List of minor planets named after places

This is a list of minor planets named after places, organized by continent. == Africa == 1193 Africa (Africa) 1368 Numidia (Numidia) 1817 Katanga (Katanga Province) === Countries === 1268 Libya (Libya) 1279 Uganda (Uganda) 1349 Bechuana (Botswana) 1430 Somalia (Somalia) 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia) 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda) 1718 Namibia (Namibia) 1816 Liberia (Liberia) === Cities === 1326 Losaka (Lusaka, Zambia) 1468 Zomba (Zomba, Malawi) 1634 Ndola (Ndola, Zambia) 1948 Kampala (Kampala, Uganda) 6362 Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia) === Natural features === 1242 Zambesia (Zambezi River) 1701 Okavango (Okavango River) 1702 Kalahari (Kalahari Desert) 26871 Tanezrouft (Tanezrouft Basin) 35295 Omo (Omo River) 69228 Kamerunberg (Mount Cameroon (Kamerunberg), Cameroon) 134369 Sahara (Sahara, the third largest desert in the world) 192182 Ennedi (Ennedi Plateau, Chad) === Buildings and man-made structures === 40201 Besely (Besely Observatory, Madagascar) 82346 Hakos (Hakos, a farm in Namibia) === Algeria === 426 Hippo (Hippo Regius) 858 El Djezaïr (Algiers) 859 Bouzaréah (Bouzareah) 1213 Algeria (Algeria) === Angola === 1431 Luanda (Luanda) 1712 Angola (Angola) 1784 Benguella (Benguela) === Egypt === ==== Cities ==== 4355 Memphis (Memphis) 5249 Giza (Giza) 110296 Luxor (Luxor) 321484 Marsaalam (Marsa Alam) ==== Natural features ==== 21009 Agilkia (Agilkia Island) 24663 Philae (Philae Island) ==== Buildings ==== 32776 Nriag (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics) 51895 Biblialexa (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) 110300 Abusimbel (Abu Simbel) 332632 Pharos (Lighthouse of Alexandria) === Kenya === 1278 Kenya (Kenya) 1356 Nyanza (Nyanza Province) 1428 Mombasa (Mombasa) 1641 Tana (Tana River) === Morocco === 6215 Mehdia (Mehdya) 42776 Casablanca (Casablanca) 68718 Safi (Safi) 200020 Cadi Ayyad (Cadi Ayyad University) === Mozambique === 1393 Sofala (Sofala Province) 1474 Beira (Beira) === South Africa === ==== Provinces ==== 715 Transvaalia (Transvaal Province) 1195 Orangia (Orange Free State Province) ==== Cities, towns and villages ==== 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, Gauteng) 1245 Calvinia (Calvinia, Northern Cape) 1324 Knysna (Knysna, Western Cape) 1325 Inanda (Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal) 1359 Prieska (Prieska, Northern Cape) 1367 Nongoma (Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal) 1397 Umtata (Mthatha, Eastern Cape) 1879 Broederstroom (Broederstroom, North West) 1949 Messina (Musina, Limpopo) 260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape) ==== Natural features ==== 1032 Pafuri (Pafuri River) 1264 Letaba (Letaba River) 1305 Pongola (Pongola River) 1321 Majuba (Majuba Hill) 1323 Tugela (Tugela River) 1327 Namaqua (Namaqua National Park) 1394 Algoa (Algoa Bay) 1396 Outeniqua (Outeniqua Mountains) 1456 Saldanha (Saldanha Bay) 1490 Limpopo (Limpopo River) 1914 Hartbeespoortdam (Hartbeespoort Dam) 2066 Palala (Palala River) ==== Buildings ==== 1585 Union (Union Observatory) === Tanzania === 1427 Ruvuma (Ruvuma River) 1429 Pemba (Pemba Island) 1595 Tanga (Tanga) 10377 Kilimanjaro (Mount Kilimanjaro) === Zimbabwe === 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) 1467 Mashona (Mashonaland) 1676 Kariba (Lake Kariba) == Asia == 67 Asia (Asia) 14519 Ural (Ural River) 14612 Irtish (Irtysh River) 100936 Mekong (Mekong River) 160105 Gobi (Gobi Desert) 229864 Sichouzhilu (Silk Road) === Japan === 727 Nipponia (Japan) 4929 Yamatai (Yamatai, an ancient kingdom in Japan) 10727 Akitsushima (Akitsushima, the old name for Japan) 23649 Tohoku (Tōhoku Region) 29157 Higashinihon (Eastern Japan) ==== Prefectures ==== 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaido Prefecture) 3829 Gunma (Gunma Prefecture) 4703 Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture) 5473 Yamanashi (Yamanashi Prefecture) 5618 Saitama (Saitama Prefecture) 5908 Aichi (Aichi Prefecture) 6383 Tokushima (Tokushima Prefecture) 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo Prefecture) 7039 Yamagata (Yamagata Prefecture) 9993 Kumamoto (Kumamoto Prefecture) 11933 Himuka (Miyazaki Prefecture) 13188 Okinawa (Okinawa Prefecture) 15841 Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Prefecture) 17683 Kanagawa (Kanagawa Prefecture) 19509 Niigata (Niigata Prefecture) 19534 Miyagi (Miyagi Prefecture) 19691 Iwate (Iwate Prefecture) 19701 Aomori (Aomori Prefecture) 19713 Ibaraki (Ibaraki Prefecture) 19731 Tochigi (Tochigi Prefecture) 20613 Chibaken (Chiba Prefecture) 23638 Nagano (Nagano Prefecture) 48736 Ehime (Ehime Prefecture) 90875 Hoshitori (Nickname for Tottori Prefecture) ==== Former provinces ==== 3111 Misuzu (Shinano Province) 3150 Tosa (Tosa Province) 3165 Mikawa (Mikawa Province) 3319 Kibi (Kibi Province) 136743 Echigo (Echigo Province) ==== Cities ==== 498 Tokio (Tokyo) 1088 Mitaka (Mitaka, Tokyo) 1139 Atami (Atami, Shizuoka) 1185 Nikko (Nikkō, Tochigi) 2084 Okayama (Okayama, Okayama) 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima, Hiroshima) 2396 Kochi (Kōchi, Kōchi) 2478 Tokai (Tōkai, Aichi) 3133 Sendai (Sendai, Miyagi) 3249 Musashino (Musashino, Tokyo) 3290 Azabu (Azabu, Minato, Tokyo) 3320 Namba (Namba, Osaka) 3473 Sapporo (Sapporo, Hokkaido) 3533 Toyota (Toyota, Aichi) 3607 Naniwa (Naniwa-ku, Osaka) 3785 Kitami (Kitami, Hokkaido) 4096 Kushiro (Kushiro, Hokkaido) 4157 Izu (Izu, Shizuoka) 4263 Abashiri (Abashiri, Hokkaido) 4265 Kani (Kani, Gifu) 4352 Kyoto (Kyoto, Kyoto) 4381 Uenohara (Uenohara, Yamanashi) 4407 Taihaku (Taihaku-ku, Sendai) 4439 Muroto (Muroto, Kōchi) 4461 Sayama (Sayama, Saitama) 4491 Otaru (Otaru, Hokkaido) 4539 Miyagino (Miyagino-ku, Sendai) 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki, Okayama) 4634 Shibuya (Shibuya, Tokyo) 4649 Sumoto (Sumoto, Hyōgo) 4720 Tottori (Tottori, Tottori) 4797 Ako (Akō, Hyōgo) 4873 Fukaya (Fukaya, Saitama) 5128 Wakabayashi (Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai) 5138 Gyoda (Gyōda, Saitama) 5139 Rumoi (Rumoi, Hokkaido) 5334 Mishima (Mishima, Shizuoka) 5399 Awa (Awa, Tokushima) 5435 Kameoka (Kameoka, Kyoto) 5629 Kuwana (Kuwana, Mie) 5775 Inuyama (Inuyama, Aichi) 5783 Kumagaya (Kumagaya, Saitama) 5790 Nagasaki (Nagasaki, Nagasaki) 5881 Akashi (Akashi, Hyōgo) 5909 Nagoya (Nagoya, Aichi) 5960 Wakkanai (Wakkanai, Hokkaido) 6089 Izumi (Izumi-ku, Sendai) 6198 Shirakawa (Shirakawa, Fukushima) 6228 Yonezawa (Yonezawa, Yamagata) 6275 Kiryu (Kiryū, Gunma) 6419 Susono (Susono, Shizuoka) 6612 Hachioji (Hachiōji, Tokyo) 6655 Nagahama (Nagahama, Shiga) 6657 Otukyo (Ōtsu, Shiga) 6663 Tatebayashi (Tatebayashi, Gunma) 6720 Gifu (Gifu, Gifu) 6721 Minamiawaji (Minamiawaji, Hyōgo) 6991 Chichibu (Chichibu, Saitama) 7023 Heiankyo (Nickname of Kyoto) 7028 Tachikawa (Tachikawa, Tokyo) 7038 Tokorozawa (Tokorozawa, Saitama) 7067 Kiyose (Kiyose, Tokyo) 7137 Ageo (Ageo, Saitama) 7252 Kakegawa (Kakegawa, Shizuoka) 7253 Nara (Nara, Nara) 7434 Osaka (Osaka, Osaka) 7435 Sagamihara (Sagamihara, Kanagawa) 7530 Mizusawa (Mizusawa, Iwate) 7678 Onoda (Onoda, Yamaguchi) 7716 Ube (Ube, Yamaguchi) 7788 Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Ibaraki) 7851 Azumino (Azumino, Nagano) 7895 Kaseda (Kaseda, Kagoshima) 8113 Matsue (Matsue, Shimane) 8120 Kobe (Kobe, Hyōgo) 8220 Nanyou (Nan'yō, Yamagata) 8234 Nobeoka (Nobeoka, Miyazaki) 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa, Hyōgo) 8924 Iruma (Iruma, Saitama) 9191 Hokuto (Hokuto, Yamanashi) 9196 Sukagawa (Sukagawa, Fukushima) 9580 Tarumi (Tarumi-ku, Kobe) 9658 Imabari (Imabari, Ehime) 9782 Edo (Edo, a former city in Musashi Province) 9887 Ashikaga (Ashikaga, Tochigi) 9893 Sagano (Sagano, a neighbourhood in Kyoto) 10141 Gotenba (Gotemba, Shizuoka) 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi, Hiroshima) 10864 Yamagatashi (Yamagata, Yamagata) 10878 Moriyama (Moriyama, Shiga) 11115 Kariya (Kariya, Aichi) 11504 Kazo (Kazo, Saitama) 11612 Obu (Ōbu, Aichi) 12012 Kitahiroshima (Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido) 12391 Ecoadachi (Adachi, Tokyo) 12440 Koshigayaboshi (Koshigaya, Saitama) 12469 Katsuura (Katsuura, Chiba) 13569 Oshu (Ōshū, Iwate) 13787 Nagaishi (Nagai, Yamagata) 14491 Hitachiomiya (Hitachiōmiya, Ibaraki) 14888 Kanazawashi (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) 14901 Hidatakayama (Takayama, Gifu) 16463 Nayoro (Nayoro, Hokkaido) 16713 Airashi (Aira, Kagoshima) 17651 Tajimi (Tajimi, Gifu) 18469 Hakodate (Hakodate, Hokkaido) 18644 Arashiyama (Arashiyama, Kyoto) 19953 Takeo (Takeo, Saga) 18290 Sumiyoshi (Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka) 20102 Takasago (Takasago, Hyōgo) 20204 Yuudurunosato (Nickname for Urushiyama District, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 21328 Otashi (Ōta, Gunma) 21348 Toyoteru (Toyoteru District, Niigata) 22277 Hirado (Hirado, Nagasaki) 22745 Rikuzentakata (Rikuzentakata, Iwate) 25296 Minamisatsuma (Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima) 25892 Funabashi (Funabashi, Chiba) 26097 Kamishi (Kami, Kōchi) 26319 Miyauchi (Miyauchi, Yamagata) 29199 Himeji (Himeji, Hyōgo) 29514 Karatsu (Karatsu, Saga) 33553 Nagai (Nagai, Yamagata) 35093 Akicity (Aki, Kōchi) 36472 Ebina (Ebina, Kanagawa) 39799 Hadano (Hadano, Kanagawa) 41481 Musashifuchu (Fuchū, Tokyo) 46595 Kita-Kyushu (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) 46596 Tobata (Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu) 52260 Ureshino (Ureshino, Saga) 63389 Noshiro (Noshiro, Akita) 63897 Ofunato (Ōfunato, Iwate) 64547 Saku (Saku, Nagano) 87271 Kokubunji (Kokubunji, Tokyo) 118230 Sado (Sado, Niigata) 145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Aomori) 181043 Anan (Anan, Tokushima) 220736 Niihama (Niihama, Ehime) 262419 Suzaka (Suzaka, Nagano) 364630 Shizuoka (Shizuoka, Shizuoka) 375927 Ibara (Ibara, Okayama) ==== Towns and villages ==== 1098 Hakone (Hakone, Kanagawa) 2470 Agematsu (Agematsu, Nagano) 2571 Geisei (Geisei, Kōchi) 2908 Shimoyama (Shimoyama, Aichi) 2924 Mitake-mura (Mitake, Nagano) 2960 Ohtaki (Ōtaki, Nagano) 3432 Kobuchizawa (Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi) 3565 Ojima (Ojima, Gunma) 3823 Yorii (Yorii, Saitama) 3997 Taga (Taga, Shiga) 4127 Kyogoku (Kyōgoku, Hokkaido) 4186 Tamashima (Tamashima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 4350 Shibecha (Shibecha, Hokkaido) 4353 Onizaki (Onizaki, Aichi) 4383 Suruga (Suruga District) 4458 Oizumi (Ōizumi, Gunma) 4460 Bihoro (Bihoro, Hokkaido) 4526 Konko (Konkō, Okayama) 4585 Ainonai (Ainonai, Hokkaido) 4644 Oumu (Ōmu, Hokkaido) 4712 Iwaizumi (Iwaizumi, Iwate) 4774 Hobetsu (Hobetsu, Hokkaido) 4845 Tsubetsu (Tsubetsu, Hokkaido) 5142 Okutama (Okutama, Tokyo) 5176 Yoichi (Yoichi, Hokkaido) 5215 Tsurui (Tsurui, Hokkaido) 5333 Kanaya (Kanaya, Shizuoka) 5356 Neagari (Neagari, Ishikawa) 5403 Takachiho (Takachiho, Miyazaki) 5468 Hamatonbetsu (Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido) 5488 Kiyosato (Kiyosato, Hokkaido) 5640 Yoshino (Yoshino, Kagoshima, Kagoshima) 5784 Yoron (Yoron, Kagoshima) 5851 Inagawa (Inagawa, Hyōgo) 5978 Kaminokuni (Kaminokuni, Hokkaido) 6024 Ochanomizu (Ochanomizu, Tokyo) 6134 Kamagari (Kamagari, Hiroshima) 6158 Shosanbetsu (Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido) 6197 Taracho (Tara, Saga) 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 6237 Chikushi (Chikushi District, Fukuoka) 6255 Kuma (Kumakōgen, Ehime) 6276 Kurohone (Kurohone, Gunma) 6346 Syukumeguri (Shukumeguri, Gunma) 6414 Mizunuma (Mizunuma, Gunma) 6444 Ryuzin (Ryuzin, Toyota, Aichi) 6667 Sannaimura (Sannai, Akita) 6699 Igaueno (Ueno, Mie) 6804 Maruseppu (Maruseppu, Hokkaido) 6992 Minano-machi (Minano, Saitama) 7021 Tomiokamachi (Tomioka, Fukushima) 7097 Yatsuka (Yatsuka, Shimane) 7143 Haramura (Hara, Nagano) 7298 Matudaira-gou (Matsudaira-gou, near Toyota, Aichi) 7342 Uchinoura (Uchinoura, Kagoshima) 7592 Takinemachi (Takine, Fukushima) 8272 Iitatemura (Iitate, Fukushima) 8668 Satomimura (Satomi, Ibaraki) 9033 Kawane (Kawane, Shizuoka) 9041 Takane (Takane, Yamanashi) 9107 Narukospa (Naruko, Miyagi) 9293 Kamogata (Kamogata, Okayama) 9368 Esashi (Esashi, Hokkaido) 9382 Mihonoseki (Mihonoseki, Shimane) 9719 Yakage (Yakage, Okayama) 10178 Iriki (Iriki, Kagoshima) 10364 Tainai (Tainai-daira, Kurokawa, Niigata) 10365 Kurokawa (Kurokawa, Niigata) 10367 Sayo (Sayō, Hyōgo) 10368 Kozuki (Kōzuki, Hyōgo) 11546 Miyoshimachi (Miyoshi, Saitama) 12445 Sirataka (Shirataka, Yamagata) 12751 Kamihayashi (Kamihayashi, Niigata) 13156 Mannoucyo (Mannō, Kagawa) 13207 Tamagawa (Tamagawa, Ehime) 13918 Tsukinada (Tsukinada, Ōtsuki, Kōchi) 13934 Kannami (Kannami, Shizuoka) 13978 Hiwasa (Hiwasa, Tokushima) 14314 Tokigawa (Tokigawa, Saitama) 14315 Ogawamachi (Ogawa, Saitama) 14316 Higashichichibu (Higashichichibu, Saitama) 14425 Fujimimachi (Fujimi, Nagano) 14469 Komatsuataka (Komatsuataka, Komatsu, Ishikawa) 14821 Motaeno (Tamashima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 14850 Nagashimacho (Nagashima, Kagoshima) 14992 Ogosemachi (Ogose, Saitama) 15303 Hatoyamamachi (Hatoyama, Saitama) 15316 Okagakimachi (Okagaki, Fukuoka) 15350 Naganuma (Naganuma, Hokkaido) 15910 Shinkamigoto (Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki) 16261 Iidemachi (Iide, Yamagata) 16507 Fuuren (Fūren, Hokkaido) 16594 Sorachi (Sorachi District, Hokkaido) 16680 Minamitanemachi (Minamitane, Kagoshima) 16700 Seiwa (Seiwa, Kumamoto) 17286 Bisei (Bisei, Okayama) 18156 Kamisaibara (Kamisaibara, Okayama) 19161 Sakawa (Sakawa, Kōchi) 19303 Chinacyo (China, Kagoshima) 20120 Ryugatake (Ryugatake, Kumamoto) 21254 Jonan (Jōnan, Kumamoto) 21326 Nitta-machi (Nitta, Gunma) 21327 Yabuzuka (Yabuzukahon, Gunma) 22470 Shirakawa-go (Shirakawa, Gifu) 22885 Sakaemura (Sakae, Nagano) 22914 Tsunanmachi (Tsunan, Niigata) 23662 Jozankei (Jozankei, Sapporo) 24965 Akayu (Akayu, Yamagata) 26806 Kushiike (Kushiike, Jōetsu, Niigata) 29249 Hiraizumi (Hiraizumi, Iwate) 31105 Oguniyamagata (Oguni, Yamagata) 33056 Ogunimachi (Oguni, Niigata) 36783 Kagamino (Kagamino, Okayama) 37720 Kawanishi (Kawanishi, Yamagata) 38669 Michikawa (Michikawa, Akita) 46634 Minamiaizumachi (Minamiaizu, Fukushima) 48807 Takahata (Takahata, Yamagata) 58600 Iwamuroonsen (Iwamuro, Niigata) 67712 Kimotsuki (Kimotsuki, Kagoshima) 68021 Taiki (Taiki, Hokkaido) 73782 Yanagida (Yanagida, Ishikawa) 102621 Goshinosato (Goshi no Sato, a nickname for Saji, a former town in Tottori Prefecture) 145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Iwate) ==== Natural features ==== 1089 Tama (Tama River) 1090 Sumida (Sumida River) 1266 Tone (Tone River) 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji) 2330 Ontake (Mount Ontake) 2961 Katsurahama (Katsurahama Beach) 3182 Shimanto (Shimanto River) 3262 Miune (Mount Miune) 3380 Awaji (Awaji Island) 3392 Setouchi (Setouchi Region) 3867 Shiretoko (Shiretoko Peninsula) 3914 Kotogahama (Kotogahama Beach) 3996 Fugaku (Fugaku, an old name for Mount Fuji) 4033 Yatsugatake (Mount Yatsugatake) 4095 Ishizuchisan (Mount Ishizuchi) 4097 Tsurugisan (Mount Tsurugi) 4126 Mashu (Lake Mashū) 4223 Shikoku (Shikoku) 4256 Kagamigawa (Kagami River) 4289 Biwako (Lake Biwa) 4399 Ashizuri (Cape Ashizuri) 4410 Kamuimintara (Asahi-dake) 4584 Akan (Akan Mashu National Park) 4670 Yoshinogawa (Yoshino River) 4675 Ohboke (Ōboke Valley) 4806 Miho (Miho no Matsubara) 4839 Daisetsuzan (Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group) 4890 Shikanosima (Shika Island) 4941 Yahagi (Yahagi River) 5059 Saroma (Lake Saroma) 5114 Yezo (Ezo) 5125 Okushiri (Okushiri Island) 5135 Nibutani (Nibutani) 5146 Moiwa (Mount Moiwa) 5147 Maruyama (Mount Maruyama) 5293 Bentengahama (Bentengahama Beach) 5294 Onnetoh (Lake Onnetō) 5331 Erimomisaki (Cape Erimo) 5482 Korankei (Kōrankei Gorge) 5508 Gomyou (Gomyou, Kakegawa, Shizuoka) 5557 Chimikeppuko (Chimikeppuko Lake) 5580 Sharidake (Mount Shari) 5603 Rausudake (Mount Rausu) 5631 Sekihokutouge (Sekihoku Pass) 5679 Akkado (Akkadō Cave) 5686 Chiyonoura (Chiyonoura Beach) 5751 Zao (Mount Zaō) 5848 Harutoriko (Lake Harutoriko) 5970 Ohdohrikouen (Odori Park) 6088 Hoshigakubo (Hoshigakubo) 6247 Amanogawa (Amanogawa River) 6270 Kabukuri (Kabukuri Marsh) 6302 Tengukogen (Tengukogen Highland Region) 6324 Kejonuma (Kejonuma Marsh) 6416 Nyukasayama (Mount Nyukasa) 6418 Hanamigahara (Hanamigahara Forest Park) 6420 Riheijyaya (Riheijaya Forest Park) 6422 Akagi (Mount Akagi) 6423 Harunasan (Mount Haruna) 6462 Myougi (Mount Myōgi) 6531 Subashiri (Subaahiri Trail) 6747 Ozegahara (Ozegahara Highland) 6800 Saragamine (Saragamine Renpō Prefectural Natural Park) 6839 Ozenuma (Lake Ozenuma) 6881 Shifutsu (Mount Shibutsu) 6883 Hiuchigatake (Mount Hiuchigatake) 6932 Tanigawadake (Mount Tanigawa) 6933 Azumayasan (Mount Azumaya) 6961 Ashitaka (Mount Ashitaka) 6965 Niyodogawa (Niyodo River) 6971 Omogokei (Omogo Gorge) 6986 Asamayama (Mount Asama) 6987 Onioshidashi (Onioshidashi) 6989 Hoshinosato (Chichibu Hoshi-no-sato) 6990 Toya (Mount Toya) 6995 Minoyama (Mount Minoyama) 7017 Uradowan (Urado Bay) 7094 Godaisan (Mount