This is a list of places with reduplication in their names, often as a result of the grammatical rules of the languages from which the names are derived. Duplicated names from the indigenous languages of Australia,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

are listed separately and excluded from this page.

Place names

* Alangalang, Leyte, Philippines * Alang-alang, Mandaue, Philippines * Arar, Saudi Arabia *

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with Fra ...

, Germany * Banaybanay, Davao Oriental, Philippines * Banay-Banay, Cabuyao, Philippines * Barbar, Bahrain *

Baubau Baubau is a city in Southeast Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The city is located on the southwest coast of Buton island. Baubau attained city status on 21 June 2001, based on Indonesian Law Number 13, for the year 2001. It covers an area of 294.9 ...

, Indonesia *

Bela-Bela Bela-Bela ( Tswana/Pedi for "the pot that boils") is a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Deriving its name from the geothermic hot springs around which the town was built, it was called Warmbaths, until 2002. The town is situated in ...

, Limpopo Province, South Africa *

Bella Bella, British Columbia Bella Bella, also known as Waglisla, is the home of the Heiltsuk and is an unincorporated community and Indian reserve community located within Bella Bella Indian Reserve No. 1 on the east coast of Campbell Island in the Central Coast region ...

, Canada * Benabena, Papua New Guinea *

Berber, Sudan , nickname = , settlement_type = Town , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal ...

Bidbid Bidbid ( ar, بدبد) is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, in northeastern Oman. Climate See also * List of cities in Oman This is a list of cities and towns in Oman. *Adam, Oman, Adam *Seeb, Oman, As Sib *Al Ashkharah *Al Buraimi ...

, Oman * Blup Blup, Papua New Guinea * Bongbong, Philippines *

Bora Bora Bora Bora (French: ''Bora-Bora''; Tahitian: ''Pora Pora'') is an island group in the Leeward Islands. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French R ...

, French Polynesia * Botbot, Pandan, Philippines * Bud Bud, West Bengal, India * Budge Budge, West Bengal, India * Bulbul, Syria * Bulo Bulo, Bolivia *

Carcar Carcar, officially the City of Carcar ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Carcar; fil, Lungsod ng Carcar), is a 5th class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 136,453 people. Carcar City is ...

, Philippines * Cárcar, Spain * Cascas, Peru * Cece, Hungary * Chak Chak,

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...

, Iran *

Chake-Chake Chake-Chake is a town located on the Tanzanian island of Pemba and capital of Chake Chake District. It is in the centre of a deep indentation in the west coast called Chake-Chake Bay. Chake-Chake is historically the capital of Pemba Island, ...

, Tanzania * Dandan, Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands * Dapdap, Philippines * Den Den, Tunisia *

Dian Dian United Company RUSAL, international public joint-stock company (russian: МКПАО «ОК РУСАЛ», MKPAO «ОК RUSAL») is the world's second largest aluminium company by primary production output (as of 2016). It was the largest until ov ...

, Guinea *

Dum Dum Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology During the 19th ...

, West Bengal, India * Ee, one of the

Cook Islands ) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , lan ...

* Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, Italy, a wine region *

Fakfak Fakfak () is a town in West Papua and seat of the Fakfak Regency. It had a population of 12,566 at the 2010 Census, which rose to 18,900 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. It is served by Fakfak Airport. It is the only town i ...

, West Papua, Indonesia *

Fengfeng Mining District Fengfeng Mining District () is a district of the city of Handan, Hebei, People's Republic of China. Administrative Divisions Towns: * Linshui (), Fengfeng Town (), Xinpo (), Dashe (), Hecun (), Yijing (), Pengcheng (), Jiecheng (), Dayu Da ...

, Hebei, China * Gan Gan, Argentina *

Gargar, Armenia Gargar ( hy, Գարգառ) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, founded in 1790. After Lori was liberated from the Persian yoke by special decree and joined Tsarist Russia in 1801, many families abandoned their settlements and permanen ...

