark. It is home to the Sun Temple, built like a giant stone chariot with carved wheels.
• Korba. It is called the power capital of India because of its many power plants.
• Kota. It became India's first city without any traffic lights.
• Kottayam. It is called the City of Letters, where many Malayalam newspapers began.
• Kozhikode. In 2023 UNESCO named it India's first City of Literature.
• Krakow. A Polish city with one of the largest medieval squares in Europe.
• Kuala Lumpur. Home to the Petronas Towers, once the tallest in the world.
• Kullu. Its week-long Dussehra festival brings hundreds of village gods to the town.
• Kumasi. It is home to Kejetia Market, the biggest market in West Africa.
• Kumbakonam. Known as the temple city, it hosts the Mahamaham festival every 12 years.
• Kunming. Its Golden Temple is the largest bronze temple in China.
• Kurnool. After the monsoon rains, people hunt for diamonds in the fields around it.
• Kurukshetra. It is known as the Land of the Bhagavad Gita.
• Kuwait City. Its Kuwait Towers, topped with blue-green spheres, are a famous symbol of the country.
• Kyiv. The capital of Ukraine, on the Dnipro river.
• Kyoto. It has about 1,600 Buddhist temples.