Lists of places explained

Here is a list of places on Earth, based on specific categories.

General lists of places

Lists of countries

• List of countries by name, by capital, by government.
• by area
• by continent
• by country code
  • Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) two-letter
  • International Olympic Committee (IOC) three-letter
  • Internet TLDs
  • ISO 3166-1 two and three-letter
  • ITU country calling numbers
• by name
• by national capital
• by official language
• by population
• by population density
• by time zone
• List of oil-producing states
• List of flags
• List of regions
  • List of territorial disputes
  • List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

Dependent areas

• List of dependent territories
• List of subnational entities
• Table of administrative country subdivisions by country

Pseudo-states

• List of extinct countries, empires, etc.
• List of micronations

Cities

• List of city listings by country

Capitals

• • List of national capitals by name (present and past)
  • List of capitals and larger cities by country
  • List of current and former capital cities within U.S. states
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• List of the world's most populous cities
• List of cities in India
• List of planned cities
• List of city nicknames in the United States
• List of towns
• List of places in London
• List of Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods
• List of Manhattan, New York neighborhoods
• List of urban studies topics
• List of named ethnic enclaves in North American cities

Ecclesiastic

• • List of abbeys and priories
    • Ireland
    • England
    • Scotland
    • Wales
    • Northern Ireland
    • Isle of Man
  • List of cathedrals
  • List of churches and cathedrals of London
  • List of Shinto shrines

Secular

• List of aquaria
• List of botanical gardens
• List of buildings
• List of largest suspension bridges
• List of castles
• Lists of cemeteries by country
• List of reservoirs and dams
• List of gardens
• List of historic houses
• List of hospitals
• List of museums
• List of museum ships
• List of Japanese landmarks
• List of public outdoor clothes free places
• List of skyscrapers
  • Tall buildings in London
  • Tall buildings in Melbourne
• List of spa towns
• List of United States military bases
• List of mean centers of U.S. population during the 20th century
• List of walls
• List of waterfalls
• List of World Heritage Sites
• List of zoos

Man-made geographical features

• List of buildings
• List of countries
  • List of extinct countries, empires, etc.
• List of cities
  • • • • • Twin cities Twin towns Sister cities
• List of national capitals
  • List of historical national capitals
• List of schools

Natural geographical features

• List of impact craters
• List of mountains
• List of rivers
• List of waterways
• List of waterfalls

Lists of places in a country

• List of places in Belarus
• List of places in Cuba
• List of places in Germany
• List of places in Iraq
• List of places in the Netherlands
• List of places in the United Kingdom
• List of places in the United States

Lists of places in a state or city

• Victoria, Australia:
  • List of localities in Victoria, Local government areas of Victoria, and Counties of Victoria
  • List of Melbourne suburbs

Lists of places by name etymology

• List of places named after people
  • List of things named after Queen Anne
  • List of places named for Lewis Cass
  • List of places named for DeWitt Clinton
  • List of places named for Christopher Columbus
  • List of places named for the Marquis de Lafayette
  • List of places named after Saint Francis
  • List of places named for Benjamin Franklin
  • List of places named for Charles de Gaulle
  • List of places named for Pope John Paul II
  • List of places named for Nathanael Greene
  • List of places named for Sam Houston
  • List of places named for Andrew Jackson
  • List of places named for Thomas Jefferson
  • List of things named after Tadeusz Kościuszko
  • List of places named after Lenin
  • List of places named for James Madison
  • List of places named for Francis Marion
  • List of places named for James Monroe
  • List of places named for Richard Montgomery
  • List of places named for James K. Polk
  • List of places named for Israel Putnam
  • List of places named after Stalin
  • List of places named after Tito
  • List of places named after Queen Victoria
  • List of places named for George Washington
• List of places named after peace
• List of populated places named after populated places
• List of non-US places that have a US place named after them

Other lists of places

• List of chemical elements named after places
• List of places with 'Silicon' names
• List of research parks
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
• List of short place names
• List of long place names

Extraterrestrial features/regions

• List of mountains on Venus
• List of mountains on Mars
• List of mountains on Io
• List of craters on Venus
• List of craters on Mars
• List of craters on Europa
• List of craters on Ganymede
• List of craters on Callisto
• Phobos (moon)#Named geological features
• Deimos (moon)#Named geological features
• List of valleys on the Moon

See also

• Lists of things named after places