: not an actual reduplication in Armenian, as the two ‘r’ sounds are different in this place name and are spelled using different letters. *

Gerger Gerger ( ku, Aldûş) is a town of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gerger District.Cappadocia Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...

satrapy *

Gergeri Gergeri ( el, Γέργερη) is the seat of Rouvas municipal unit in Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit in the Greece, Greek island of Crete. The population was 1,440 in 2011. Gergeri's location is at a region called "Pano Riza" o ...

, Crete, Greece, named after the Anatolian

Gerger Gerger ( ku, Aldûş) is a town of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gerger District.colonization of the island *

Gilgil Gilgil, Kenya, is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya. The town is located between Naivasha and Nakuru and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway. It is to the west of the Gilgil River, which flows south to feed Lake Naivasha. Gilgil has a population ...

, Kenya * Gode Gode, Tanzania *

Gorom-Gorom Gorom-Gorom is a town in northern Burkina Faso. Its name translates as "''you sit down, (and) we'll sit down''", reminiscent of its role as an important crossroads in the Sahel. It is the capital of Oudalan Province. Known for its market and man ...

, Burkina Faso *

Guagua, Pampanga Guagua, officially the Municipality of Guagua ( pam, Balen ning Guagua; tl, Bayan ng Guagua), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 128,893 people. The town o ...

, Philippines *

Gya'gya Saga (Tibetan: Kyakyaru) is a town and township, and the seat of Saga County in Shigatse Prefecture, in southern Tibet. It lies at an altitude of 4,640 metres (15,223 ft.) Description Saga ("happy land") is an army town with a Chinese garrison w ...

, Tibet * Hhohho Region, Eswatini * Holhol, Djibouti *

Hum Hum Hum Hum ( bn, হাম হাম ঝর্ণা, Ham Ham Jhorṇa), known by locals as Cheetah Falls ( bn, চিতা ঝর্ণা, Chita Jhorṇa), is a waterfall in the Razkandi reserve forest in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar District, Banglades ...

, Bangladesh * Humayhumay, Philippines * Ii, a municipality in Finland * 'Ili'ili, on Tutuila island, American Samoa *

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

(city) and

(province), Philippines * Irong-Irong, Iloilo Province, Philippines *

Jaghjagh River The Jaghjagh River ( ar, نهر جقجق ''Nahr Jaqjaq'', ''Nahr al-Jaghjagh'', or ''Nahr al-Hirmas'', tr, Çağ-çağ Deresi, syr, ܢܗܕܐ ܕܔܩܔܩ ''Nahro dJaqjaq'', ku, Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex) is a tributary of the Khabur River in ...

, Turkey and Syria * Jala-jala, Rizal, Philippines *

Jiji, Nantou Jiji () or Chichi is an urban township located in the west central portion of Nantou County, Taiwan. Jiji is the smallest of Taiwan's townships by area. The township is a popular destination on the Jiji Railway Line. In March 2012, it was ...

, Taiwan *

Kankan Kankan ( Mandingo: Kánkàn; N’ko: ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫) is the largest city in Guinea in land area, and the third largest in population, with a population of 1 980 130 people as of 2020. The city is located in eastern Guinea about east of the ...

, Guinea * Kapa Kapa, also known as Gabagaba, Papua New Guinea *

Karkar Island Karkar Island is an oval-shaped volcanic island located in the Bismarck Sea, about 30 kilometres off the north coast of mainland Papua New Guinea in Madang Province, from which it is separated by the Isumrud Strait. The island is about 25&nb ...

, Papua New Guinea * Kerker, Tunisia *

Kila Kila Kila'' or ''KILA can refer to: * Kíla, Irish folk band * Koila, Kozani, a village in northern Greece * Kila Marr, a xenologist in the fictional ''Star Trek'' universe * Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) * Kīla (Buddhism), an iconic ...

