Cities with three (3) or more matching letters in their name

The following list identifies those cities around the globe that have at least three (3) of the same letter from the English/Latin alphabet in their name. Those cities shown in bold contain at least two (2) sets of three (3) matching letters in their name. AS is readily evident, the letter “A” far surpasses all other letters of the alphabet in numbers of city names with at least three matching letters. FYI – there were so many examples from the letter “A” that the list below is not all inclusive.  

• 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt = 3
• Abadan, Iran = 3
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia = 4
• Adana, Turkey = 3
• Agawam, MA, USA = 3
• Ahmedabad, India = 3
• Aizuwakamatsu,Japan = 4
• Akitakata, Japan = 4
• Alabaster, AL, USA = 3
• Al Bayda, Egypt = 3
• Alexandria, Egypt = 3
• Alexandria, Virginia = 3
• Amravati, India = 3
• Andahuaylas, Peru = 4
• Ankara, Turkey = 3
• Annaba, Algeria = 3
• Annandale, VA, USA = 3
• Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala = 5
• Antofagasta, Chile = 4
• Anyama, Ivory Coast = 3
• Aqaba, Jordan
• Artagala, India = 4
• Asahikawa, Japan = 4
• Asakua, Japan  = 3
• Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 
• Ashikaga, Japan = 3
• Awassa, Ethiopia = 3
• Bahawalpur, Pakistan = 3
• Bahia Blanca, Argentina = 4
• Balikpapan, Indonesia = 3
• Ballarat, Australia
• Barrancabermeja, Colombia = 4
• Batu Pahat, Malaysia = 3
• Bou Saada, Algeria = 3
• Bungotakada, Japan = 3
• Cagayan de Oro, Philippines = 3
• Cajamarca, Peru = 4
• Casablanca, Morocco = 4
• Castellón de la Plana, Spain = 4
• Chattanooga, TN, USA = 3
• Ciudad Acuna, Mexico = 3
• Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina = 3
• Cuernavaca, Mexico = 3
• Dalanzadgad, Mongolia = 4
• Daraa, Syria = 3
• Dar es Salaam, Tanzania = 4
• Dhanbad, India = 3
• Faisalabad, Pakistan = 4
• Fort Saskatchewan, AB, Canada = 3
• Ghardaia, Algeria = 3
• Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast = 3
• Guadalajara, Mexico = 5
• Guatemala City, Guatemala = 3
• Hanamaki, Japan = 3
• Hitachinaka, Joan, = 3
• Huancavelica, Peru = 3
• Isfahan, Iran = 3
• Islamabad, Pakistan = 4
• Ismailia, Egypt = 3
• Jalalabad, Afghanistan = 4
• Kakogawa, Japan = 3
• Kalamazoo, MI, USA = 3
• Kananga, Congo = 3
• Kanata, ON, Canada = 3
• Kaupakulua, HI, USA = 3
• Karagandy, Kazakhstan
• Kassala, Sudan = 3
• Kasamba, Zambia
• Kazuramimba, Tanzania = 3
• Krong Battambang, Cambodia = 3
• Kumagaya, Japan = 3
• Lackawanna, NY, USA = 4
• Laem Chabang, Thailand = 3
• Laguna Beach, CA, USA = 3
• Lappeenranta, Finland – 3
• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands = 6
• Latakia, Syria = 3
• Ma’anshan, China = 3
• Macapa, Brazil = 3
• Machala. Ecuador = 3 
• Makassar, Indonesia = 3
• Makhachkala, Russia = 4
• Malaybalay, Philippines = 4
• Managua, Nicaragua = 3
• Manassas, VA, USA = 3
• Manassas Park, VA, USA = 4
• Mandalay, Myanmar = 3
• Manhattan, KS, USA = 3
• Manhattan Beach, CA, USA = 4
• Maracaibo, Venezuela = 3
• Maracay, Venezuela = 3
• Marsa Matruh, Egypt = 3
• Maspalomas, Canary Islands = 3
