List of long place names
This is a list of long place names.
Single-word names
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (85 letters)
Short-forms:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (57 letters)
Taumata (7 letters)
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Language: Māori
Translation: "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one"
Notes: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official placename in the world.
The station sign at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, with a pronunciation guide underneath. - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters) Short-forms: Llanfair PG (10 letters), Llanfairpwll (12 letters) or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (20 letters) Location: Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom Language: Welsh Translation: "Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the rapid whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave" Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Europe.
- Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (45 letters)
Short-forms: Lake Chaubunagungamaug (17 letters, six syllables)[1] Webster Lake (11 letters) Location: a lake in Webster, Massachusetts, United States Language: Nipmuc Translation: "Fishing Place at the Boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds"[2] Notes: Believed to be the longest official one-word placename in the United States. - Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein (44 letters)
Location: a farm in the North West province of South Africa Language: Afrikaans Translation: "Two-Buffalos-With-One-Shot-Completely-Dead-Shot-Fountain" Notes: The longest one-word placename in Africa. Located near the place "putfontein" (pit fountain).[3][4][5][6] - Azpilicuetagaraicosaroyarenberecolarrea (39 letters).
Location: Azpilkueta, Navarra, Spain. Language: Basque Translation: The low field of high pen of Azpilikueta[7][8] - Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä (35 letters)
Location: Lapland, Finland Language: Finnish (northern dialect) Translation: Unknown etymology, probably gibberish (see entry for more). Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Finland, and the third longest in Europe. - Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik (31 letters)
Location: a lake in Manitoba, Canada Language: Cree Translation: "where the wild trout are caught by fishing with hooks" Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Canada.[9] - Andorijidoridaraemihansumbau (28 letters)
Location: a street in Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea Language: Romanization of Korean 안돌이지돌이다래미한숨바우 Translation: "a road so rocky and rough that even squirrels can't breathe enough." - Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta (28 letters)
Location: a village in Andhra Pradesh, India Language: Telugu Translation: "Venkatanarasimharaju's city" Notes: The longest one-word placename in India. - Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte (27 letters)
Location: a farm in the Upper Karoo in South Africa Language: Afrikaans Translation: "Upper end of throat-cut valley" ("hollow" may be better than "valley") - Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya (26 letters)
Location: a hill in South Australia, Australia Language: Pitjantjatjara Translation: "Where the devil urinates" Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Australia.[10] - Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich (26 letters)
Location: a hamlet outside the village of Schmedeswurth, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Language: German Translation: "West levee of the smith's hill-village" - Wereldtentoonstellingslaan (26 letters)
Location: a lane in Ganshoren, Brussels, Belgium. Language: Dutch Translation: "World Fair Lane" Notes: named after Brussels world fair of 1958 - Haaldersbroekerdwarsstraat (26 letters)
Location: a street in Zaandam, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "cross road in Haalderbroek"[11] - Bullaunancheathrairaluinn (25 letters) Location: a bullaun in County Galway, Ireland Language: Anglicisation of Irish Ballán an Cheathrair Álainn[12] Translation: "Bullaun of the Four Beauties" Notes: Believed to be the longest official one-word Irish-derived placename in Ireland.[12]
- Noordhollandschkanaaldijk (25 letters) Location: a dike in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "North Holland canal dike"[11]
- Blindeliedengasthuissteeg (25 letters) Location: an alley in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "Blind craftsmen guesthouse alley "[11]
- Reijmerstokkerdorpsstraat (25 letters) Location: a street in Reijmerstok, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "Reijmerstok town road"[11]
- Gasselterboerveenschemond (25 letters) Location: a hamlet in Drenthe, Netherlands Language: Dutch Translation: "Delta of Gasselt's (surname) farmer's bog" Notes: The longest official one-word placename in the Netherlands.
- Gasselternijveenschemond (24 letters) Location: a hamlet in Drenthe, Netherlands Language: Dutch Translation: "Delta of Gasselt's (surname) new bog"
- Schuiferskapelsesteenweg (24 letters) Location: a street in Tielt municipality, Belgium Language: Dutch Translation: Schuiferskapelle road
- Staronizhestebliyevskaya (24 letters) Location: a stanitsa in Krasnodar Krai, Russia Language: Russian In Cyrillic alphabet: Старонижестеблиевская (21 letters) Translation: "The old settlement named after Nizhne-Stebliyevskiy kurin (of Zaporizhian Sich)" Notes: The name of the kurin means "the lower one named after Stebliv".
- Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo (24 letters) Location: a village in Orenburg Oblast, Russia Language: Russian In Cyrillic alphabet: Верхненовокутлумбетьево (23 letters) Translation: "The upper new settlement named after Kutlumbet (a Turkic male personal name)" Notes: Believed to be the longest one-word name of a settlement in Russia.[13]
- Onafhankelijkheidsplein (23 letters)[14][15] Location: a central square in Paramaribo, Suriname Language: Dutch Translation: "Independence Square"
- Kvernbergsundsødegården (23 letters)[16] Location: Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway Language: Norwegian Translation: "The Deserted Farm of The Mill Mountain Strait"
- Narasimhanaickenpalayam (23 letters) Location: a village near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, india. Language: Tamil Translation: Narasimhanaickenpalayam is named after Lord Narsimha (Lord Vishnu); a temple is in Narasimhanaickenpalayam
- Gotthelffriedrichsgrund (23 letters) Location: Mittelsachsen, Germany. Language: German Translation: "God help Friedrich's ground"[17]
- Nizhnenovokutlumbetyevo (23 letters) Location: a village in Matveyevsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia Language: Russian In Cyrillic alphabet: Нижненовокутлумбетьево (22 letters) Translation: "The lower new settlement named after Kutlumbet (a Turkic male personal name)"
- Nunathloogagamiutbingoi (23 letters) Location: a beach on the coast of Nunivak Island in Bethel Census Area, Alaska Language: Nunivak Cup'ig
- Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur (23 letters) Location: a municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Translation: "Cool Edge's Shore's Municipality"
- Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður (23 letters) Location: a municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic
- Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður (23 letters) Location: a municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Name: named after Þuríður, the affix means municipality
- Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður (23 letters) Location: a municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Translation: "Harbor fjord municipality"
- Yamagawahamachiyogamizu (23 letters) Location: Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan Language: Japanese In Japanese character (hiragana): やまがわはまちよがみず (11 letters) In Chinese character (kanji): 山川浜児ヶ水 (6 letters) Translation: "Beach of the children's water in the mountains and river region" (located near Yamagawaokachiyogamizu)
- Harinxmakanaalspoorbrug (23 letters) Location: Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "Railway bridge over the Van Harinxmakanaal"[18]
- Vilgiskoddeoayvinyarvi (22 letters) Location: Murmansk, Russia. Language: Saami In Cyrillic alphabet: Вильгискоддеоайвинъярви (24 letters) Translation: "Lake by the mountain of the great white reindeer" or "Lake under wolf mountain" [19]
- Koopvaardersschutsluis (22 letters) Location: a lock in Den Helder, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "Merchant lock with gates"[20]
- Westerkanaalschutsluis (22 letters) Location: Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "Lock with gates over the Westerkanaal"[18]
- Kuchistiniwamiskahikan (22 letters) Location: an island in Quebec, Canada Language: Cree Translation: The island where boats entering the bay[21] Notes: The longest official one-word placename in Quebec.[9]
- Parangaricutirimicuaro (22 letters) Location: a city in Michoacán, Mexico Language: Purépecha Translation: The word itself is a kind of tongue-twister, similar to the English "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Notes: The longest placename in Mexico. The village, now known as Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, is also called San Juan, Nuevo San Juan, and Parangaricutiro.
- Drehideenglashanatooha (22 letters) Location: a bridge in County Tipperary, Ireland Language: Anglicisation of Irish Droichidín Glaise na Tuaithe Translation: "Little Bridge of the Tribe's Green"
- Muckanaghederdauhaulia (22 letters) Location: townland in Kilcummin, County Galway, Ireland Language: Anglicisation of Irish Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile Translation: "Piggery between two briny places" Notes: Formerly regarded as the longest placename (spelled in English) in Ireland (22 letters), it has been superseded by awareness of longer names.
