List Of City Name Changes
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.
see also: Geographical renaming and Names of European cities in different languages.
Read more about List Of City Name Changes: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chad, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan (Republic of China), Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe (all 1982), Sources and References
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