• Massapequa, NY, USA = 3
• Massapequa Park, NY, USA = 4
• Massawa, Eritrea = 3
• Matsusaka, Japan = 3
• Mazatlan, Mexico = 3
  • Mbarara, Zambia = 3
  • Minamisatsuma, Japan = 3
  • Mishawaka, IN, USA = 3
  • Nagasaki, Japan = 3
  • Niagara Falls, NY, USA = 4
  • Niagara Falls, ON, Canada = 4
  • North Tonawanda, NY, USA = 3
  • Ogallala, NE, USA = 3
  • Okayama, Japan = 3
  • Padagian City, Philippines = 3
  • Panama City, FL, USA = 3
  • Panama City, Panama = 3
  • Panama City Beach, FL, USA = 4 
  • Paramaribo, Suriname = 3 
  • Pasadena, CA, USA = 3
  • Pasadena, TX, USA= 3
  • Pascagoula, MS, USA = 3
  • Pattaya City, Thailand = 3
  • Pfafftown, NC, USA = 3 – Thank you, Bobert Bob!
  • Piekary Slaskie, Poland = 3
  • Portage la Prairie, MN, Canada = 3
  • Puerto Vallarta, Mexico = 3
  • Punta Arenas, Chile = 3
  • Punta Delgada, Argentina = 3
  • Rancagoa, Chile = 3
  • Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA = 3
  • Reggio Calabria, Italy = 3
  • Ruda Slaska, Poland = 3
  • Sandakan, Malaysia = 3
  • Sagamihara,Japan = 4
  • Saitama, Japan = 3
  • Samarkan, Uzbekistan
  • Saldanha, South Africa = 3
  • Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC, Canada = 3
  • San Salvador, El Salvador = 3
  • Santa Barbara, CA, USA = 5
  • Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia = 3
  • San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA = 4
  • Santa Maria, CA, USA = 4
  • Santa Monica, CA, USA = 3
  • Santa Rosa, CA, USA = 3
  • Sassandra, Ivory Coast = 3
  • Satara, India = 3
  • Savannah, GA, USA = 3
  • Shirakawa, Japan = 3
  • Surabaya, Indonesia = 3
  • Tagawa, Japan = 3
  • Tagbilaran City, Philippines = 3
  • Takahashi, Japan = 3
  • Takasaki, Japan = 3
  • Takikawa, Japan = 3
  • Tallahassee, FL, USA = 3
  • Tambacounda, Senegal = 3
  • Tangará da Serra, Brazil = 5
  • Tarragona, Spain = 3
  • Tauranga, New Zealand = 3
  • Tonawanda, NY , USA = 3
  • Ulaanbaaatar, Mongolia = 4
  • Vaasa, Finland = 3
  • Vadodara, India = 3
  • Valparaiso, Chile = 3
  • Valparaiso, IN, USA = 3
  • Visakhapatnam, India = 4
  • Wakayama, Japan = 4
  • Walla Walla, WA, USA = 4
  • Wauwatosa, WI, USA = 3
  • Xalapa, Mexico = 3
  • Yamagata, Japan = 4
  • Zamboanga, Philippines = 3
  • Zaragoza, Spain = 3

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  • Cincinnati, OH, USA = 3
  • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany = 3
  • Higashihiroshima, Japan = 4
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam = 3
  • Ichikikushikino, Japan = 5
  • Indianapolis, IN, USA = 3
  • Ishikari, Japan = 3
  • Ismailia, Egypt = 3
  • Kitahiroshima, Japan = 3
  • Miliani Town, HI, USA = 3
  • Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland = 3
  • Missouri City, TX, USA = 3
  • Nikiski, AK, USA = 3 
  • Rimini, Italy = 3  – Thank you, Dan!
  • Tbilisi, Georgia = 3
  • Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada = 3
  • Vitória da Conquista, Brazil = 3
  • Villavicencio,Colombia = 3
  • Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany = 3
  • Virginia Beach, VA, USA = 3

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