- Gijzelbrechtegemstraat (22 letters) Location: a street in Gijzelbrechtegem , Anzegem municipality, Belgium Language: Dutch Translation: Gijzelbrechtegem street
- Yamagawaokachiyogamizu (22 letters) Location: Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan Language: Japanese In Japanese character (hiragana): やまがわおかちよがみず (11 letters) In Chinese character (kanji): 山川岡児ヶ水 (6 letters) Translation: "Hill of the children's water in the mountains and river region" (located near Yamagawahamachiyogamizu)
- Schoonslaapsterstraat (21 letters) Location: a street in Brussels, Belgium. Language: Dutch Translation: "Beauty Sleeper Street"
- Gschlachtenbretzingen (21 letters) Location: a suburb of Michelbach an der Bilz, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Language: Swabian German Translation: "fertile Bretzingen" (as opposed to neighbouring Rauhenbretzingen, "rough Bretzingen") Notes: The contraction of the "ge-" prefix to "g-" is a feature of Swabian. The name is therefore occasionally written in standard German as "Geschlachtenbretzingen" (22 letters).[17]
- Saaranpaskantamasaari (21 letters) Location: small uninhabited island located in Lake Onkamojärvi in northeastern Finland Language: Finnish Translation: "An island shat by Saara"
- Nemesboldogasszonyfa (20 letters) Location: part of Alsópáhok, a village in Zala County, Hungary Language: Hungarian language Translation: "Noble blessed virgin tree"
- Eexterveenschekanaal (20 letters) Location: a village in Aa en Hunze municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands Language: Dutch language Translation: "Channel through the peat of Eext"
- Jászfelsőszentgyörgy (20 letters) Location: a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary Language: Hungarian language Translation: "Upper St. George in Jászság"
- Siemieniakowszczyzna (20 letters) Location: a village in Hajnówka County, Poland Language: Polish Translation: "ground of Siemieniak" (lit. "Siemieniakishness")
- Tissvassklumptjønnin (20 letters) Location: Lierne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Language: Norwegian Translation: "The Slow Freezing Water's Lump Ponds" ("klump" here means "mountain")
- Vanhankaupunginselkä (20 letters) Location: Finland Language: Finnish Translation: "Old City Bay"
- Mittelschaeffolsheim (20 letters) Location: a small village in Alsace, France Language: Alsatian Translation: "In the middle of Schaeffol's hamlet"
- Niederschaeffolsheim (20 letters) Location: a small village in Alsace, France Language: Alsatian Translation: "Under Schaeffol's hamlet"
- Oostrozebeeksestraat (20 letters)
The street sign at HulsteLocation: a street between Hulste and Oostrozebeke , Belgium Language: Dutch
Translation: "Oostrozebeke street" - Tálknafjarðarhreppur (20 letters) Location: municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Translation: "Tálknafjörður's shire"
- Schaffhauserrheinweg (20 letters) Location: street in Basel, Switzerland Language: German Translation: "Schaffhauser Rhine road"[22]
- Vopnafjarðarhreppur (19 letters) Location: a municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Translation: "Weapon Fjord Municipality"
- Annerveenschekanaal (19 letters) Location: a village in Aa en Hunze municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands Language: Dutch language Translation: "Channel through the peat of Annen"
- Cadibarrawirracanna (19 letters) Location: a lake in South Australia, Australia. Language: Arabana Translation: "The stars were dancing”
- Newtownmountkennedy (19 letters) Location: a village in County Wicklow, Ireland Language: English Translation: "A new town near Mt. Kennedy" Notes: the longest official one-word English-derived placename in Ireland.
- Cottonshopeburnfoot (19 letters) Location: a hamlet in Northumberland, England Language: English Translation: "The end of the Cottonshope Burn" (a tributary that flows into the River Rede)
- Nyugotszenterzsébet (19 letters) Location: a small village in Baranya, Hungary Language: Hungarian Translation: "Western St. Elizabeth"
- Balatonszentgyörgy (19 letters) Location: a village in Somogy County, Hungary Language: Hungarian language Translation: "St. George by Balaton"
- Kirkjubæjarklaustur (19 letters) Location: a village in the Skaftárhreppur municipality, Iceland Language: Icelandic language Translation: "Church farm cloister"
- Jászalsószentgyörgy (19 letters) Location: a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary Language: Hungarian language Translation: "Lower St. George in Jászság"
- Krammerjachtensluis (19 letters) Location: a lock on the Grevelingenmeer, Netherlands. Language: Dutch Translation: "Lock on the river Krammer of the hunt"[23]
- Staromikhaylovskoye (19 letters) Location: a village in Kaluga Oblast, Russia Language:Russian language
- Hrunamannahreppur (19 letters) Location: municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Translation: "Warm geyser municipality"
- Kaldrananeshreppur (18 letters) Location: municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic
- Kwigiumpainukamiut (18 letters) Location: a ghost town in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States Language: Yupik Translation:
- Kristiinankaupunki (18 letters) Location: a town at western coast of Finland Language: Finnish Translation: "Christina's Town" (referral to Queen Christina of Sweden)
- Oberschaeffolsheim (18 letters) Location: a small village in Alsace, France Language: Alsatian Translation:
- Obuladevaracheruvu (18 letters) Location: a village in Kadiri revenue division, Anantapuramu district, Andhra Pradesh, India Language: Telugu Translation:
- Pietramontecorvino (18 letters) Location: a town in Apulia, Italy Language: Italian Translation: Stone of the Corvino mount
- Thiruvananthapuram (18 letters) Location: a city in Kerala, India Language: Malayalam Translation: "City of Lord Anantha"[24] Notes: Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala.