Godaisan) 7105 Yousyozan (Mount Yosho) 7235 Hitsuzan (Hitsuzan Mountain) 7274 Washioyama (Mount Washioyama) 7287 Yokokurayama (Mount Yokokurayama) 7289 Kamegamori (Mount Kamegamori) 7358 Oze (Oze National Park) 7429 Hoshikawa (Hoshikawa River) 7438 Misakatouge (Misaka Pass) 7463 Oukawamine (Mount Ōkawa-mine) 7562 Kagiroino-Oka (Kagiroino-Oka) 7766 Jododaira (Mount Jododaira) 7852 Itsukushima (Itsukushima Island) 8188 Okegaya (Okegaya Marsh) 8374 Horohata (Horohata, an area in Ishikawa, Fukushima) 8418 Mogamigawa (Mogami River) 8579 Hieizan (Mount Hiei) 8581 Johnen (Mount Jōnen) 8723 Azumayama (Mount Azuma-kofuji) 8730 Iidesan (Mount Iide) 8747 Asahi (Mount Asahi) 8866 Tanegashima (Tanegashima Island) 8874 Showashinzan (Shōwa-shinzan) 8922 Kumanodake (Mount Kumanodake) 8933 Kurobe (Kurobe Gorge) 8937 Gassan (Mount Gassan) 9032 Tanakami (Mount Tanakami) 9110 Choukai (Chōkai Quasi-National Park) 9128 Takatumuzi (Mount Takatumuzi, Yamagata) 9147 Kourakuen (Kōraku-en) 9153 Chikurinji (Mount Chikurinji) 9198 Sasagamine (Mount Sasagamine) 9220 Yoshidayama (Mount Yoshida, Kyoto) 9409 Kanpuzan (Mount Kanpuzan) 9791 Kamiyakurai (Yakuraisan, popularly called Kami Fuji, a mountain) 9792 Nonodakesan (Nonodakesan, a mountain) 9943 Bizan (Mount Bizan) 10091 Bandaisan (Mount Bandai) 10143 Kamogawa (Kamo River) 10147 Mizugatsuka (Mizugatsuka Park) 10154 Tanuki (Lake Tanuki) 10157 Asagiri (Asagiri Plateau) 10158 Taroubou (Tarobo Highland) 10159 Tokara (Tokara Islands) 10161 Nakanoshima (Nakanoshima) 10164 Akusekijima (Akusekijima) 10166 Takarajima (Takarajima) 10169 Ogasawara (Bonin Islands) 10179 Ishigaki (Ishigaki Island) 10400 Hakkaisan (Mount Hakkai) 10500 Nishi-koen (Nishi-koen Park) 10516 Sakurajima (Mount Sakurajima) 11092 Iwakisan (Mount Iwaki) 11107 Hakkoda (Hakkōda Mountains) 11108 Hachimantai (Mount Hachimantai) 11109 Iwatesan (Mount Iwate) 11129 Hayachine (Mount Hayachine) 11133 Kumotori (Mount Kumotori) 11135 Ryokami (Mount Ryōkami) 11137 Yarigatake (Mount Yari) 11138 Hotakadake (Mount Hotaka) 11140 Yakedake (Mount Yae) 11146 Kirigamine (Mount Kirigamine) 11149 Tateshina (Mount Tateshina) 11151 Oodaigahara (Mount Ōdaigahara) 11152 Oomine (Mount Ōmine) 11154 Kobushi (Mount Kobushi) 11155 Kinpu (Mount Kinpu) 11159 Mizugaki (Mount Mizugaki) 11161 Daibosatsu (Mount Daibosatsu) 11494 Hibiki (Hibiki Sea) 11827 Wasyuzan (Mount Washu) 11878 Hanamiyama (Hanamiyama Mountain) 11925 Usubae (Usubae, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in Kōchi) 12335 Tatsukushi (Tatsukushi, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in Kōchi) 12357 Toyako (Lake Tōya) 12383 Eboshi (Ubashima Island) 12706 Tanezaki (Tanezaki, a beach in Urado Bay, Kōchi) 12749 Odokaigan (Odokaigan, a beach on the Otsuki Peninsula) 13039 Awashima (Awashima Island) 13094 Shinshuueda (Shinshu Region) 13365 Tenzinyama (Mount Tenzinyama) 13679 Shinanogawa (Shinano River) 13686 Kongozan (Kongozan Mountain) 14046 Keikai (Keikai Mountain) 14446 Kinkowan (Kinko Bay) 14543 Sajigawasuiseki (Sajigawa-suiseki) 14701 Aizu (Aizu, Fukushima) 14939 Norikura (Mount Norikura) 15028 Soushiyou (Soushiyou Garden, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 15387 Hanazukayama (Hanazukayama, Fukushima Prefecture) 15868 Akiyoshidai (Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park) 16439 Yamehoshinokawa (Yamehoshino River) 16449 Kigoyama (Kigoyama Mountain) 16466 Piyashiriyama (Mount Piyashiri) 16525 Shumarinaiko (Lake Shumarinai) 16725 Toudono (Toudono Mountain, Yamagata) 16736 Tongariyama (Tongariyama, Yamagata) 17465 Inawashiroko (Lake Inawashiro) 17673 Houkidaisen (Hōki-Daisen Peak) 18609 Shinobuyama (Mount Shinobu, Fukushima Prefecture) 19310 Osawa (Osawa, a region in Mitaka, Tokyo) 20193 Yakushima (Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture) 20625 Noto (Noto Peninsula) 21250 Kamikouchi (Kamikōchi Valley) 21302 Shirakamisanchi (Shirakami-Sanchi) 21368 Shiodayama (Mount Shioda, Yamagata) 22355 Yahabananshozan (Yahabananshozan, Iwate Prefecture) 22490 Zigamiyama (Mount Zigami, Yamagata) 22719 Nakadori (Nakadōri Region) 23468 Kannabe (Kannabe, Hyōgo Prefecture) 23478 Chikumagawa (Chikuma River) 23587 Abukumado (Abukuma-dō Cave) 23727 Akihasan (Mount Akiha, Yamagata) 24940 Sankichiyama (Mount Sankichi, Kaminoyama) 26151 Irinokaigan (Irino Beach, Kuroshio, Kōchi) 27714 Dochu (Dochū-Kōtsu Prefectural Natural Park) 27918 Azusagawa (Azusa River) 29355 Siratakayama (Mount Shirataka) 29362 Azumakofuzi (Mount Azuma-kofuji) 30888 Okitsumisaki (Okitsumisaki, a headland) 30963 Mount Banzan (Mount Banzan, Sendai) 31087 Oirase (Oirase Gorge) 32858 Kitakamigawa (Kitakami River) 35370 Daisakyu (Tottori Sand Dunes) 39679 Nukuhiyama (Nukuhiyama Mountain, Yamagata Prefecture) 40774 Iwaigame (Iwaigame Mountain) 40994 Tekaridake (Mount Tekari (Tekari-dake)) 44011 Juubichi (Mount Juubichi, Yamagata) 46689 Hakuryuko (Hakuryuko Marsh, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 46796 Mamigasakigawa (Mamigasaki River, a branch of the Mogami River) 47086 Shinseiko (Lake Shinsei) 48495 Ryugado (Ryūga Cave) 53157 Akaishidake (Mount Akaishi (Akaishi-dake)) 55873 Shiomidake (Mount Shiomi (Shiomi-dake)) 55875 Hirohatagaoka (Hirohatagaoka Hill) 58185 Rokkosan (Mount Rokkō) 58569 Eboshiyamakouen (Eboshiyama Park, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 65716 Ohkinohama (Ohkinohama Beach, Cape Ashizuri) 65784 Naderayama (Naderayama, a mountain near Yonezawa, Yamagata) 65894 Echizenmisaki (Cape Echizen, Fukui) 69496 Zaoryuzan (Zao Ryuzan, a mountain in Yamagata Prefecture) 73955 Asaka (Asaka, reclaimed land in Kōriyama) 79130 Bandanomori (Mount Bandanomori, Kōchi) 79149 Kajigamori (Mount Kajigamori, Kōchi) 79152 Abukumagawa (Abukuma River (Abukuma-gawa)) 85388 Sakazukiyama (Sakazukiyama Mountain, Yamagata Prefecture) 94356 Naruto (Naruto Strait) 96254 Hoyo (Hōyo Strait) 97582 Hijikawa (Hijikawa River) 100266 Sadamisaki (Sadamisaki Peninsula, Shikoku) 100433 Hyakusyuko (Hyakusyuko Lake, Nagai, Yamagata) 120462 Amanohashidate (Amanohashidate, Kyoto) 140038 Kurushima (Kurushima Strait) 145732 Kanmon (Kanmon Straits) 147971 Nametoko (Nametoko Ravine) 175613 Shikoku-karst (Shikoku Karst Prefectural Natural Park) 190057 Nakagawa (Naka River) 333639 Yaima (Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa) 571535 Okunoto (Oku-Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture) ==== Buildings ==== 2271 Kiso (Kiso Observatory) 2582 Harimaya-Bashi (Harimayabashi) 2909 Hoshi-no-ie (Hoshi-no-ie Observatory) 3814 Hoshi-no-mura (Hoshi-no-mura) 3994 Ayashi (Ayashi Station of the Sendai Obs.) 4106 Nada (Nada High School) 4212 Sansyu-Asuke (Sanshu Asukeyashiki Museum) 4261 Gekko (Gekko Observatory) 4272 Entsuji (Entsuji Temple) 4288 Tokyotech (Tokyo Institute of Technology) 4292 Aoba (Aoba Castle) 4403 Kuniharu (Kuniharu Observatory) 4459 Nusamaibashi (Nusamai Bridge) 4496 Kamimachi (Kamimachi, in Kōchi) 4607 Seilandfarm (Seilandfarm, near Kitami) 4645 Tentaikojo (Star Factory Museum) 5069 Tokeidai (Sapporo Clock Tower) 5240 Kwasan (Kwasan Observatory) 5401 Minamioda (Minami-Oda Observatory) 5474 Gingasen (Gingasen Railroad Track) 5825 Rakuyou (Rakuyo Technical High School) 6071 Sakitama (Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds) 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima) 6329 Hikonejyo (Hikone Castle) 6725 Engyoji (Engyō-ji Temple, Himeji) 7484 Dogo Onsen (Dōgo Onsen) 7533 Seiraiji (Seiraiji Temple, Sumoto, Hyōgo) 7634 Shizutani-Kou (Shizutani School) 7891 Fuchie (Fuchie Senior High School) 7892 Musamurahigashi (Higashimurayama Senior High School) 8100 Nobeyama (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) 8533 Oohira (Nihondaira Observatory) 8572 Nijo (Nijō Castle) 8738 Saji (Saji Observatory) 8865 Yakiimo (JCPM Yakiimo Station) 9215 Taiyonoto (Tower of the Sun) 9235 Shimanamikaido (Nishiseto Expressway) 9350 Waseda (Waseda University) 9436 Shudo (Shudo Junior and Senior High School) 9650 Okadaira (Okadaira Shell Mound) 9783 Tensho-kan (Tensho-kan Planetarium) 9784 Yotsubashi (Yotsubashi Station) 9990 Niiyaeki (Niiya Station, Ōzu, Ehime) 10318 Sumaura (Sumaura Elementary School) 10399 Nishiharima (Nishi-Harima Observatory) 10572 Kominejo (Komine Castle) 11258 Aoyama (Aoyama Gakuin University) 11442 Seijin-Sanso (Seijin-Sanso Observing Station) 11515 Oshijyo (Oshi Castle) 11873 Kokuseibi (National Museum of Western Art) 12432 Usuda (Usuda Deep Space Center) 12690 Kochimiraikagaku (Kōchi MIRAI Science Center) 12746 Yumeginga (Space and Science Museum, Takeo, Saga) 12810 Okumiomote (Okumiomote Dam) 