The following is a list of geographic names denoting the concept of

peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

, in their respective language.

Languages in this list

* ''makmur'' – Arabic (’tranquility’) * ''salaam'' – Arabic * 安平 – Chinese, Mandarin (''an’ping'') or 平安 (''ping’an'') or simply 安 (''an'') * 长安 – Chinese, Mandarin (''chang’an'', eternal peace) * 和平 – Chinese, Mandarin (''he’ping'') or 平和 (''ping’he'') * 安 – Chinese, Teochew & Cantonese (''on'') * ''fred'' – Danish and Swedish * ''peace'' – English * ''paix'' – French * ''Frieden'' – German * ''shalom'' – Hebrew * ''béke'' – Hungarian (cf. ''békés'' ’peaceful’) * 平安 – Japanese (''hei’an'') * 平和 – Japanese (''heiwa'') * ''sentosa'' – Malay * ''aman'' - Malay * ''paz'' - Portuguese and Spanish * ''Shanti, shanthi, santi'' from Sanskrit * ''mir, myr'' – Russian, Ukrainian * สันติภาพ, สันติ (santiphap, santi) – Thai and Lao * ''an bình'' – Vietnamese equivalent of Chinese ''an’ping'' * ''hòa bình'' – Vietnamese equivalent of Chinese ''he’ping''

List

Argentina

La Paz, Córdoba La Paz is a small town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Its population is 1189 inhabitants (2010 Census) and it is located from Villa Dolores. The town grew around a Catholic church, San Juan de las Tal built there in 1720, during colon ...

* La Paz, Entre Ríos * La Paz, Mendoza *

La Paz Department, Catamarca La Paz is a Departments of Argentina, department located in the south of Catamarca Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 21,061 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Recreo, which is located a ...

La Paz Department, Mendoza La Paz is an eastern department of Mendoza Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 9,500 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La ...

Bolivia

* La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia *

La Paz Department (Bolivia) The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2012 census population of 2,706,359 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with adjacent Peru. It contains the '' Cordillera Real'', which reaches ...

* La Paz Municipality, Bolivia * La Paz River

Brunei

Brunei Darussalam Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by the ...

- 'Abode of Peace', long name of country

Canada

* Friedensruh, province of

Manitoba , image_map = Manitoba in Canada 2.svg , map_alt = Map showing Manitoba's location in the centre of Southern Canada , Label_map = yes , coordinates = , capital = Winn ...

, Canada *

International Peace Garden The International Peace Garden is a park located adjacent to the International Peace Garden Border Crossing along the Canada–United States border between the province of Manitoba and the state of North Dakota. It was established on July 14, ...

Manitoba , image_map = Manitoba in Canada 2.svg , map_alt = Map showing Manitoba's location in the centre of Southern Canada , Label_map = yes , coordinates = , capital = Winn ...

, Canada *

Municipal District of Peace No. 135 The Municipal District of Peace No. 135 is a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district (MD) in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Located in Division No. 19, Alberta, Census Division No. 19, its List of municipal districts in Albert ...

*Peace Dale, village in S. Kingston, Canada *

Peace River The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in th ...

Peace River Block The Peace River Block is an area of land located in northeastern British Columbia, in the Peace River Country. In exchange for building a rail line across Canada to British Columbia, the Canadian Pacific Railway was given the Railway Belt, of l ...

Peace River Country The Peace River Country (or Peace Country; french: Région de la Rivière-de-la-paix) is an aspen parkland region centring on the Peace River in Canada. It extends from northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia ...

Peace River Regional District The Peace River Regional District is a regional district in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The regional district comprises seven municipalities and four electoral areas. Its member municipalities are the cities of Fort St. John and Daws ...

* Salem, Ontario * Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta

China, PRC

* 安海镇 Anhai Town, Quanzhou city * Anping County, of Hengshui, Hebei * Anping, Cenxi, in Cenxi City, Guangxi * Anping, Anping County, in Anping County, Hebei * Anping, Xianghe County, in

Xianghe County Xianghe County () is a county of central Hebei province. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city. Xianghe has 7 towns and 2 townships. It is southeast of Beijing. Sanhe city, Dachang Hui Autonomous County and Xianghe Co ...

