Cities That Start With A

130 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with A are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 130 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 49 US cities that start with A, followed by capital cities.

With 130 entries, A is a busy letter for cities. The biggest include Ahmedabad in India, Alexandria in Egypt and Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Several begin with the letters Al, such as Algiers and Almaty, which is a handy pattern to spot when scanning the list.

The US section includes Austin in Texas and Anchorage in Alaska, two easy choices for kids. For a spelling challenge, try Albuquerque in New Mexico, which ends in a tricky que that many adults get wrong too.

Big cities starting with A: 130
Largest: Ahmedabad India
Largest in the US: Austin Texas

Cities that start with A around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Ahmedabad	India	6.4 million
2	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	6.3 million
3	Alexandria	Egypt	5.3 million
4	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	3.9 million
5	Ankara	Turkey	3.5 million
6	Abuja	Nigeria	2.7 million
7	Algiers	Algeria	2.4 million
8	Aleppo	Syria	2.1 million
9	Al Mawsil al Jadidah	Iraq	2.1 million
10	Al Basrah al Qadimah	Iraq	2.0 million
11	Almaty	Kazakhstan	2.0 million
12	Accra	Ghana	2.0 million
13	Adana	Turkey	1.8 million
14	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	1.8 million
15	Auckland	New Zealand	1.5 million
16	Astana	Kazakhstan	1.5 million
17	Asuncion	Paraguay	1.5 million
18	Adelaide	Australia	1.5 million
19	Anshan	China	1.4 million
20	Agra	India	1.4 million
21	Antananarivo	Madagascar	1.3 million
22	Abobo	Ivory Coast	1.3 million
23	Antalya	Turkey	1.3 million
24	Amman	Jordan	1.3 million
25	Arequipa	Peru	1.2 million
26	Aurangabad	India	1.2 million
27	Aba	Nigeria	1.2 million
28	Amritsar	India	1.2 million
29	Anyang	China	1.1 million
30	Aden	Yemen	1.1 million
31	Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	1.0 million
32	Austin	United States	974,447
33	Antipolo	Philippines	913,712
34	Abu Ghurayb	Iraq	900,000
35	Ankang	China	870,126
36	Arifwala	Pakistan	854,462
37	Al Ain City	United Arab Emirates	846,747
38	Ahvaz	Iran	841,145
39	Anqing	China	804,493
40	Anshun	China	765,313
41	Aligarh	India	753,207
42	Andijon	Uzbekistan	747,800
43	Amsterdam	The Netherlands	741,636
44	Abeokuta	Nigeria	735,000
45	Al Hudaydah	Yemen	734,699
46	Akure	Nigeria	730,000
47	Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	726,664
48	Aihara	Japan	725,493
49	Aguascalientes	Mexico	722,250
50	Agadir	Morocco	698,310
51	Adachi	Japan	695,043
52	Agege	Nigeria	683,600
53	Aracaju	Brazil	664,908
54	Athens	Greece	664,046
55	Acapulco de Juarez	Mexico	658,609
56	Amravati	India	647,057
57	Al Ahmadi	Kuwait	637,411
58	Ansan-si	South Korea	623,256
59	Al Mansurah	Egypt	621,953
60	Arusha	Tanzania	617,631
61	Anyang-si	South Korea	595,644
62	Al Mahallah al Kubra	Egypt	592,573
63	Albuquerque	United States	564,559
64	Asmara	Eritrea	563,930
65	Ajegunle	Nigeria	550,000
66	Ajmer	India	542,321
67	Aqsu	China	535,657
68	Astrakhan	Russia	533,925
69	Ar Raqqah	Syria	531,952
70	Antwerp	Belgium	529,247
71	Assiut	Egypt	528,669
72	Al Fayyum	Egypt	519,047
73	Atlanta	United States	510,823
74	Aparecida de Goiania	Brazil	510,770
75	Asansol	India	504,271
76	Arak	Iran	503,647
77	Aktobe	Kazakhstan	500,757
78	Ajman	United Arab Emirates	490,035
79	Al Khusus	Egypt	488,904
80	Angeles City	Philippines	483,452

US cities that start with A

City	State	Population
Austin	Texas	974,447
Albuquerque	New Mexico	564,559
Atlanta	Georgia	510,823
Arlington	Texas	388,125
Aurora	Colorado	359,407
Anaheim	California	350,742
Anchorage	Alaska	289,600
Arlington	Virginia	207,627
Aurora	Illinois	200,661
Amarillo	Texas	198,645
Akron	Ohio	197,542
Alexandria	Virginia	159,467
Astoria	New York	150,165
Alhambra	Arizona	127,764
Athens	Georgia	127,315
Abilene	Texas	125,182
Amherst	New York	122,366
Allentown	Pennsylvania	120,207
Ann Arbor	Michigan	117,070
Arvada	Colorado	115,368
Antioch	California	110,542
Albany	New York	101,228
Alief	Texas	98,725
Allen	Texas	98,143
Asheville	North Carolina	95,056
Arden-Arcade	California	92,186
Alhambra	California	85,551
Ahwatukee Foothills	Arizona	83,464
Avondale	Arizona	80,684
Alameda	California	78,630
Alafaya	Florida	78,113
Auburn	Washington	77,006
Arlington Heights	Illinois	75,926
Albany	Georgia	74,843
Appleton	Wisconsin	74,139
Apple Valley	California	72,174
Atascocita	Texas	65,844
Ames	Iowa	65,060
Alpharetta	Georgia	63,693
Auburn	Alabama	62,059
Arcadia	California	58,408
Ankeny	Iowa	56,764
Abington	Pennsylvania	55,310
Anderson	Indiana	55,305
Allapattah	Florida	54,289
Albany	Oregon	52,175
Albany Park	Illinois	52,079
Apple Valley	Minnesota	51,221
Aliso Viejo	California	50,195

Capital cities that start with A

Capital	Country
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
Abuja	Nigeria
Accra	Ghana
Addis Ababa	Ethiopia
Algiers	Algeria
Amman	Jordan
Amsterdam	Netherlands
Andorra la Vella	Andorra
Ankara	Türkiye
Antananarivo	Madagascar
Apia	Samoa
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan
Asmara	Eritrea
Astana	Kazakhstan
Asunción	Paraguay
Athens	Greece

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with A?

Ahmedabad in India, with about 6.4 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with A?

The largest are Austin, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Atlanta, Georgia, Arlington, Texas, Aurora, Colorado.

What capital cities start with A?

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Abuja (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Algiers (Algeria), Amman (Jordan).

Which country has the most big cities starting with A?

India, with 14 of the cities on this list.

Source: the GeoNames database: world cities with 300,000 or more people and US cities with 50,000 or more. Population figures are the latest GeoNames counts and can lag behind new census results.

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