13015 Noradokei (Nora Dokei Clock, Aki, Kōchi) 13564 Kodomomiraikan (Museum of Future for Kids, Edogawa, Tokyo) 13654 Masuda (Masuda Tracking and Communications Station) 13989 Murikabushi (Murikabushi Telescope, Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory) 14031 Rozyo (Rozyo Elementary School, Ishikawa) 14313 Dodaira (Dodaira Station) 14441 Atakanoseki (Atakanoseki, a checkpoint in Komatsu, Ishikawa) 14449 Myogizinzya (Myogizinzya Shrine on Mount Myōgi) 14492 Bistar (Bistar Astronomical Observatory, Hitachiōmiya) 14843 Tanna (Tanna, a tunnel on the Tokaido Shinkansen) 14981 Uenoiwakura (Iwakura High School, Ueno) 15526 Kokura (Kokura High School, Kitakyushu) 15552 Sandashounkan (Sandashounkan High School, Sanda) 15786 Hoshioka (Hoshioka Kindergarten, Matsuyama) 15843 Comcom (Com Com Science Museum, Fukushima) 15921 Kintaikyo (Kintai Bridge) 16644 Otemaedaigaku (Otemae College) 16650 Sakushingakuin (Sakushin Gakuin University) 17645 Inarimori (Inarimori Kofun) 18322 Korokan (Kōrokan) 18553 Kinkakuji (Kinkaku-ji) 19083 Mizuki (Mizuki Castle, Fukuoka) 19853 Ichinomiya (Ichinomiya High School) 20107 Nanyotenmondai (Nanyo Citizen's Observatory) 21014 Daishi (Daishi Elementary School) 22385 Fujimoriboshi (Fujimori High School) 23259 Miwadagakuen (Miwada Gakuen Girls' Junior & Senior High School) 24640 Omiwa (Ōmiwa Shrine) 24889 Tamurahosinomura (Tamura Hoshinomura Observatory) 26127 Otakasakajyo (Kōchi Castle) 26829 Sakaihoikuen (Sakaihoikuen Kindergarten) 26998 Iriso (Iriso Station) 27182 Korinotenmondai (Korino Observatory) 29144 Taitokufuji (Fuji Elementary School, Tokyo) 29252 Konjikido (Chūson-ji) 29337 Hakurojo (Himeji Castle) 31151 Sajichugaku (Sajichugaku, a high school in Saji) 35062 Sakuranosyou (Sakurano Elementary School, Tokyo) 37529 Ama-Miyayama (Ama-Miyayama burial mound, Osaka) 37626 Meizen (Meizen High School, Fukuoka) 39712 Ehimedaigaku (Ehime University) 43605 Gakuho (Aizu Gakuho High School, Aizuwakamatsu) 44013 Iidetenmomdai (Iide Astronomical Observatory) 48408 Yoshinogari (Yoshinogari, a historical site in Saga Prefecture) 48607 Yamagatatemodai (Yamagata Astronomical Observatory) 52285 Kakurinji (Kakurin-ji, a temple complex in Kakogawa, Hyōgo) 52421 Daihoji (Daihoji Temple) 52500 Kanata (KANATA Telescope) 52601 Iwayaji (Iwayaji Temple) 54510 Yakagehonjin (Yakage honjin, a former accommodation in Okayama) 54862 Sundaigakuen (Sundai Gakuen High School, Tokyo) 73862 Mochigasechugaku (Mochigase High school, Mochigase, Tottori) 85400 Shiratakachu (Shirata Chugakko) 90844 Todai (University of Tokyo) 92097 Aidai (Ehime University) 100483 NAOJ (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) 105675 Kamiukena (Kamiukena High School) 107805 Saibi (Saibi High School) 108720 Kamikuroiwa (Kamikuroiwaiwakage Site) 150129 Besshi (Besshi copper mine) 187531 Omorichugakkou (Omorichugakkou Junior High School, Suzaka, Nagano) 208499 Shokasonjuku (Shōkasonjuku Academy, Yamaguchi) 278735 Kamioka (Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture) 456378 Akashikaikyo (Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Kobe) 849224 Motoyama (Motoyama-juku) === Cambodia === 16770 Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat, Cambodia) === China === ==== Country ==== 1125 China (China) 3789 Zhongguo (China) ==== Provinces ==== 2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu) 2085 Henan (Henan) 2162 Anhui (Anhui) 2184 Fujian (Fujian) 2185 Guangdong (Guangdong) 2215 Sichuan (Sichuan) 2230 Yunnan (Yunnan) 2255 Qinghai (Qinghai) 2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi) 2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang) 2344 Xizang (Xizang) 2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) 2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang) 2398 Jilin (Jilin) 2503 Liaoning (Liaoning) 2505 Hebei (Hebei) 2510 Shandong (Shandong) 2515 Gansu (Gansu) 2539 Ningxia (Ningxia) 2547 Hubei (Hubei) 2592 Hunan (Hunan) 2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi) 2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang) 2632 Guizhou (Guizhou) 2655 Guangxi (Guangxi) 3024 Hainan (Hainan) ==== Province-level cities ==== 2045 Peking (Beijing) 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai) 2209 Tianjin (Tianjin) 3011 Chongqing (Chongqing) 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) 8423 Macao (Macau) ==== Cities, towns, counties and villages ==== 2078 Nanking (Nanjing, Jiangsu) 2387 Xi'an (Xi'an, Shaanxi) 2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen, Guangdong) 2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi) 2693 Yan'an (Yan'an, Shaanxi) 2719 Suzhou (Suzhou, Jiangsu) 2729 Urumqi (Ürümqi, Xinjiang) 2743 Chengdu (Chengdu, Sichuan) 2778 Tangshan (Tangshan, Hebei) 2789 Foshan (Foshan, Guangdong) 2851 Harbin (Harbin, Heilongjiang) 2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai, Guangdong) 3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou, Guangdong) 3051 Nantong (Nantong, Jiangsu) 3136 Anshan (Anshan, Liaoning) 3139 Shantou (Shantou, Guangdong) 3187 Dalian (Dalian, Liaoning) 3206 Wuhan (Wuhan, Hubei) 3221 Changshi (Changshu, Jiangsu) 3239 Meizhou (Meizhou, Guangdong) 3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou, Fujian) 3340 Yinhai (Yinhai District, Guangxi) 3476 Dongguan (Dongguan, Guangdong) 3502 Huangpu (Huangpu District, Guangzhou) 3509 Sanshui (Sanshui, Foshan) 3543 Ningbo (Ningbo, Zhejiang) 3611 Dabu (Dabu County, Guangdong) 3650 Kunming (Kunming, Yunnan) 3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou, Jiangsu) 3746 Heyuan (Heyuan, Guangdong) 4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang, Gansu) 4360 Xuyi (Xuyi County, Jiangsu) 4776 Luyi (Luyi County, Henan) 4925 Zhoushan (Zhoushan, Zhejiang) 5217 Chaozhou (Chaozhou, Guangdong) 5384 Changjiangcun (Changjiang, Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu) 5537 Sanya (Sanya, Hainan) 7485 Changchun (Changchun, Jilin) 7859 Lhasa (Lhasa, Tibet) 9092 Nanyang (Nanyang, Henan) 12418 Tongling (Tongling, Anhui) 14656 Lijiang (Lijiang, Yunnan) 15001 Fuzhou (Fuzhou, Fujian) 19258 Gongyi (Gongyi, Henan) 19300 Xinglong (Xinglong County, Hebei) 23686 Songyuan (Songyuan, Jilin) 24956 Qiannan (Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou) 31196 Yulong (Yulong Naxi Autonomous County) 35366 Kaifeng (Kaifeng, Henan) 48619 Jianli (Jianli County, Hubei) 48799 Tashikuergan (Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County) 69869 Haining (Haining, Zhejiang) 72060 Hohhot (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia) 79418 Zhangjiajie (Zhangjiajie, Hunan) 79316 Huangshan (Huangshan City, Anhui) 80801 Yiwu (Yiwu County, Xinjiang) 85293 Tengzhou (Tengzhou, Shandong) 92209 Pingtang (Pingtang County, Guizhou) 121001 Liangshanxichang (Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan) 161715 Wenchuan (Wenchuan County, Sichuan) 168234 Hsi Ching (Western Capital) 175633 Yaoan (Yao'an County, Yunnan) 185577 Hhaihao (Haikou (Hhaihao City), Hainan) 188867 Tin Ho (Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong) 207717 Sa'a (Sanya, Hainan) 207931 Weihai (Weihai, Shandong) 215021 Fanjingshan (Fanjingshan, Guizhou) 215458 Yucun (Yucun, a village in Zhejiang) 216343 Wenchang (Wenchang, Hainan) 231446 Dayao (Dayao County, Yunnan) 239200 Luoyang (Luoyang, Henan) 256699 Poudai (Puqian, Hainan) 278384 Mudanjiang (Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang) 301153 Jinan (Jinan, Shandong) 321197 Qingdao (Qingdao, Shandong) 345959 Dafeng (Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu) 362177 Anji (Anji County, Zhejiang) 432101 Ngari (Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region) 592710 Lenghu (Lenghu, Qinghai) ==== Natural features ==== 3481 Xianglupeak (Xianglu Peak) 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains) 12757 Yangtze (Yangtze River) 58418 Luguhu (Lugu Lake) 110294 Victoriaharbour (Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong) 110297 Yellowriver (Yellow River) 121007 Jiaxingnanhu (South Lake, Jiaxing, Zhejiang) 178151 Kulangsu (Gulangyu Island (Kulangsu), Xiamen) 199947 Qaidam (Qaidam Basin) 248388 Namtso (Namtso, a lake in Tibet) 295935 Majia (Majia, a hill in Shandong University) ==== Buildings and schools ==== 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen) 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory) 3901 Nanjingdaxue (Nanjing University) 4073 Ruianzhongxue (Rui'an Middle School) 4245 Nairc (Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center) 5013 Suzhousanzhong (Suzhou No.