, Hebei * Anping, Zhecheng County, in

Zhecheng County Zhecheng County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shangqiu, in the east of Henan province, People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. ...

, Henan * Anping, Anren County, in Anren County, Hunan *

Anping, Lianyuan Anping Town () is an urban town and subdivision of Lianyuan, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative division The town is divided into 53 villages and 1 community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) w ...

, in

Lianyuan Lianyuan () is a county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the Peo ...

City, Hunan * 安平桥

Anping Bridge Anping Bridge () is a Song dynasty stone beam bridge in Fujian province. It is long. Fu et al (2002), p. 185 Mao (1978), p. 6 The bridge is also known as the Wuli Bridge (, literally ''Five Li Bridge'') because its length is about 5 '' li'', whe ...

, Quanzhou city *

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

(formerly Beiping 北平, or 'Northern Peace') *

Chang'an Avenue 250px, Chang'an Avenue hosts military parades. Here are 1999 National Day parade.">50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China">1999 National Day parade. Chang'an Avenue (), literally "Eternal Peace Street", is a major thoroughfare in ...

, a major east-west thoroughfare in Beijing *

Chang'an District, Shijiazhuang Chang'an District () is one of eight districts of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, North China, located in the northeast of the urban core of the city. The area is . There are 426,500 residents, among which ...

, Hebei *

Chang'an District, Xi'an Chang'an District () is the second-most populous of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, in Northwest China. The district borders the prefecture-level cities of Shangluo to the southeast a ...

, Shaanxi * Chang'an Subdistrict, Mudanjiang, in Dong'an District, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang * Chang'an Subdistrict, Linxiang, Hunan, in

Linxiang City Linxiang () is a county-level city in Hunan province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yueyang. Linxiang is located at the northeastern edge of Hunan province, on the southeastern (right) bank of the Yangtz ...

, Hunan * Chang'an Subdistrict, Wuxi, in Huishan District, Wuxi, Jiangsu * Chang'an Subdistrict, Jiaohe, in Jiaohe City, Jilin *

Chang'an Subdistrict, Shenyang Chang'an (; ) is the traditional name of Xi'an. The site had been settled since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo, in the city's suburbs. Furthermore, in the northern vicinity of modern Xi'an, Qin Shi ...

, in

Dadong District Dadong District () is one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of the Chinese province of Liaoning. It borders Shenbei New Area to the north, Dongling to the east, Shenhe to the south, and Huanggu to the we ...

, Shenyang, Liaoning * Chang'an Subdistrict, Xichang, in

Xichang Xichang, formerly known as Jiandu, Jianchang and Ningyuan(fu), is a city in and the seat of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Sichuan, China. In 2012 it had a population of 481,796. History The Qiongdu were the local peo ...

City, Sichuan * Chang'an Township, Gansu, in Ganzhou District, Zhangye * Chang'an Township, Guizhou, in

Huishui County Huishui () is a county of south-central Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. 61% of its 476,900 population are minorities, including Bouyei, Miao, Hui, Zhuang, Sui, Bai, a ...

* Chang'an Township, Hunan, in

Hengyang County Hengyang County () is a county and the 5th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. Located in the north of Hengyang City and the south east of Hunan p ...

* Chang'an Township, Linshui County, in

Linshui County Linshui County () is a county in the east of Sichuan province, China, administratively governed by the prefecture-level city of Guang'an; it is the easternmost county-level division of Guang'an, bordering Chongqing municipality to the east. The ...

, Sichuan * Chang'an Township, Luzhou, in Longmatan District, Luzhou, Sichuan * Chang'an, Anhui, in Jixi County * Chang'an, Dongguan, Guangdong * Chang'an, Fengkai County, in Fengkai County, Guangdong * Chang'an, Guangxi, in

Rong'an County Rong'an County (; Standard Zhuang: ) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It borders the prefecture-level city of Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) i ...