- Breuschwickersheim (18 letters) Location: a village in Alsace, France Language: Alsatian Translation: "Home of the vicar (living next to the) Bruche (river)"
- Rhosllannerchrugog (18 letters (Welsh spelling)) Location: a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales Language: Welsh Translation: "Moor of the Heathery Glade"
- Prachaksinlapakhom (18 letters) Location: a district (Amphoe) in Udon Thani Province, Thailand Language: Thai Translation: Named after Prince Prachaksinlapakhom, son of King Mongkut of Siam
- Tauberbischofsheim (18 letters) Location: a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany Language: German Translation: "Home of the bishop (living next to the) Tauber (river)"
- Kaldrananeshreppur (18 letters) Location: municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Translation: "Possibly "Cold rune shire"
- Blagoveshchenskoye (18 letters) Location: Several places in Russia and one in Kazakhstan Language: Russian Translation: "Small city of good news"
- Andoharanomaintso (17 letters) Location: a town in Madagascar Language: Malagasy Translation: "The place of green springs"
- Civitacampomarano (17 letters) Location: a village in Molise, Italy Language: Italian Translation: "Village of Marano field"
- Georgsmarienhütte (17 letters) Location: a little city near Osnabrück, Germany Language: German Translation: The town where King Georg of Hannover and his wife Marie built a steelwork.
- Kleinfeltersville (17 letters) Location: an unincorporated community in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Mooselookmeguntic (17 letters) Location: a populated place in Franklin County, Maine, United States Language: Abenaki Translation: "Moose feeding place"
- Hrunamannahreppur (17 letters) Location: municipality in Iceland Language: Icelandic Translation: "Warm geyser municipality"
- Jazgarzewszczyzna (17 letters) Location: A village in Poland Language: Polish Translation: "Jazgarzewski's estate"
- Kirchheimbolanden (17 letters) Location: A town in Germany Language: German Translation: Unknown, but it includes phrases like "church" and "home".
- Papahānaumokuākea (17 letters) Location: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, United States, world's largest protected area (2016) Language: Hawaiian Translation: not known
- Qeqertarsuatsiaat (17 letters) Location: Sermersooq, Greenland Language: West Greenlandic Translation: "Almost big island"
- Skummeslövsstrand (17 letters) Location: Halland, Sweden Language: Swedish Translation: "The inherited lot of the scutsman", where scutsman comes from either an old word for tax man or hunter[25]
- Eggewaartskapelle (17 letters) Location: a town in Veurne municipality, Belgium Language: Dutch Translation: "Eggewaart's chapel"
- Tytsjerksteradiel (17 letters) Location: a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Language: West Frisian Translation: It is named after the town of Tytsjerk, which in turn has its name derived from a person named Tiete.
- Starokostiantyniv (17 letters) Location: Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine Language: Ukrainian In Cyrillic: Старокостянтинів Translation: "Old Constantine's town"
Names with spaces or hyphens
Full name of Bangkok, written in front of Bangkok Administrative Building
- Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit (176 letters) Full name of Bangkok, Thailand
- in Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ (132 letters + 7 spaces)
- Some long Thai place names are also:
- Nikhom Sang Ton-eng Lam Dom Noi, Sirindhorn, Ubon Ratchathani
- Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
- Khlong Nakhon Nueang Khet, Mueang Chachoengsao District
- Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Tok (The western Pak Phanang), Pak Phanang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Pak Phanang Fang Tawan Ok (The eastern Pak Phanang), Pak Phanang District
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province
- Pak Khlong Phasi Charoen, Phasi Charoen, Bangkok
- Thung Kratat Phatthana, Nong Ki, Buriram
- Khlong Udom Chonlachon, Mueang Chachoengsao District
- Longest place name in Canada: Corporation of the United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde (61 letters, 68 non-space characters), usually shortened to Dysart, et al., Ontario
- Uruguay: Muy Fiel y Reconquistadora Ciudad de San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo (60 letters)
- United Kingdom: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (48 letters)
- United States: Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 letters)
- Argentina: Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre (40 letters)
- England: Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe (27 letters)
- Caracas: Santiago de León de Caracas (23 letters)
- Sri Lanka: Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte (23 letters)
- Some long U.S. place names appearing in the Geographic Names Information System are:[26]
- Winchester-on-the-Severn, Maryland, and Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas are the longest hyphenated place names in the U.S. (21 letters)
- Rancho Santa Margarita, California
- Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland
- Dalworthington Gardens, Texas
- Little Harbor on the Hillsboro, Florida
- Pops Hammock Seminole Village, Florida
- Friendly Village of Crooked Creek, Georgia
- Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
- Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
- Little Diamond Island Landing, Maine
- Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Orchard Point At Piney Orchard, Maryland