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List of minor planets named after places

This is a list of minor planets named after places, organized by continent. == Africa == 1193 Africa (Africa) 1368 Numidia (Numidia) 1817 Katanga (Katanga Province) === Countries === 1268 Libya (Libya) 1279 Uganda (Uganda) 1349 Bechuana (Botswana) 1430 Somalia (Somalia) 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia) 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda) 1718 Namibia (Namibia) 1816 Liberia (Liberia) === Cities === 1326 Losaka (Lusaka, Zambia) 1468 Zomba (Zomba, Malawi) 1634 Ndola (Ndola, Zambia) 1948 Kampala (Kampala, Uganda) 6362 Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia) === Natural features === 1242 Zambesia (Zambezi River) 1701 Okavango (Okavango River) 1702 Kalahari (Kalahari Desert) 26871 Tanezrouft (Tanezrouft Basin) 35295 Omo (Omo River) 69228 Kamerunberg (Mount Cameroon (Kamerunberg), Cameroon) 134369 Sahara (Sahara, the third largest desert in the world) 192182 Ennedi (Ennedi Plateau, Chad) === Buildings and man-made structures === 40201 Besely (Besely Observatory, Madagascar) 82346 Hakos (Hakos, a farm in Namibia) === Algeria === 426 Hippo (Hippo Regius) 858 El Djezaïr (Algiers) 859 Bouzaréah (Bouzareah) 1213 Algeria (Algeria) === Angola === 1431 Luanda (Luanda) 1712 Angola (Angola) 1784 Benguella (Benguela) === Egypt === ==== Cities ==== 4355 Memphis (Memphis) 5249 Giza (Giza) 110296 Luxor (Luxor) 321484 Marsaalam (Marsa Alam) ==== Natural features ==== 21009 Agilkia (Agilkia Island) 24663 Philae (Philae Island) ==== Buildings ==== 32776 Nriag (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics) 51895 Biblialexa (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) 110300 Abusimbel (Abu Simbel) 332632 Pharos (Lighthouse of Alexandria) === Kenya === 1278 Kenya (Kenya) 1356 Nyanza (Nyanza Province) 1428 Mombasa (Mombasa) 1641 Tana (Tana River) === Morocco === 6215 Mehdia (Mehdya) 42776 Casablanca (Casablanca) 68718 Safi (Safi) 200020 Cadi Ayyad (Cadi Ayyad University) === Mozambique === 1393 Sofala (Sofala Province) 1474 Beira (Beira) === South Africa === ==== Provinces ==== 715 Transvaalia (Transvaal Province) 1195 Orangia (Orange Free State Province) ==== Cities, towns and villages ==== 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, Gauteng) 1245 Calvinia (Calvinia, Northern Cape) 1324 Knysna (Knysna, Western Cape) 1325 Inanda (Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal) 1359 Prieska (Prieska, Northern Cape) 1367 Nongoma (Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal) 1397 Umtata (Mthatha, Eastern Cape) 1879 Broederstroom (Broederstroom, North West) 1949 Messina (Musina, Limpopo) 260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape) ==== Natural features ==== 1032 Pafuri (Pafuri River) 1264 Letaba (Letaba River) 1305 Pongola (Pongola River) 1321 Majuba (Majuba Hill) 1323 Tugela (Tugela River) 1327 Namaqua (Namaqua National Park) 1394 Algoa (Algoa Bay) 1396 Outeniqua (Outeniqua Mountains) 1456 Saldanha (Saldanha Bay) 1490 Limpopo (Limpopo River) 1914 Hartbeespoortdam (Hartbeespoort Dam) 2066 Palala (Palala River) ==== Buildings ==== 1585 Union (Union Observatory) === Tanzania === 1427 Ruvuma (Ruvuma River) 1429 Pemba (Pemba Island) 1595 Tanga (Tanga) 10377 Kilimanjaro (Mount Kilimanjaro) === Zimbabwe === 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) 1467 Mashona (Mashonaland) 1676 Kariba (Lake Kariba) == Asia == 67 Asia (Asia) 14519 Ural (Ural River) 14612 Irtish (Irtysh River) 100936 Mekong (Mekong River) 160105 Gobi (Gobi Desert) 229864 Sichouzhilu (Silk Road) === Japan === 727 Nipponia (Japan) 4929 Yamatai (Yamatai, an ancient kingdom in Japan) 10727 Akitsushima (Akitsushima, the old name for Japan) 23649 Tohoku (Tōhoku Region) 29157 Higashinihon (Eastern Japan) ==== Prefectures ==== 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaido Prefecture) 3829 Gunma (Gunma Prefecture) 4703 Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture) 5473 Yamanashi (Yamanashi Prefecture) 5618 Saitama (Saitama Prefecture) 5908 Aichi (Aichi Prefecture) 6383 Tokushima (Tokushima Prefecture) 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo Prefecture) 7039 Yamagata (Yamagata Prefecture) 9993 Kumamoto (Kumamoto Prefecture) 11933 Himuka (Miyazaki Prefecture) 13188 Okinawa (Okinawa Prefecture) 15841 Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Prefecture) 17683 Kanagawa (Kanagawa Prefecture) 19509 Niigata (Niigata Prefecture) 19534 Miyagi (Miyagi Prefecture) 19691 Iwate (Iwate Prefecture) 19701 Aomori (Aomori Prefecture) 19713 Ibaraki (Ibaraki Prefecture) 19731 Tochigi (Tochigi Prefecture) 20613 Chibaken (Chiba Prefecture) 23638 Nagano (Nagano Prefecture) 48736 Ehime (Ehime Prefecture) 90875 Hoshitori (Nickname for Tottori Prefecture) ==== Former provinces ==== 3111 Misuzu (Shinano Province) 3150 Tosa (Tosa Province) 3165 Mikawa (Mikawa Province) 3319 Kibi (Kibi Province) 136743 Echigo (Echigo Province) ==== Cities ==== 498 Tokio (Tokyo) 1088 Mitaka (Mitaka, Tokyo) 1139 Atami (Atami, Shizuoka) 1185 Nikko (Nikkō, Tochigi) 2084 Okayama (Okayama, Okayama) 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima, Hiroshima) 2396 Kochi (Kōchi, Kōchi) 2478 Tokai (Tōkai, Aichi) 3133 Sendai (Sendai, Miyagi) 3249 Musashino (Musashino, Tokyo) 3290 Azabu (Azabu, Minato, Tokyo) 3320 Namba (Namba, Osaka) 3473 Sapporo (Sapporo, Hokkaido) 3533 Toyota (Toyota, Aichi) 3607 Naniwa (Naniwa-ku, Osaka) 3785 Kitami (Kitami, Hokkaido) 4096 Kushiro (Kushiro, Hokkaido) 4157 Izu (Izu, Shizuoka) 4263 Abashiri (Abashiri, Hokkaido) 4265 Kani (Kani, Gifu) 4352 Kyoto (Kyoto, Kyoto) 4381 Uenohara (Uenohara, Yamanashi) 4407 Taihaku (Taihaku-ku, Sendai) 4439 Muroto (Muroto, Kōchi) 4461 Sayama (Sayama, Saitama) 4491 Otaru (Otaru, Hokkaido) 4539 Miyagino (Miyagino-ku, Sendai) 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki, Okayama) 4634 Shibuya (Shibuya, Tokyo) 4649 Sumoto (Sumoto, Hyōgo) 4720 Tottori (Tottori, Tottori) 4797 Ako (Akō, Hyōgo) 4873 Fukaya (Fukaya, Saitama) 5128 Wakabayashi (Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai) 5138 Gyoda (Gyōda, Saitama) 5139 Rumoi (Rumoi, Hokkaido) 5334 Mishima (Mishima, Shizuoka) 5399 Awa (Awa, Tokushima) 5435 Kameoka (Kameoka, Kyoto) 5629 Kuwana (Kuwana, Mie) 5775 Inuyama (Inuyama, Aichi) 5783 Kumagaya (Kumagaya, Saitama) 5790 Nagasaki (Nagasaki, Nagasaki) 5881 Akashi (Akashi, Hyōgo) 5909 Nagoya (Nagoya, Aichi) 5960 Wakkanai (Wakkanai, Hokkaido) 6089 Izumi (Izumi-ku, Sendai) 6198 Shirakawa (Shirakawa, Fukushima) 6228 Yonezawa (Yonezawa, Yamagata) 6275 Kiryu (Kiryū, Gunma) 6419 Susono (Susono, Shizuoka) 6612 Hachioji (Hachiōji, Tokyo) 6655 Nagahama (Nagahama, Shiga) 6657 Otukyo (Ōtsu, Shiga) 6663 Tatebayashi (Tatebayashi, Gunma) 6720 Gifu (Gifu, Gifu) 6721 Minamiawaji (Minamiawaji, Hyōgo) 6991 Chichibu (Chichibu, Saitama) 7023 Heiankyo (Nickname of Kyoto) 7028 Tachikawa (Tachikawa, Tokyo) 7038 Tokorozawa (Tokorozawa, Saitama) 7067 Kiyose (Kiyose, Tokyo) 7137 Ageo (Ageo, Saitama) 7252 Kakegawa (Kakegawa, Shizuoka) 7253 Nara (Nara, Nara) 7434 Osaka (Osaka, Osaka) 7435 Sagamihara (Sagamihara, Kanagawa) 7530 Mizusawa (Mizusawa, Iwate) 7678 Onoda (Onoda, Yamaguchi) 7716 Ube (Ube, Yamaguchi) 7788 Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Ibaraki) 7851 Azumino (Azumino, Nagano) 7895 Kaseda (Kaseda, Kagoshima) 8113 Matsue (Matsue, Shimane) 8120 Kobe (Kobe, Hyōgo) 8220 Nanyou (Nan'yō, Yamagata) 8234 Nobeoka (Nobeoka, Miyazaki) 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa, Hyōgo) 8924 Iruma (Iruma, Saitama) 9191 Hokuto (Hokuto, Yamanashi) 9196 Sukagawa (Sukagawa, Fukushima) 9580 Tarumi (Tarumi-ku, Kobe) 9658 Imabari (Imabari, Ehime) 9782 Edo (Edo, a former city in Musashi Province) 9887 Ashikaga (Ashikaga, Tochigi) 9893 Sagano (Sagano, a neighbourhood in Kyoto) 10141 Gotenba (Gotemba, Shizuoka) 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi, Hiroshima) 10864 Yamagatashi (Yamagata, Yamagata) 10878 Moriyama (Moriyama, Shiga) 11115 Kariya (Kariya, Aichi) 11504 Kazo (Kazo, Saitama) 11612 Obu (Ōbu, Aichi) 12012 Kitahiroshima (Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido) 12391 Ecoadachi (Adachi, Tokyo) 12440 Koshigayaboshi (Koshigaya, Saitama) 12469 Katsuura (Katsuura, Chiba) 13569 Oshu (Ōshū, Iwate) 13787 Nagaishi (Nagai, Yamagata) 14491 Hitachiomiya (Hitachiōmiya, Ibaraki) 14888 Kanazawashi (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) 14901 Hidatakayama (Takayama, Gifu) 16463 Nayoro (Nayoro, Hokkaido) 16713 Airashi (Aira, Kagoshima) 17651 