Cities That Start With E

28 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with E are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 28 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 43 US cities that start with E, followed by capital cities.

Cities beginning with E are scarce, just 28 in all. Turkey supplies a surprising number of them, including Eskisehir, Erzurum and Esenyurt. Edmonton in Canada and Essen in Germany are the easier picks for most readers.

The US list mixes cities with New York neighbourhoods such as East Flatbush. El Paso in Texas and Eugene in Oregon are the clearest choices for kids. Many E cities begin with Es or Er, a useful hint when you are stuck for an answer.

Big cities starting with E: 28
Largest: Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico
Largest in the US: El Paso Texas

Cities that start with E around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Ecatepec de Morelos	Mexico	1.6 million
2	Erbil	Iraq	1.6 million
3	Edmonton	Canada	1.0 million
4	Esenyurt	Turkey	983,571
5	Enugu	Nigeria	950,000
6	Eskisehir	Turkey	921,630
7	Erzurum	Turkey	767,848
8	Evaton	South Africa	725,468
9	Edogawe	Japan	697,932
10	El Paso	United States	678,815
11	Ezhou	China	668,727
12	Essen	Germany	593,085
13	Ebute Ikorodu	Nigeria	535,619
14	Erode	India	521,891
15	Esenler	Turkey	520,235
16	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	514,990
17	East London	South Africa	478,676
18	Eldoret	Kenya	475,716
19	Esna	Egypt	462,787
20	Eslamshahr	Iran	450,000
21	Ensenada	Mexico	443,807
22	Elazg	Turkey	443,363
23	East Jerusalem	Palestinian Territory	428,304
24	El Obeid	Sudan	393,311
25	Emalahleni	South Africa	373,403
26	Etobicoke	Canada	365,000
27	Espoo	Finland	323,910
28	Eloy Alfaro	Ecuador	315,724

US cities that start with E

City	State	Population
El Paso	Texas	678,815
East Flatbush	New York	178,464
Eugene	Oregon	176,654
East New York	New York	173,198
Elk Grove	California	166,913
East Chattanooga	Tennessee	154,024
Escondido	California	151,038
East Hampton	Virginia	147,993
Elizabeth	New Jersey	129,007
East Los Angeles	California	126,496
Evansville	Indiana	119,943
El Monte	California	116,732
East Harlem	New York	115,921
Elmhurst	New York	113,364
Elgin	Illinois	112,111
East Independence	Missouri	110,675
Enterprise	Nevada	108,481
Everett	Washington	108,010
El Cajon	California	103,679
Edison	New Jersey	102,548
Erie	Pennsylvania	99,475
Edmond	Oklahoma	90,092
Enchanted Hills	New Mexico	87,521
East Norwalk	Connecticut	84,530
Edinburg	Texas	84,497
Evanston	Illinois	75,527
Eau Claire	Wisconsin	67,778
Eagan	Minnesota	66,286
Ellicott City	Maryland	65,834
East Orange	New Jersey	64,949
Eden Prairie	Minnesota	63,496
Encinitas	California	62,930
East Village	New York	62,832
Eastvale	California	59,039
Edgewater	Illinois	54,873
Encanto	Arizona	54,614
Euless	Texas	54,219
East Pensacola Heights	Florida	54,104
Elyria	Ohio	53,775
Elkhart	Indiana	52,348
Enid	Oklahoma	51,776
East Hartford	Connecticut	51,252
Edina	Minnesota	50,138

Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with E?

Ecatepec de Morelos in Mexico, with about 1.6 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with E?

The largest are El Paso, Texas, East Flatbush, New York, Eugene, Oregon, East New York, New York, Elk Grove, California.

Which country has the most big cities starting with E?

Turkey, with 5 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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