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Places that start with T

Atlaspong knows 61 places that start with T: 12 countries, 8 states and regions, 41 cities. Names run from A to Z, such as Tabasco, Taipei, Taiwan. Did you know? Tabasco: La Venta, a great site of the Olmecs, who carved giant stone heads, is in this state.

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Countries

• Taiwan. Portuguese sailors once called its main island Formosa, meaning beautiful island.
• Tajikistan. Mountains cover over 90% of the country, including the Pamirs, nicknamed the Roof of the World.
• Tanzania. Home to Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti.
• Thailand. Its name means land of the free.
• Timor-Leste. Its name means East East: timur is Malay for east, and leste is Portuguese for east.
• Togo. A narrow country in West Africa.
• Tonga. The only kingdom in the Pacific Islands.
• Trinidad and Tobago. The steelpan, a drum made from old oil barrels, was invented here.
• Tunisia. Some of the original Star Wars films were shot here.
• Turkey. Turks and Persians grew tulips long before they became famous in the Netherlands.
• Turkmenistan. Its ancient oasis city of Merv was once one of the biggest cities in the world, on the Silk Road.
• Tuvalu. One of the smallest countries on Earth.

States and regions

• Tabasco. La Venta, a great site of the Olmecs, who carved giant stone heads, is in this state.
• Tamil Nadu. Its name means Tamil Country, and Tamil was the first Indian language recognised as classical.
• Tasmania. This island state is the only place where Tasmanian devils still live in the wild.
• Telangana. Its capital, Hyderabad, is famous for the Charminar, a monument with four minarets built in 1591.
• Tennessee. Its capital, Nashville, is nicknamed Music City and is famous for country music.
• Texas. The second largest US state by area.
• Thuringia. Called the green heart of Germany for its thick forests, it was home to Bach and Goethe.
• Tripura. It has more kinds of primates, such as monkeys, than any other Indian state.

Cities

• Taipei. Its Taipei 101 tower was the tallest building in the world from 2004 to 2010.
• Tallinn. Has one of the best-kept medieval old towns in Europe.
• Tampa. It sits on Tampa Bay, and its port is the largest in Florida.
• Tangier. It sits where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean.
• Tarawa. It is the capital of Kiribati, a string of low coral islands in the Pacific.
• Tashkent. It is the most populous city in Central Asia.
• Tbilisi. Famous for its hot sulphur baths.
• Tegucigalpa. It became the capital of Honduras in 1880, together with its twin city Comayagüela.
• Tehran. The capital of Iran, below the Alborz mountains.
• Tel Aviv. It sits on the Mediterranean coast and is known as a global high-tech hub.
• Tenali. It is called Andhra Paris for its love of art, drama and culture.
• Tezpur. It is the largest city on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River.
• Thane. India's first passenger train ran from Mumbai to Thane in 1853.
• Thanjavur. Its Brihadisvara Temple has a giant Nandi bull carved from a single rock.
• Theni. This valley town sits at the foot of the Western Ghats.
• Thessaloniki. Its Aristotle University is the largest university in Greece and the Balkans.
• Thimphu. It is the highest capital city in Asia, and it has no traffic lights.
• Thiruvananthapuram. Its Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is often called the richest temple in the world.
• Thoothukudi. It is called the Pearl City because of pearl fishing off its coast.
• Thrissur. Called the cultural capital of Kerala, it hosts the grand Thrissur Pooram festival.
• Tianjin. It is the largest coastal city in northern China.
• Tijuana. The Caesar salad was invented in a restaurant here in 1924.
• Timbuktu. A city in Mali that was a famous centre of learning.
• Tinsukia. Digboi, home to Asia's oldest working oil refinery, is nearby.
• Tirana. The capital of Albania, known for its colourful buildings.
• Tiruchirappalli. Its Srirangam temple is the largest working Hindu temple in the world.
• Tirunelveli. It is famous for its sweet, glossy halwa.
• Tirupati. It is home to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, one of the most visited temples on Earth.
• Tiruppur. It makes a huge share of India's cotton knitwear, like T-shirts.
• Tokyo. Its Shibuya Crossing is one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in the world.
• Tonk. It is known for the Sunehri Kothi, an old mansion decorated with gold.
• Toronto. Its CN Tower was the tallest freestanding structure in the world from 1976 to 2007.
• Toulouse. Called the Pink City for its rosy brick buildings, it is a big centre for building planes and spacecraft.
• Townsville. It is the gateway to Magnetic Island, home to many wild koalas.
• Trieste. It is where Italian, Slavic and German cultures meet, on the Adriatic Sea.
• Tripoli. It sits on a rocky point jutting into the Mediterranean Sea, at the edge of the desert.
• Tucson. In 2015 it became the first US city named a UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
• Tumakuru. It is home to India's first mega food park.
• Tunis. Its old Medina, at the heart of the city, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Tura. It sits at the foot of the Nokrek range in the Garo Hills.
• Turin. It was the first capital of united Italy, from 1861 to 1865.