Tajimi (Tajimi, Gifu) 18469 Hakodate (Hakodate, Hokkaido) 18644 Arashiyama (Arashiyama, Kyoto) 19953 Takeo (Takeo, Saga) 18290 Sumiyoshi (Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka) 20102 Takasago (Takasago, Hyōgo) 20204 Yuudurunosato (Nickname for Urushiyama District, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 21328 Otashi (Ōta, Gunma) 21348 Toyoteru (Toyoteru District, Niigata) 22277 Hirado (Hirado, Nagasaki) 22745 Rikuzentakata (Rikuzentakata, Iwate) 25296 Minamisatsuma (Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima) 25892 Funabashi (Funabashi, Chiba) 26097 Kamishi (Kami, Kōchi) 26319 Miyauchi (Miyauchi, Yamagata) 29199 Himeji (Himeji, Hyōgo) 29514 Karatsu (Karatsu, Saga) 33553 Nagai (Nagai, Yamagata) 35093 Akicity (Aki, Kōchi) 36472 Ebina (Ebina, Kanagawa) 39799 Hadano (Hadano, Kanagawa) 41481 Musashifuchu (Fuchū, Tokyo) 46595 Kita-Kyushu (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) 46596 Tobata (Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu) 52260 Ureshino (Ureshino, Saga) 63389 Noshiro (Noshiro, Akita) 63897 Ofunato (Ōfunato, Iwate) 64547 Saku (Saku, Nagano) 87271 Kokubunji (Kokubunji, Tokyo) 118230 Sado (Sado, Niigata) 145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Aomori) 181043 Anan (Anan, Tokushima) 220736 Niihama (Niihama, Ehime) 262419 Suzaka (Suzaka, Nagano) 364630 Shizuoka (Shizuoka, Shizuoka) 375927 Ibara (Ibara, Okayama) ==== Towns and villages ==== 1098 Hakone (Hakone, Kanagawa) 2470 Agematsu (Agematsu, Nagano) 2571 Geisei (Geisei, Kōchi) 2908 Shimoyama (Shimoyama, Aichi) 2924 Mitake-mura (Mitake, Nagano) 2960 Ohtaki (Ōtaki, Nagano) 3432 Kobuchizawa (Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi) 3565 Ojima (Ojima, Gunma) 3823 Yorii (Yorii, Saitama) 3997 Taga (Taga, Shiga) 4127 Kyogoku (Kyōgoku, Hokkaido) 4186 Tamashima (Tamashima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 4350 Shibecha (Shibecha, Hokkaido) 4353 Onizaki (Onizaki, Aichi) 4383 Suruga (Suruga District) 4458 Oizumi (Ōizumi, Gunma) 4460 Bihoro (Bihoro, Hokkaido) 4526 Konko (Konkō, Okayama) 4585 Ainonai (Ainonai, Hokkaido) 4644 Oumu (Ōmu, Hokkaido) 4712 Iwaizumi (Iwaizumi, Iwate) 4774 Hobetsu (Hobetsu, Hokkaido) 4845 Tsubetsu (Tsubetsu, Hokkaido) 5142 Okutama (Okutama, Tokyo) 5176 Yoichi (Yoichi, Hokkaido) 5215 Tsurui (Tsurui, Hokkaido) 5333 Kanaya (Kanaya, Shizuoka) 5356 Neagari (Neagari, Ishikawa) 5403 Takachiho (Takachiho, Miyazaki) 5468 Hamatonbetsu (Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido) 5488 Kiyosato (Kiyosato, Hokkaido) 5640 Yoshino (Yoshino, Kagoshima, Kagoshima) 5784 Yoron (Yoron, Kagoshima) 5851 Inagawa (Inagawa, Hyōgo) 5978 Kaminokuni (Kaminokuni, Hokkaido) 6024 Ochanomizu (Ochanomizu, Tokyo) 6134 Kamagari (Kamagari, Hiroshima) 6158 Shosanbetsu (Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido) 6197 Taracho (Tara, Saga) 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 6237 Chikushi (Chikushi District, Fukuoka) 6255 Kuma (Kumakōgen, Ehime) 6276 Kurohone (Kurohone, Gunma) 6346 Syukumeguri (Shukumeguri, Gunma) 6414 Mizunuma (Mizunuma, Gunma) 6444 Ryuzin (Ryuzin, Toyota, Aichi) 6667 Sannaimura (Sannai, Akita) 6699 Igaueno (Ueno, Mie) 6804 Maruseppu (Maruseppu, Hokkaido) 6992 Minano-machi (Minano, Saitama) 7021 Tomiokamachi (Tomioka, Fukushima) 7097 Yatsuka (Yatsuka, Shimane) 7143 Haramura (Hara, Nagano) 7298 Matudaira-gou (Matsudaira-gou, near Toyota, Aichi) 7342 Uchinoura (Uchinoura, Kagoshima) 7592 Takinemachi (Takine, Fukushima) 8272 Iitatemura (Iitate, Fukushima) 8668 Satomimura (Satomi, Ibaraki) 9033 Kawane (Kawane, Shizuoka) 9041 Takane (Takane, Yamanashi) 9107 Narukospa (Naruko, Miyagi) 9293 Kamogata (Kamogata, Okayama) 9368 Esashi (Esashi, Hokkaido) 9382 Mihonoseki (Mihonoseki, Shimane) 9719 Yakage (Yakage, Okayama) 10178 Iriki (Iriki, Kagoshima) 10364 Tainai (Tainai-daira, Kurokawa, Niigata) 10365 Kurokawa (Kurokawa, Niigata) 10367 Sayo (Sayō, Hyōgo) 10368 Kozuki (Kōzuki, Hyōgo) 11546 Miyoshimachi (Miyoshi, Saitama) 12445 Sirataka (Shirataka, Yamagata) 12751 Kamihayashi (Kamihayashi, Niigata) 13156 Mannoucyo (Mannō, Kagawa) 13207 Tamagawa (Tamagawa, Ehime) 13918 Tsukinada (Tsukinada, Ōtsuki, Kōchi) 13934 Kannami (Kannami, Shizuoka) 13978 Hiwasa (Hiwasa, Tokushima) 14314 Tokigawa (Tokigawa, Saitama) 14315 Ogawamachi (Ogawa, Saitama) 14316 Higashichichibu (Higashichichibu, Saitama) 14425 Fujimimachi (Fujimi, Nagano) 14469 Komatsuataka (Komatsuataka, Komatsu, Ishikawa) 14821 Motaeno (Tamashima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 14850 Nagashimacho (Nagashima, Kagoshima) 14992 Ogosemachi (Ogose, Saitama) 15303 Hatoyamamachi (Hatoyama, Saitama) 15316 Okagakimachi (Okagaki, Fukuoka) 15350 Naganuma (Naganuma, Hokkaido) 15910 Shinkamigoto (Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki) 16261 Iidemachi (Iide, Yamagata) 16507 Fuuren (Fūren, Hokkaido) 16594 Sorachi (Sorachi District, Hokkaido) 16680 Minamitanemachi (Minamitane, Kagoshima) 16700 Seiwa (Seiwa, Kumamoto) 17286 Bisei (Bisei, Okayama) 18156 Kamisaibara (Kamisaibara, Okayama) 19161 Sakawa (Sakawa, Kōchi) 19303 Chinacyo (China, Kagoshima) 20120 Ryugatake (Ryugatake, Kumamoto) 21254 Jonan (Jōnan, Kumamoto) 21326 Nitta-machi (Nitta, Gunma) 21327 Yabuzuka (Yabuzukahon, Gunma) 22470 Shirakawa-go (Shirakawa, Gifu) 22885 Sakaemura (Sakae, Nagano) 22914 Tsunanmachi (Tsunan, Niigata) 23662 Jozankei (Jozankei, Sapporo) 24965 Akayu (Akayu, Yamagata) 26806 Kushiike (Kushiike, Jōetsu, Niigata) 29249 Hiraizumi (Hiraizumi, Iwate) 31105 Oguniyamagata (Oguni, Yamagata) 33056 Ogunimachi (Oguni, Niigata) 36783 Kagamino (Kagamino, Okayama) 37720 Kawanishi (Kawanishi, Yamagata) 38669 Michikawa (Michikawa, Akita) 46634 Minamiaizumachi (Minamiaizu, Fukushima) 48807 Takahata (Takahata, Yamagata) 58600 Iwamuroonsen (Iwamuro, Niigata) 67712 Kimotsuki (Kimotsuki, Kagoshima) 68021 Taiki (Taiki, Hokkaido) 73782 Yanagida (Yanagida, Ishikawa) 102621 Goshinosato (Goshi no Sato, a nickname for Saji, a former town in Tottori Prefecture) 145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Iwate) ==== Natural features ==== 1089 Tama (Tama River) 1090 Sumida (Sumida River) 1266 Tone (Tone River) 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji) 2330 Ontake (Mount Ontake) 2961 Katsurahama (Katsurahama Beach) 3182 Shimanto (Shimanto River) 3262 Miune (Mount Miune) 3380 Awaji (Awaji Island) 3392 Setouchi (Setouchi Region) 3867 Shiretoko (Shiretoko Peninsula) 3914 Kotogahama (Kotogahama Beach) 3996 Fugaku (Fugaku, an old name for Mount Fuji) 4033 Yatsugatake (Mount Yatsugatake) 4095 Ishizuchisan (Mount Ishizuchi) 4097 Tsurugisan (Mount Tsurugi) 4126 Mashu (Lake Mashū) 4223 Shikoku (Shikoku) 4256 Kagamigawa (Kagami River) 4289 Biwako (Lake Biwa) 4399 Ashizuri (Cape Ashizuri) 4410 Kamuimintara (Asahi-dake) 4584 Akan (Akan Mashu National Park) 4670 Yoshinogawa (Yoshino River) 4675 Ohboke (Ōboke Valley) 4806 Miho (Miho no Matsubara) 4839 Daisetsuzan (Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group) 4890 Shikanosima (Shika Island) 4941 Yahagi (Yahagi River) 5059 Saroma (Lake Saroma) 5114 Yezo (Ezo) 5125 Okushiri (Okushiri Island) 5135 Nibutani (Nibutani) 5146 Moiwa (Mount Moiwa) 5147 Maruyama (Mount Maruyama) 5293 Bentengahama (Bentengahama Beach) 5294 Onnetoh (Lake Onnetō) 5331 Erimomisaki (Cape Erimo) 5482 Korankei (Kōrankei Gorge) 5508 Gomyou (Gomyou, Kakegawa, Shizuoka) 5557 Chimikeppuko (Chimikeppuko Lake) 5580 Sharidake (Mount Shari) 5603 Rausudake (Mount Rausu) 5631 Sekihokutouge (Sekihoku Pass) 5679 Akkado (Akkadō Cave) 5686 Chiyonoura (Chiyonoura Beach) 5751 Zao (Mount Zaō) 5848 Harutoriko (Lake Harutoriko) 5970 Ohdohrikouen (Odori Park) 6088 Hoshigakubo (Hoshigakubo) 6247 Amanogawa (Amanogawa River) 6270 Kabukuri (Kabukuri Marsh) 6302 Tengukogen (Tengukogen Highland Region) 6324 Kejonuma (Kejonuma Marsh) 6416 Nyukasayama (Mount Nyukasa) 6418 Hanamigahara (Hanamigahara Forest Park) 6420 Riheijyaya (Riheijaya Forest Park) 6422 Akagi (Mount Akagi) 6423 Harunasan (Mount Haruna) 6462 Myougi (Mount Myōgi) 6531 Subashiri (Subaahiri Trail) 6747 Ozegahara (Ozegahara Highland) 6800 Saragamine (Saragamine Renpō Prefectural Natural Park) 6839 Ozenuma (Lake Ozenuma) 6881 Shifutsu (Mount Shibutsu) 6883 Hiuchigatake (Mount Hiuchigatake) 6932 Tanigawadake (Mount Tanigawa) 6933 Azumayasan (Mount Azumaya) 6961 Ashitaka (Mount Ashitaka) 6965 Niyodogawa (Niyodo River) 6971 Omogokei (Omogo Gorge) 6986 Asamayama (Mount Asama) 6987 Onioshidashi (Onioshidashi) 6989 Hoshinosato (Chichibu Hoshi-no-sato) 6990 Toya (Mount Toya) 6995 Minoyama (Mount Minoyama) 7017 Uradowan (Urado Bay) 7094 Godaisan (Mount Godaisan) 7105 Yousyozan (Mount Yosho) 7235 Hitsuzan (Hitsuzan Mountain) 7274 Washioyama (Mount Washioyama) 7287 Yokokurayama (Mount Yokokurayama) 7289 Kamegamori (Mount Kamegamori) 7358 Oze (Oze National Park) 7429 Hoshikawa (Hoshikawa River) 7438 Misakatouge (Misaka Pass) 7463 Oukawamine (Mount Ōkawa-mine) 7562 Kagiroino-Oka (Kagiroino-Oka) 7766 Jododaira (Mount Jododaira) 7852 Itsukushima (Itsukushima Island) 8188 Okegaya (Okegaya Marsh) 8374 Horohata (Horohata, an area in Ishikawa, Fukushima) 8418 Mogamigawa (Mogami River) 8579 Hieizan (Mount Hiei) 8581 Johnen (Mount Jōnen) 8723 Azumayama (Mount Azuma-kofuji) 8730 Iidesan (Mount Iide) 8747 Asahi (Mount Asahi) 8866 Tanegashima (Tanegashima Island) 8874 Showashinzan (Shōwa-shinzan) 8922 Kumanodake (Mount Kumanodake) 8933 Kurobe (Kurobe Gorge) 8937 Gassan (Mount Gassan) 9032 Tanakami (Mount Tanakami) 9110 Choukai (Chōkai Quasi-National Park) 9128 Takatumuzi (Mount Takatumuzi, Yamagata) 9147 Kourakuen (Kōraku-en) 9153 Chikurinji (Mount Chikurinji) 9198 Sasagamine (Mount Sasagamine) 9220 Yoshidayama (Mount Yoshida, Kyoto) 9409 Kanpuzan (Mount Kanpuzan) 9791 Kamiyakurai (Yakuraisan, popularly called Kami Fuji, a mountain) 9792 Nonodakesan (Nonodakesan, a mountain) 9943 Bizan (Mount Bizan) 10091 Bandaisan (Mount Bandai) 10143 Kamogawa (Kamo River) 10147 Mizugatsuka (Mizugatsuka Park) 10154 Tanuki (Lake Tanuki) 10157 Asagiri (Asagiri Plateau) 10158 Taroubou (Tarobo Highland) 10159 Tokara (Tokara Islands) 10161 Nakanoshima (Nakanoshima) 10164 Akusekijima (Akusekijima) 10166 Takarajima (Takarajima) 10169 Ogasawara (Bonin Islands) 10179 Ishigaki (Ishigaki Island) 10400 Hakkaisan (Mount Hakkai) 10500 Nishi-koen (Nishi-koen Park) 10516 Sakurajima (Mount Sakurajima) 11092 Iwakisan (Mount Iwaki) 11107 Hakkoda (Hakkōda Mountains) 11108 Hachimantai (Mount Hachimantai) 11109 Iwatesan (Mount Iwate) 11129 Hayachine (Mount Hayachine) 11133 Kumotori (Mount Kumotori) 11135 Ryokami (Mount Ryōkami) 11137 Yarigatake (Mount Yari) 11138 Hotakadake (Mount Hotaka) 11140 Yakedake (Mount Yae) 11146 Kirigamine (Mount Kirigamine) 11149 Tateshina (Mount Tateshina) 11151 Oodaigahara (Mount Ōdaigahara) 11152 Oomine (Mount Ōmine) 11154 Kobushi (Mount Kobushi) 11155 Kinpu (Mount Kinpu) 11159 Mizugaki (Mount Mizugaki) 11161 Daibosatsu (Mount Daibosatsu) 11494 Hibiki (Hibiki Sea) 11827 Wasyuzan (Mount Washu) 11878 Hanamiyama (Hanamiyama Mountain) 11925 Usubae (Usubae, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in Kōchi) 12335 Tatsukushi (Tatsukushi, a beach in Cape Ashizuri in Kōchi) 12357 Toyako (Lake Tōya) 12383 Eboshi (Ubashima Island) 12706 Tanezaki (Tanezaki, a beach in Urado Bay, Kōchi) 12749 Odokaigan (Odokaigan, a beach on the Otsuki Peninsula) 13039 Awashima (Awashima Island) 13094 Shinshuueda (Shinshu Region) 13365 Tenzinyama (Mount Tenzinyama) 13679 Shinanogawa (Shinano River) 13686 Kongozan (Kongozan Mountain) 14046 Keikai (Keikai Mountain) 14446 Kinkowan (Kinko Bay) 14543 Sajigawasuiseki (Sajigawa-suiseki) 14701 Aizu (Aizu, Fukushima) 14939 Norikura (Mount Norikura) 15028 Soushiyou (Soushiyou Garden, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 15387 Hanazukayama (Hanazukayama, Fukushima Prefecture) 15868 Akiyoshidai (Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park) 16439 Yamehoshinokawa (Yamehoshino River) 16449 Kigoyama (Kigoyama Mountain) 16466 Piyashiriyama (Mount Piyashiri) 16525 Shumarinaiko (Lake Shumarinai) 16725 Toudono (Toudono Mountain, Yamagata) 16736 Tongariyama (Tongariyama, Yamagata) 17465 Inawashiroko (Lake Inawashiro) 17673 Houkidaisen (Hōki-Daisen Peak) 18609 Shinobuyama (Mount Shinobu, Fukushima Prefecture) 19310 Osawa (Osawa, a region in Mitaka, Tokyo) 20193 Yakushima (Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture) 20625 Noto (Noto Peninsula) 21250 Kamikouchi (Kamikōchi Valley) 21302 Shirakamisanchi (Shirakami-Sanchi) 21368 Shiodayama (Mount Shioda, Yamagata) 22355 Yahabananshozan (Yahabananshozan, Iwate Prefecture) 22490 Zigamiyama (Mount Zigami, Yamagata) 22719 Nakadori (Nakadōri Region) 23468 Kannabe (Kannabe, Hyōgo Prefecture) 23478 Chikumagawa (Chikuma River) 23587 Abukumado (Abukuma-dō Cave) 23727 Akihasan (Mount Akiha, Yamagata) 24940 Sankichiyama (Mount Sankichi, Kaminoyama) 26151 Irinokaigan (Irino Beach, Kuroshio, Kōchi) 27714 Dochu (Dochū-Kōtsu Prefectural Natural Park) 27918 Azusagawa (Azusa River) 29355 Siratakayama (Mount Shirataka) 29362 Azumakofuzi (Mount Azuma-kofuji) 30888 Okitsumisaki (Okitsumisaki, a headland) 30963 Mount Banzan (Mount Banzan, Sendai) 31087 Oirase (Oirase Gorge) 32858 Kitakamigawa (Kitakami River) 35370 Daisakyu (Tottori Sand Dunes) 39679 Nukuhiyama (Nukuhiyama Mountain, Yamagata Prefecture) 40774 Iwaigame (Iwaigame Mountain) 40994 Tekaridake (Mount Tekari (Tekari-dake)) 44011 Juubichi (Mount Juubichi, Yamagata) 46689 Hakuryuko (Hakuryuko Marsh, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 46796 Mamigasakigawa (Mamigasaki River, a branch of the Mogami River) 47086 Shinseiko (Lake Shinsei) 48495 Ryugado (Ryūga Cave) 53157 Akaishidake (Mount Akaishi (Akaishi-dake)) 55873 Shiomidake (Mount Shiomi (Shiomi-dake)) 55875 Hirohatagaoka (Hirohatagaoka Hill) 58185 Rokkosan (Mount Rokkō) 58569 Eboshiyamakouen (Eboshiyama Park, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 65716 Ohkinohama (Ohkinohama Beach, Cape Ashizuri) 65784 Naderayama (Naderayama, a mountain near Yonezawa, Yamagata) 65894 Echizenmisaki (Cape Echizen, Fukui) 69496 Zaoryuzan (Zao Ryuzan, a mountain in Yamagata Prefecture) 73955 Asaka (Asaka, reclaimed land in Kōriyama) 79130 Bandanomori (Mount Bandanomori, Kōchi) 79149 Kajigamori (Mount Kajigamori, Kōchi) 79152 Abukumagawa (Abukuma River (Abukuma-gawa)) 85388 Sakazukiyama (Sakazukiyama Mountain, Yamagata Prefecture) 94356 Naruto (Naruto Strait) 96254 Hoyo (Hōyo Strait) 97582 Hijikawa (Hijikawa River) 100266 Sadamisaki (Sadamisaki Peninsula, Shikoku) 100433 Hyakusyuko (Hyakusyuko Lake, Nagai, Yamagata) 120462 Amanohashidate (Amanohashidate, Kyoto) 140038 Kurushima (Kurushima Strait) 145732 Kanmon (Kanmon Straits) 147971 Nametoko (Nametoko Ravine) 175613 Shikoku-karst (Shikoku Karst Prefectural Natural Park) 190057 Nakagawa (Naka River) 333639 Yaima (Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa) 571535 Okunoto (Oku-Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture) ==== Buildings ==== 2271 Kiso (Kiso Observatory) 2582 Harimaya-Bashi (Harimayabashi) 2909 Hoshi-no-ie (Hoshi-no-ie Observatory) 3814 Hoshi-no-mura (Hoshi-no-mura) 3994 Ayashi (Ayashi Station of the Sendai Obs.) 4106 Nada (Nada High School) 4212 Sansyu-Asuke (Sanshu Asukeyashiki Museum) 4261 Gekko (Gekko Observatory) 4272 Entsuji (Entsuji Temple) 4288 Tokyotech (Tokyo Institute of Technology) 4292 Aoba (Aoba Castle) 4403 Kuniharu (Kuniharu Observatory) 4459 Nusamaibashi (Nusamai Bridge) 4496 Kamimachi (Kamimachi, in Kōchi) 4607 Seilandfarm (Seilandfarm, near Kitami) 4645 Tentaikojo (Star Factory Museum) 5069 Tokeidai (Sapporo Clock Tower) 5240 Kwasan (Kwasan Observatory) 5401 Minamioda (Minami-Oda Observatory) 5474 Gingasen (Gingasen Railroad Track) 5825 Rakuyou (Rakuyo Technical High School) 6071 Sakitama (Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds) 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima) 6329 Hikonejyo (Hikone Castle) 6725 Engyoji (Engyō-ji Temple, Himeji) 7484 Dogo Onsen (Dōgo Onsen) 7533 Seiraiji (Seiraiji Temple, Sumoto, Hyōgo) 7634 Shizutani-Kou (Shizutani School) 7891 Fuchie (Fuchie Senior High School) 7892 Musamurahigashi (Higashimurayama Senior High School) 8100 Nobeyama (Nobeyama Radio Observatory) 8533 Oohira (Nihondaira Observatory) 8572 Nijo (Nijō Castle) 8738 Saji (Saji Observatory) 8865 Yakiimo (JCPM Yakiimo Station) 9215 Taiyonoto (Tower of the Sun) 9235 Shimanamikaido (Nishiseto Expressway) 9350 Waseda (Waseda University) 9436 Shudo (Shudo Junior and Senior High School) 9650 Okadaira (Okadaira Shell Mound) 9783 Tensho-kan (Tensho-kan Planetarium) 9784 Yotsubashi (Yotsubashi Station) 9990 Niiyaeki (Niiya Station, Ōzu, Ehime) 10318 Sumaura (Sumaura Elementary School) 10399 Nishiharima (Nishi-Harima Observatory) 10572 Kominejo (Komine Castle) 11258 Aoyama (Aoyama Gakuin University) 11442 Seijin-Sanso (Seijin-Sanso Observing Station) 11515 Oshijyo (Oshi Castle) 11873 Kokuseibi (National Museum of Western Art) 12432 Usuda (Usuda Deep Space Center) 12690 Kochimiraikagaku (Kōchi MIRAI Science Center) 12746 Yumeginga (Space and Science Museum, Takeo, Saga) 12810 Okumiomote (Okumiomote Dam) 13015 Noradokei (Nora Dokei