, Papua New Guinea *

Kongkong River The Kongkong River, also spelled Kong Kong, is a stream in the South Sudanese state of Jonglei, west of Boma National Park near the Ethiopian border. At the village of Bongak it joins the Abara River to form the Agwei or Agvey River, a tributar ...

, South Sudan * Külaküla, Estonia *

Kwekwe Kwekwe ( ), known until 1983 as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province of central Zimbabwe. The city has a population of 119,863 within the city limits, as of the 2022 census, making it the 7th-largest city in Zimbabwe and the second-most p ...

, Zimbabwe *

Lala, Lanao del Norte Lala, officially the Municipality of Lala ( ceb, Lungsod sa Lala; tgl, Bayan ng Lala), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 73,425 people. The town is ...

, Philippines *

Langa Langa Lagoon Langa Langa Lagoon or ''Akwalaafu'' is a natural lagoon on the West coast of Malaita near the provincial capital Auki within the Solomon Islands. The lagoon is 21 km in length and just under 1 km wide. The "lagoon people" or "salt wa ...

, Solomon Islands * Layang-Layang Island, Sabah, Malaysia * Layang-Layang, Johor, Malaysia *

Lapu-Lapu Lapulapu or Lapu-Lapu (ᜎᜉ̰-ᜎᜉ̰), whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, was a datu (chief) of Mactan in the Visayas in the Philippines. He is best known for the Battle of Mactan that happened at dawn on April 27, 1521, wher ...

, Philippines *

Lomaloma Lomaloma (; officially ''Lomaloma Tikina'', ) is a village at the south of the island of Vanua Balavu in the Lau archipelago of Fiji. The settlement is part of the tribal district of Tikina, Lomaloma and consists of 9 villages, 13 Yavusa (tri ...

, Fiji * Loop Loop, Washington, United States *

Lulu City, Colorado Lulu City was a transient mining town in eastern Grand County, Colorado, in the Kawuneeche Valley in what is now Rocky Mountain National Park. The town appeared after silver was discovered in the area in 1879 by prospector Joe Shipler, and was ...

, United States *

Musmus Musmus ( ar, مُصمُص, he, מוצמוץ / ) is an Arab citizens of Israel, Arab village in Haifa District. The village is located in the Wadi Ara area of the Triangle (Israel), northern Triangle, northeast of Umm al-Fahm. Since 1996, it has b ...

, Israel * Nene, England *

Ngorongoro The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (, ) is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Ngorongoro District, west of Arusha City in Arusha Region, within the Crater Highlands geological area of northern Tanzania. The area is n ...

, Tanzania * Nimnim Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia *

Nono Nono may refer to: Places * Nono, Argentina, a municipality in the Province of Córdoba * Nono, Ecuador, a parish in the municipality of Quito in the province of Pichincha * Nono, Illubabor, Oromia (woreda), Ethiopia, or Nono Sele ** Nono, Illub ...

, Argentina * Numa Numa, Papua New Guinea *

Onon River The Onon (, ''Onon gol''; ) is a river in Mongolia and Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Онон

, Mongolia and Russia *

Pago Pago Pago Pago ( ; Samoan: )Harris, Ann G. and Esther Tuttle (2004). ''Geology of National Parks''. Kendall Hunt. Page 604. . is the territorial capital of American Samoa. It is in Maoputasi County on Tutuila, which is American Samoa's main island. ...

, American Samoa * Pangpang, Philippines * Pare-Pare, Sulawesi, Indonesia *

Paw Paw, Illinois Paw Paw is a village in Lee County in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the village was home to 830 people, down from 870 at the 2010 census. It was settled in the mid 19th century and by 1878 the village had a railroad connectio ...

, United States *

Paw Paw, Michigan Paw Paw is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,534 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Van Buren County. Overview The village is located at the confluence of the east and south branches of the Paw Paw River ...

