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Nicosia
Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia or Lefkoşa, is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost capital city among European Union member states.
Mainz
thumb|Satellite view of Mainz (south of the Rhine) and Wiesbaden
Frankfurt (Oder)
city in Brandenburg, Germany
Gorizia
Gorizia (; ; , ; ; ) is a town and municipality in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia of northeast Italy. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. It has 33,620 inhabitants.
Görlitz
Görlitz (; ; ; ; ; East Lusatian: , , ) is a town in Saxony, Germany. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia, the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after Cottbus, and the largest town in the German part of the region of Silesia. Görlitz is the easternmost town in Germany and lies opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was the eastern part of Görlitz until 1945. The town has approximately 56,000 inhabitants, which make Görlitz the sixth-largest town in Saxony. It is the seat of the district of Görlitz. Together with Zgorzelec it forms the Eu
Laredo
city in and county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States
East Jerusalem
Eastern part of Jerusalem, in dispute between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs since 1967
West Berlin
the Western sectors of Berlin between 1945 and 1990
Slavonski Brod
city and settlement in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia
East Berlin
former Soviet sector of Berlin and capital of the GDR
Valga
town in southern Estonia
Rafah
Rafah ( ) is a largely destroyed and depopulated city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, that served as the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889. Due to the Gaza war, about 1.4 million people from Gaza City and Khan Yunis, about 70% of Gaza's population, were displaced to Rafah, as of February 2024. By April 2025, most of the city was destroyed by means of systematic razing by the Israeli military and the remains fell under Israeli control.
Nova Gorica
city in Western Slovenia
Mitrovica
city in Kosovo
Komárno
thumb|Komarno district map Komárno (, , ), colloquially also called Révkomárom, Öregkomárom, Észak-Komárom in Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically, it was formed by the "old town" on the left bank of the Danube, present-day Komárno in Slovakia, and by a "new town" on the right bank, present-day Komárom in Hungary, which were historically one administrative unit. Following World War I and the Treaty of Trianon, the border of the newly created Czechoslovakia cut the historical, unified town in half, creating two new independent towns i
Kerkrade
Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ; ; or Kirchrath) is a town and a municipality in the southeast of Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It forms part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration.
North Nicosia
capital of Northern Cyprus
Cieszyn
Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. Both towns belong to the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and formerly constituted the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn as a single town.
Nogales
city in and county seat of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, on the Mexican border
Tornio
Tornio (; ; ; ) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of , of which is water. The population density is , with a total population of ().
Rivera
Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a block away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of around 200,000 inhabitants. As of the census of 2011, it is the sixth most populated city of Uruguay.
Texarkana
city in Miller County, Arkansas, United States
Słubice
Słubice () is a border town in the Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Located on the Oder river, it lies directly opposite the city of Frankfurt (Oder) in Germany, which it was a part of as Dammvorstadt until 1945. As of 2019, the town had a population of 16,705, with an urban agglomeration of Słubice-Frankfurt counting 85,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Słubice County and the administrative seat of the Gmina Słubice. It is part of the historical region of Lubusz Land.
Forst (Lausitz)
town in Brandenburg state, Germany
Zgorzelec
Zgorzelec (, , , , Lower Sorbian: Zgórjelc) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland, with 30,374 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Zgorzelec County and of Gmina Zgorzelec (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town is an urban gmina in its own right).
Haparanda
Haparanda (; Meänkieli and Finnish: Haaparanta, ) is a locality and the seat of Haparanda Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland. Haparanda has a population of 9,166 inhabitants (2024).
Guben
Guben (; Polish and Sorbian: Gubin) is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in Lower Lusatia, in the state of Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 20,049. It is a divided city on the border between Germany and Poland, having been separated into Guben and Gubin by the Oder–Neisse line in 1945.
Valka
Valka (; ; ) is a town and the centre of Valka Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele.
Astara
city in Azerbaijan
Herzogenrath
Herzogenrath (; ; ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It borders the Dutch town of Kerkrade, the national border in one section running along the middle of a main road and even directly through the centre of the cross-border Eurode office complex.
Texarkana
city in Bowie County, Texas, United States
Komárom
Komárom (Hungarian: ; ; , later ; ) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárom fortress played an important role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and many contemporary English sources refer to it as the Fortress of Comorn.
Kostrzyn nad Odrą
city and urban gmina of Poland
Český Těšín
Czech town
Rheinfelden
municipality in the canton Aargau in Switzerland
Comines
commune in Nord, France
Halluin
Halluin (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Nuevo Laredo
city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo, México
Phuntsholing
Phuntsholing, also spelled as Phuentsholing (), is a border town in southern Bhutan and is the administrative seat of Chukha District. The town occupies parts of both Phuentsholing Gewog and Sampheling Gewog.
Astara
city in Gilan Province, Iran
Bristol
city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Scheibenhard
Scheibenhard () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Bad Radkersburg
municipality in Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Panmunjom
Panmunjom (also spelled Panmunjeom) was a village just north of the de facto border between North Korea and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed. It was located in what is now Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and Panmun-guyok, Kaesong, North Korea. The building where the armistice was signed still stands.
Rheinfelden
town in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sátoraljaújhely
Sátoraljaújhely (German: Neustadt am Zeltberg; Slovak: Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom; Yiddish: איהעל) is a border town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary. It serves as the center of the Sátoraljaújhely District and microregion. The town is renowned for its wine region and, since 2002, has been part of the Tokaj-Hegyalja Historic Wine Region Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Sátoraljaújhely is often referred to as the "Capital of Zemplén" due to its history as the former seat of Zemplén County and as the largest settlement in the Hegyalja region. The town was split by the
Gmünd
capital of Gmünd District, Lower Austria, Austria
Laufenburg
municipality in Germany
Bristol
independent city in Virginia, United States
Bruck an der Leitha
capital of Bruck an der Leitha District, Lower Austria, Austria
Menen
Menen (; ; or ) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and Rekkem. The city is situated on the French/Belgian border. On January 1, 2006, Menen had a total population of 32,413. The total area is 33.07 km2 which gives a population density of 980 inhabitants per km2.
Le Perthus
commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Saint-Gingolph
commune in Haute-Savoie, France
Gubin
city and urban gmina of Poland
Santana do Livramento
municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Wervik
Wervik (; ; ; ) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Wervik and the town of Geluwe. On January 1, 2014, Wervik had a total population of 18,435. The total area is 43.61 km2 (16¾ sq. mi.) which gives a population density of 423 inhabitants per km2 (1095 per sq. mi.). The area is famous for its excellent tobacco and has a tobacco museum. The town is separated from its French counterpart Wervicq-Sud by the river Lys.
Balassagyarmat
Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: ; formerly Balassa-Gyarmath; ; or ) is a town in northern Hungary.
Comines-Warneton
Comines-Warneton (; ; ; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is contiguous with the identically named Comines on the other side of the border with France.
Heroica Nogales
municipal seat of Nogales, State of Sonora, Mexico
Laufenburg
municipality in the canton Aargau, Switzerland