Clock, Aki, Kōchi) 13564 Kodomomiraikan (Museum of Future for Kids, Edogawa, Tokyo) 13654 Masuda (Masuda Tracking and Communications Station) 13989 Murikabushi (Murikabushi Telescope, Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory) 14031 Rozyo (Rozyo Elementary School, Ishikawa) 14313 Dodaira (Dodaira Station) 14441 Atakanoseki (Atakanoseki, a checkpoint in Komatsu, Ishikawa) 14449 Myogizinzya (Myogizinzya Shrine on Mount Myōgi) 14492 Bistar (Bistar Astronomical Observatory, Hitachiōmiya) 14843 Tanna (Tanna, a tunnel on the Tokaido Shinkansen) 14981 Uenoiwakura (Iwakura High School, Ueno) 15526 Kokura (Kokura High School, Kitakyushu) 15552 Sandashounkan (Sandashounkan High School, Sanda) 15786 Hoshioka (Hoshioka Kindergarten, Matsuyama) 15843 Comcom (Com Com Science Museum, Fukushima) 15921 Kintaikyo (Kintai Bridge) 16644 Otemaedaigaku (Otemae College) 16650 Sakushingakuin (Sakushin Gakuin University) 17645 Inarimori (Inarimori Kofun) 18322 Korokan (Kōrokan) 18553 Kinkakuji (Kinkaku-ji) 19083 Mizuki (Mizuki Castle, Fukuoka) 19853 Ichinomiya (Ichinomiya High School) 20107 Nanyotenmondai (Nanyo Citizen's Observatory) 21014 Daishi (Daishi Elementary School) 22385 Fujimoriboshi (Fujimori High School) 23259 Miwadagakuen (Miwada Gakuen Girls' Junior & Senior High School) 24640 Omiwa (Ōmiwa Shrine) 24889 Tamurahosinomura (Tamura Hoshinomura Observatory) 26127 Otakasakajyo (Kōchi Castle) 26829 Sakaihoikuen (Sakaihoikuen Kindergarten) 26998 Iriso (Iriso Station) 27182 Korinotenmondai (Korino Observatory) 29144 Taitokufuji (Fuji Elementary School, Tokyo) 29252 Konjikido (Chūson-ji) 29337 Hakurojo (Himeji Castle) 31151 Sajichugaku (Sajichugaku, a high school in Saji) 35062 Sakuranosyou (Sakurano Elementary School, Tokyo) 37529 Ama-Miyayama (Ama-Miyayama burial mound, Osaka) 37626 Meizen (Meizen High School, Fukuoka) 39712 Ehimedaigaku (Ehime University) 43605 Gakuho (Aizu Gakuho High School, Aizuwakamatsu) 44013 Iidetenmomdai (Iide Astronomical Observatory) 48408 Yoshinogari (Yoshinogari, a historical site in Saga Prefecture) 48607 Yamagatatemodai (Yamagata Astronomical Observatory) 52285 Kakurinji (Kakurin-ji, a temple complex in Kakogawa, Hyōgo) 52421 Daihoji (Daihoji Temple) 52500 Kanata (KANATA Telescope) 52601 Iwayaji (Iwayaji Temple) 54510 Yakagehonjin (Yakage honjin, a former accommodation in Okayama) 54862 Sundaigakuen (Sundai Gakuen High School, Tokyo) 73862 Mochigasechugaku (Mochigase High school, Mochigase, Tottori) 85400 Shiratakachu (Shirata Chugakko) 90844 Todai (University of Tokyo) 92097 Aidai (Ehime University) 100483 NAOJ (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) 105675 Kamiukena (Kamiukena High School) 107805 Saibi (Saibi High School) 108720 Kamikuroiwa (Kamikuroiwaiwakage Site) 150129 Besshi (Besshi copper mine) 187531 Omorichugakkou (Omorichugakkou Junior High School, Suzaka, Nagano) 208499 Shokasonjuku (Shōkasonjuku Academy, Yamaguchi) 278735 Kamioka (Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture) 456378 Akashikaikyo (Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Kobe) 849224 Motoyama (Motoyama-juku) === Cambodia === 16770 Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat, Cambodia) === China === ==== Country ==== 1125 China (China) 3789 Zhongguo (China) ==== Provinces ==== 2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu) 2085 Henan (Henan) 2162 Anhui (Anhui) 2184 Fujian (Fujian) 2185 Guangdong (Guangdong) 2215 Sichuan (Sichuan) 2230 Yunnan (Yunnan) 2255 Qinghai (Qinghai) 2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi) 2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang) 2344 Xizang (Xizang) 2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) 2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang) 2398 Jilin (Jilin) 2503 Liaoning (Liaoning) 2505 Hebei (Hebei) 2510 Shandong (Shandong) 2515 Gansu (Gansu) 2539 Ningxia (Ningxia) 2547 Hubei (Hubei) 2592 Hunan (Hunan) 2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi) 2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang) 2632 Guizhou (Guizhou) 2655 Guangxi (Guangxi) 3024 Hainan (Hainan) ==== Province-level cities ==== 2045 Peking (Beijing) 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai) 2209 Tianjin (Tianjin) 3011 Chongqing (Chongqing) 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) 8423 Macao (Macau) ==== Cities, towns, counties and villages ==== 2078 Nanking (Nanjing, Jiangsu) 2387 Xi'an (Xi'an, Shaanxi) 2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen, Guangdong) 2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi) 2693 Yan'an (Yan'an, Shaanxi) 2719 Suzhou (Suzhou, Jiangsu) 2729 Urumqi (Ürümqi, Xinjiang) 2743 Chengdu (Chengdu, Sichuan) 2778 Tangshan (Tangshan, Hebei) 2789 Foshan (Foshan, Guangdong) 2851 Harbin (Harbin, Heilongjiang) 2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai, Guangdong) 3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou, Guangdong) 3051 Nantong (Nantong, Jiangsu) 3136 Anshan (Anshan, Liaoning) 3139 Shantou (Shantou, Guangdong) 3187 Dalian (Dalian, Liaoning) 3206 Wuhan (Wuhan, Hubei) 3221 Changshi (Changshu, Jiangsu) 3239 Meizhou (Meizhou, Guangdong) 3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou, Fujian) 3340 Yinhai (Yinhai District, Guangxi) 3476 Dongguan (Dongguan, Guangdong) 3502 Huangpu (Huangpu District, Guangzhou) 3509 Sanshui (Sanshui, Foshan) 3543 Ningbo (Ningbo, Zhejiang) 3611 Dabu (Dabu County, Guangdong) 3650 Kunming (Kunming, Yunnan) 3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou, Jiangsu) 3746 Heyuan (Heyuan, Guangdong) 4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang, Gansu) 4360 Xuyi (Xuyi County, Jiangsu) 4776 Luyi (Luyi County, Henan) 4925 Zhoushan (Zhoushan, Zhejiang) 5217 Chaozhou (Chaozhou, Guangdong) 5384 Changjiangcun (Changjiang, Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu) 5537 Sanya (Sanya, Hainan) 7485 Changchun (Changchun, Jilin) 7859 Lhasa (Lhasa, Tibet) 9092 Nanyang (Nanyang, Henan) 12418 Tongling (Tongling, Anhui) 14656 Lijiang (Lijiang, Yunnan) 15001 Fuzhou (Fuzhou, Fujian) 19258 Gongyi (Gongyi, Henan) 19300 Xinglong (Xinglong County, Hebei) 23686 Songyuan (Songyuan, Jilin) 24956 Qiannan (Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou) 31196 Yulong (Yulong Naxi Autonomous County) 35366 Kaifeng (Kaifeng, Henan) 48619 Jianli (Jianli County, Hubei) 48799 Tashikuergan (Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County) 69869 Haining (Haining, Zhejiang) 72060 Hohhot (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia) 79418 Zhangjiajie (Zhangjiajie, Hunan) 79316 Huangshan (Huangshan City, Anhui) 80801 Yiwu (Yiwu County, Xinjiang) 85293 Tengzhou (Tengzhou, Shandong) 92209 Pingtang (Pingtang County, Guizhou) 121001 Liangshanxichang (Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan) 161715 Wenchuan (Wenchuan County, Sichuan) 168234 Hsi Ching (Western Capital) 175633 Yaoan (Yao'an County, Yunnan) 185577 Hhaihao (Haikou (Hhaihao City), Hainan) 188867 Tin Ho (Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong) 207717 Sa'a (Sanya, Hainan) 207931 Weihai (Weihai, Shandong) 215021 Fanjingshan (Fanjingshan, Guizhou) 215458 Yucun (Yucun, a village in Zhejiang) 216343 Wenchang (Wenchang, Hainan) 231446 Dayao (Dayao County, Yunnan) 239200 Luoyang (Luoyang, Henan) 256699 Poudai (Puqian, Hainan) 278384 Mudanjiang (Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang) 301153 Jinan (Jinan, Shandong) 321197 Qingdao (Qingdao, Shandong) 345959 Dafeng (Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu) 362177 Anji (Anji County, Zhejiang) 432101 Ngari (Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region) 592710 Lenghu (Lenghu, Qinghai) ==== Natural features ==== 3481 Xianglupeak (Xianglu Peak) 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains) 12757 Yangtze (Yangtze River) 58418 Luguhu (Lugu Lake) 110294 Victoriaharbour (Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong) 110297 Yellowriver (Yellow River) 121007 Jiaxingnanhu (South Lake, Jiaxing, Zhejiang) 178151 Kulangsu (Gulangyu Island (Kulangsu), Xiamen) 199947 Qaidam (Qaidam Basin) 248388 Namtso (Namtso, a lake in Tibet) 295935 Majia (Majia, a hill in Shandong University) ==== Buildings and schools ==== 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen) 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory) 3901 Nanjingdaxue (Nanjing University) 4073 Ruianzhongxue (Rui'an Middle School) 4245 Nairc (Nanjing Astronomical Instrument Research Center) 5013 Suzhousanzhong (Suzhou No.

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