- Point Field Landing on the Severn, Maryland
- Riverside Village of Church Creek, Maryland
- Monmouth Heights at Manalapan, New Jersey
- Staffordville Public Landing, New Jersey
- Holly View Forest-Highland Park, North Carolina
- The Village of Indian Hill, Ohio
- Washington Court House
- Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota, Pennsylvania
- The Landing at Plantation Point, South Carolina
- Kinney and Gourlays Improved City Plat, Utah
- Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Utah
- West Virginia Central Junction, West Virginia
- Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
- South Chicago Heights, Illinois
- Grand View-on-Hudson, New York
- Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina
- The U.S. state with the longest name is Massachusetts, which officially is named “the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”[27][28]
- The original name of Los Angeles, California, in 1781, was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula"; in English this means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Porciúncula River".[29]
- The longest hyphenated name in England is the 29-letter-long name Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, the name of a tiny village in North Yorkshire.
- The longest names for communes in France, with 38 letters each, are Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Marne (45 characters including hyphens), Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont, Calvados (44 characters), and Beaujeu-Saint-Vallier-Pierrejux-et-Quitteur, Haute-Saône (43 characters).
- The longest place name in Austria is Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der Thaya (40 characters).
- The longest place name in Spain is Colinas del Campo de Martín Moro Toledano de Castilla y León, in the province of León (50 characters).
- The longest place name in Finland is Semmonen niemi, jossa käärme koiraa pisti, in the municipality of Perho (36 characters, including a comma). The English translation is That cape where a snake bit the dog.
- The longest municipality name in the Czech Republic is the name of Nová Ves u Nového Města na Moravě (33 characters, English translation: "New Village in near of New Town in Moravia), the second one is the city of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav (32 characters, English translation: "Brandýs uppon Elbe-Old Boleslav").
- The longest single place name in Germany is Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar in Schleswig-Holstein (32 characters). In the standard official naming scheme, however, small villages are disambiguated by prefixing them with the name of the main town in the district. The longest official place name is therefore Michelbach an der Bilz-Gschlachtenbretzingen (40 characters).
- The longest place names in Italy are Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore and San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, with 30 letters, or it's Cortaccia sulla Strada del Vino - Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße considering the official name both in Italian and German.
- The longest place names in Poland are Sobienie Kiełczewskie Pierwsze and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie, with 30 letters (including spaces).
- The longest place name in the Netherlands is Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk (28 characters, including hyphen).
- The longest place name in Malaysia is Kampung Simpang Tiga Durian Chondong (32 letters)
- The municipality with the longest name in Brazil is Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, with 32 characters (including spaces).
- The municipality with the longest name in Mexico is Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional (49 characters).[30]
- The longest place name in Mexico is San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec (28 letters).
- The longest city name in Argentina is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (30 letters).
- Truth or Consequences is a spa city and the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.
- Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, At 22 letters, it has the longest name of any incorporated place in the United States.
- The longest name of a settlement in Russia with spaces (not counting official names of municipalities) is (in ISO 9) "posyolok Central'noj usad'by` sovxoza imeni 40-letiya Velikogo Oktyabrya" (Russian: посёлок Центральной усадьбы совхоза имени 40-летия Великого Октября, 50 letters (if not counting the word posyolok/посёлок, which is a generic name for a settlement), and 2 digits, which would give another 6 letters). The English translation is a settlement of The Central Farmstead of the Sovkhoz named after the 40-years Anniversary of the Great October.
- The longest hyphenated name of a settlement in Belgium is Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, 27 letters.
- The longest hyphenated name of a settlement in Russia is Kremenchug-Konstantinovskoye (Кременчуг-Константиновское, 25 letters). The English translation is (new) Kremenchug named after Konstantin (a first settler)".
- The longest name of a settlement in Croatia is Gornje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko (25 letters). The English translation is Upper cold field near Mrežnica.
- The longest municipality name in the Philippines is General Salipada K. Pendatun, named after the Mindanaoan general and senator of the same name. (24 characters).
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