Town Histories
600 towns and cities with the full sequence of states that ruled them from 500 BC to today. Search any of 7,342 towns with the town history tool.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
- Aracaju
- Belém
- Belo Horizonte
- Brasília
- Campinas
- Campo Grande
- Curitiba
- Florianópolis
- Fortaleza
- Goiânia
- Jaboatao
- João Pessoa
- Joinville
- Maceió
- Natal
- Nova Iguaçu
- Olinda
- Recife
- Santo André
- Santos
- São José dos Campos
- São José dos Pinhais
- São Luís
- São Paulo
- Teresina
- Vila Velha
- Vitória
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Chad
Chile
China
- Aksu
- Ankang
- Anqing
- Anshan
- Anshun
- Baoding
- Baoji
- Baoshan
- Baotou
- Beihai
- Bengbu
- Benxi
- Changchun
- Changde
- Changping
- Changsha
- Changzhi
- Changzhou
- Chifeng
- Chongqing
- Dalian
- Dandong
- Daqing
- Datong
- Dongguan
- Fushun
- Fuxin
- Fuyang
- Fuzhou
- Ganzhou
- Guilin
- Guiyang
- Haikou
- Hami
- Handan
- Harbin
- Hechi
- Hefei
- Hegang
- Hengyang
- Heze
- Hohhot
- Huaibei
- Huainan
- Huaiyin
- Huangshi
- Huzhou
- Jiamusi
- Jianmen
- Jiaozuo
- Jiaxing
- Jilin
- Jinan
- Jincheng
- Jinhua
- Jining
- Jinxi
- Jinzhou
- Jixi
- Korla
- Kunming
- Langfang
- Lanzhou
- Leshan
- Lianyungang
- Liaoyang
- Linfen
- Lingyuan
- Linyi
- Liupanshui
- Liuzhou
- Luan
- Luzhou
- Maanshan
- Maoming
- Mianyang
- Mudangiang
- Nanchang
- Nanchong
- Nanning
- Nantong
- Nanyang
- Neijiang
- Ningbo
- Pingdingshan
- Pingxiang
- Puyang
- Qingdao
- Qingyuan
- Qinhuangdao
- Qiqihar
- Rizhao
- Shache
- Shangqiu
- Shangrao
- Shantou
- Shaoguan
- Shaoxing
- Shenyeng
- Shenzhen
- Shihezi
- Shijiazhuang
- Shiyan
- Shuyang
- Suining
- Suzhou
- Taian
- Taiyuan
- Taizhou
- Tangshan
- Tianjin
- Tianshui
- Tongliao
- Turpan
- Ürümqi
- Wanzhou
- Weifang
- Wenzhou
- Wuhan
- Wuhu
- Wuxi
- Xiamen
- Xiangtai
- Xiangtan
- Xiangyang
- Xiantao
- Xingyi
- Xining
- Xinxiang
- Xinyang
- Xinyi
- Xinyu
- Xuanzhou
- Xuzhou
- Yancheng
- Yangjiang
- Yangquan
- Yantai
- Yibin
- Yichang
- Yichun
- Yinchuan
- Yingkow
- Yiyang
- Yongzhou
- Yuci
- Yueyang
- Yulin
- Zaozhuang
- Zhangjiakou
- Zhangzhou
- Zhanjiang
- Zhanyi
- Zhaotang
- Zhengzhou
- Zhenjiang
- Zhucheng
- Zhuozhou
- Zhuzhou
- Zibo
- Zigong
- Zunyi
Colombia
Congo (Kinshasa)
Croatia
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
France
Germany
- Bonn
- Bremen
- Dortmund
- Dresden
- Duisburg
- Düsseldorf
- Essen
- Frankfurt
- Hanover
- Mannheim
- Saarbrücken
- Stuttgart
- Wiesbaden
- Wuppertal
Ghana
Guatemala
Honduras
India
- Ahmedabad
- Ajmer
- Aligarh
- Allahabad
- Amaravati
- Amravati
- Amritsar
- Asansol
- Aurangabad
- Bareilly
- Belagavi
- Bengaluru
- Bhilai
- Bhiwandi
- Bhopal
- Bhubaneswar
- Chandigarh
- Chandrapur
- Coimbatore
- Cuttack
- Dehra Dun
- Dhanbad
- Gorakhpur
- Guwahati
- Gwalior
- Hubballi
- Hyderabad
- Indore
- Jabalpur
- Jaipur
- Jammu
- Jamshedpur
- Jhansi
- Jodhpur
- Jullundur
- Kalyan
- Kanpur
- Kochi
- Kolhapur
- Kota
- Lucknow
- Ludhiana
- Madurai
- Malegaon
- Mangaluru
- Meerut
- Moradabad
- Mysuru
- Nagpur
- Nanded
- Nasik
- Nellore
- Pune
- Raipur
- Rajkot
- Ranchi
- Raurkela
- Salem
- Sangli
- Shivamogga
- Sholapur
- Srinagar
- Surat
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Tiruchirappalli
- Tiruppur
- Vadodara
- Vijayawada
- Vishakhapatnam
- Warangal
Indonesia
- Bandar Lampung
- Bandjarmasin
- Bandung
- Bogor
- Cilacap
- Denpasar
- Makassar
- Malang
- Medan
- Padang
- Palembang
- Palu
- Pekanbaru
- Pontianak
- Samarinda
- Semarang
- Surabaya
- Yogyakarta
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
- Acapulco
- Chihuahua
- Ciudad Juárez
- Cuernavaca
- Hermosillo
- León
- Mérida
- Mexicali
- Morelia
- Puebla
- Querétaro
- Tampico
- Toluca
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Russia
- Barnaul
- Chelyabinsk
- Irkutsk
- Izhevsk
- Krasnodar
- Krasnoyarsk
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Novosibirsk
- Omsk
- Perm
- Rostov
- Samara
- Saratov
- Tolyatti
- Ufa
- Ulyanovsk
- Vladivostok
- Volgograd
- Voronezh
- Yaroslavl
- Yekaterinburg
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
- Albany
- Albuquerque
- Arlington
- Atlanta
- Aurora
- Austin
- Bridgeport
- Buffalo
- Cincinnati
- Columbus
- Covington
- Dallas
- Dayton
- Denver
- El Paso
- Fresno
- Ft. Worth
- Hartford
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Irvine
- Kansas City
- Knoxville
- Las Vegas
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Louisville
- Lowell
- Memphis
- Mesa
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- New Haven
- Oceanside
- Oklahoma City
- Omaha
- Pasadena
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Portland
- Providence
- Raleigh
- Rochester
- Sacramento
- San Antonio
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Jose
- San Mateo
- St. Louis
- Stockton
- Syracuse
- Tucson
- West Palm Beach
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.