, United States *

Paw Paw, West Virginia Paw Paw is a town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 410 at the 2020 census. The town is known for the nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by the Circuit Court of Morgan County on April 8, 1891, an ...

, United States * Peʻepeʻe Falls, Hawaiʻi, United States * Piripiri, Piauí, Brazil *

Phi Phi Islands The Phi Phi Islands ( th, หมู่เกาะพีพี, , ) are an island group in Thailand between the large island of Phuket and the Straits of Malacca coast of Thailand. The islands are administratively part of Krabi Province. Ko Phi ...

, Thailand *

Puka-Puka Puka-Puka is a small coral atoll in the north-eastern Tuamotu Archipelago, sometimes included as a member of the Disappointment Islands. This atoll is quite isolated, the nearest land being Fakahina, 182 km to the southwest. Puka-Puka Ato ...

, French Polynesia *

Pukapuka Pukapuka, formerly Danger Island, is a coral atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is one of most remote islands of the Cook Islands, situated about northwest of Rarotonga. On this small island, an ancient ...

, Cook Islands *

Qarqar Qarqar or Karkar is the name of an ancient town in northwestern Syria, known from Neo-Assyrian sources. It was the site of one of the most important battles of the ancient world, the battle of Qarqar, fought in 853 BC when the army of Assyria, le ...

, Syria * Quemú Quemú, Argentina *

QwaQwa QwaQwa was a bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Phuthaditjhaba. It ...

, former

Bantustan A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland; ) was a territory that the National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now ...

in South Africa; the name survives as the QwaQwa campus of the University of the Free State * Raf Raf, Tunisia * Safsaf, Algeria *

Safsaf Safsaf ( ar, صفصاف ''Ṣafṣāf'', "weeping willow") was a Palestinian village 9 kilometres northwest of Safed, present-day Israel. Its villagers fled to Lebanon after the Safsaf massacre in October 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ...

, Israel * Safsaf, Libya *

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! () is a parish municipality in the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The population is 1,318. Its economy is mainly agricultural. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Lo ...

, Quebec, Canada *

Salm-Salm The Principality of Salm-Salm (german: Fürstentum Salm-Salm; french: Principauté de Salm-Salm) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French departments of Bas-Rhin and Vosges; it was one of a number of partitions ...

, Holy Roman Empire * Sanga-Sanga, Philippines * Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines * Sa'sa', Syria *

Savusavu Savusavu () is a town in the Fijian Province of Cakaudrove. The town is located on the south coast of Vanua Levu Island and had a population of 3,372 in the 2007 census. Savusavu is known as "the hidden paradise of Fiji." Geography Savus ...

, Fiji *

Shanshan Shanshan (; ug, پىچان, Pichan, Piqan) was a kingdom located at the north-eastern end of the Taklamakan Desert near the great, but now mostly dry, salt lake known as Lop Nur. The kingdom was originally an independent city-state, known in ...

, Xinjiang, China, is not actually a reduplicated place name; the Chinese name consists of two

characters Character or Characters may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Character'' (novel), a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk * ''Characters'' (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to The ...

, 鄯善, that are

homophonic In music, homophony (;, Greek: ὁμόφωνος, ''homóphōnos'', from ὁμός, ''homós'', "same" and φωνή, ''phōnē'', "sound, tone") is a texture in which a primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh ...

but distinct *

Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north of ...

, New York, United States * Sipe Sipe, Cochabamba District, Bolivia * Sipisopiso waterfall, North Sumatra, Indonesia * Songsong,

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

, United States * Tabontabon, Leyte, Philippines * Tal Tal, South Africa * Talon-Talon, Philippines *

Tan-Tan Tan-Tan ( ar, طانطان, ber, ⵟⴰⵏⵟⴰⵏ) is a city in Tan-Tan Province in the region of Guelmim-Oued Noun in southwestern Morocco. It is a desert town with a population (2014 census) of 73,209. It is the largest city in the provinc ...

, Morocco * Taran Taran, Pakistan * Tartar, Azerbaijan * Tartar, Switzerland *

Tartar Island Tartar Island is a small (13 ha), ice-free, oval-shaped island long, lying north-west of Round Point, off the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Pl ...

, Antarctica * Tata, Hungary *

Tawi-Tawi Tawi-Tawi, officially the Province of Tawi-Tawi ( tl, Lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi; Tausug: ''Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi''; Sinama: ''Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih''), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim ...

, Philippines *

Taytay, Palawan Taytay, officially the Municipality of Taytay ( tgl, Bayan ng Taytay ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 83,357 people. Since 2002, its Cathedral of St ...

, Philippines *

Taytay, Rizal Taytay, officially the Municipality of Taytay ( tgl, Bayan ng Taytay; ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. It is also known as the Garments Capital of the Philippines. Most occupation of the residents are relate ...

, Philippines * Tolitoli, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia * Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, Philippines * Torres Torres, Spain * Tourtour, France * Tsili Tsili, Papua New Guinea * Tuntum, Brazil *

Tyatya Tyatya (russian: Тятя, also spelled Tiatia and known as Chachadake (爺爺岳) in Japanese) is a volcano located in the northeastern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. It is the highest peak on the island with an elevation of . ...

, Russia *

Walewale Walewale is a town and the capital oMamprusi West Municipalin the Northeast Region of Ghana. It lies on the main road from Bolgatanga to Tamale, at the junction of the road west to Nalerigu, the capital of the newly created Northeast Region. It wa ...

, Ghana *

Walla Walla, Washington Walla Walla is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington, where it is the largest city and county seat. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,927 as of 2021. The population of the city and its two su ...

, United States * Warawara Lake (Cochabamba), Bolivia *

Wawa, Ontario Wawa is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario in the Algoma District. Formerly known as the Township of Michipicoten, named after a nearby river of that name, the township was officially renamed in 2007 for its largest and best-known com ...

, Canada *

Wawa, Pennsylvania Wawa is an unincorporated community located in Delaware County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in Greater Philadelphia, partially in Middletown Township and partially in Chester Heights Borough.Mayer, Cynthia. "Pay A Visit To Wawa, The Place. ...

, United States * Wawa, Pilar, Philippines * Wawa, Sudan *

Wawa, Togo Wawa is a prefecture located in the Plateaux Region of Togo. The prefecture seat is located in Badou Badou is a town in western Togo near the Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West A ...

Xai-Xai Xai-Xai () is a city in the south of Mozambique. Until 1975, the city was named João Belo. It is the capital of Gaza Province. As of 2007 it has a population of 116,343. History Portuguese rule Xai-Xai, formerly João Belo, developed in the e ...

, Mozambique * Xique-Xique, Brazil * Yaya River, Russia *

Zamzam Well The Zamzam Well ( ar, بئر زمزم, translit=Biʾru Zamzam ) is a well located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is located east of the Kaʿba, the holiest place in Islam. According to Islamic narratives, the well is a mi ...

, Mecca, Saudi Arabia *

Zarzar Lake Zarzar Lake is a lake located northwest of Damascus, Syria. It is lies to the east of Haloua. In the northeastern part of the lake is a dam. External linksPhotograph {{Syria-geo-stub Lakes of Syria ...

, Syria *

Zaza Dam The Zaza Dam is an embankment dam on the Zaza River about southwest of Sancti Spíritus in Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba. The dam was completed in 1972 with the primary purpose of irrigation but it also supports a small hydroelectric power st ...

, Cuba *

Zaza Reservoir Zaza Reservoir ( es, Embalse Zaza, La Presa Zaza) is the largest man-made reservoir in Cuba. It is located in the Sancti Spíritus Province in central Cuba, south-east of the city of Sancti-Spíritus and north-west of La Sierpe. It has a water ...

, Cuba * Zanzan, Ivory Coast * Zorzor, Liberia

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