, Guangxi * Chang'an, Dandong, in

Donggang, Liaoning Donggang () is a city in the southeast of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Situated on the coast of the Yellow Sea at the mouth of the Yalu River, it is located near the maritime border with North Korea. Administratively, it is a county-level ...

* Chang'an, Pingli County, in Pingli County, Shaanxi * Chang'an, Haining, in

Haining City () is a county-level city in Zhejiang Province, China, and under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing. It is in the south side of Yangtze River Delta, and in the north of Zhejiang. It is to the southwest of central Shanghai, and east of Hangzhou, the ...

, Zhejiang * Chang'an, Hangzhou, in

Fuyang District () is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, East China. Fuyang is located in the northwest of Zhejiang on the Fuchun River, a tributary of the Qiantang River. The city is the birt ...

, Hangzhou, Zhejiang *

Heping District, Tianjin Heping District () is a district in the center of Tianjin, China. It is named after the He Ping Road, the most prosperous street of the district at the time of renaming in 1956. The district has a long history. Its total area is . There are six ...

(和平区) *

Heping District, Shenyang Heping District () is one of ten districts of the Chinese sub-provincial city of Shenyang, the capital of the Northeastern province of Liaoning. It borders the districts of Huanggu to the north, Shenhe to the east, Dongling to the southeast, ...

(和平区), Liaoning *

Heping County 　　 Heping ( postal: Hoping; , Hakka:Fò-phìn) is a county of northeastern Guangdong Province, China, bordering Jiangxi to the north. It is under the administration of Heyuan City. At the 2010 census, its population was around 300,000, with the ...

(和平县), of Heyuan, Guangdong * Heping Subdistrict (和平街道) ** Heping Subdistrict, Shaoguan, in Zhenjiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong ** Heping Subdistrict, Gaobeidian, Hebei **

Heping Subdistrict, Handan Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, in Congtai District, Handan, Hebei ** Heping Subdistrict, Wuhan, in Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei ** Heping Subdistrict, Baotou, in Donghe District, Baotou, Inner Mongolia ** Heping Subdistrict, Ulan Hot, Inner Mongolia ** Heping Subdistrict, Xuzhou, in Quanshan District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu ** Heping Subdistrict, Meihekou, Jilin **

Heping Subdistrict, Anshan City Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, in Tiedong District, Anshan, Liaoning ** Heping Subdistrict, Fushun, in Wanghua District, Fushun, Liaoning ** Heping Subdistrict, Fuxin, in Haizhou District, Fuxin, Liaoning ** Heping Subdistrict, Zibo, in Zhangdian District, Zibo, Shandong **

Heping Subdistrict, Taiyuan Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, in Wanbailin District, Taiyuan, Shanxi **

Heping Subdistrict, Tacheng Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, Xinjiang * Towns named (和平镇) ** Heping, Shaowu, Fujian ** Heping, Zhangping, Fujian ** Heping, Wuwei, in Liangzhou District, Wuwei, Gansu **

Heping, Yuzhong County Heping is a town of Yuzhong County Yuzhong County () is a county of Gansu Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, one of 58 counties of Gansu. Its postal code is 730100, an ...

, Gansu ** Heping, Shantou, in Chaoyang District, Shantou, Guangdong ** Heping, Teng County, Guangxi ** Heping, Huishui County, Guizhou ** Heping, Yanhe County, in Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, Guizhou ** Heping, Qiongzhong County, in Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County, Hainan ** Heping, Tailai County, Heilongjiang ** Heping, Wudalianchi, Heilongjiang ** Heping, Guiyang County, Hunan ** Heping, Huai'an, in Qingpu District, Huai'an, Jiangsu ** Heping, Fenxi County, Shanxi ** Heping, Changxing County, Zhejiang * Heping Township (和平乡) ** Heping Township, Yuexi County, Anhui **

Heping Township, Longxi County, Gansu Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

** Heping Township, Longsheng County, in Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi ** Heping Township, Sanjiang County, in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Guangxi ** Heping Township, Tongren City, Guizhou **

Heping Township, Zhaoyuan County Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, Heilongjiang **

Heping Township, Hengyang Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, in Zhuhui District, Hengyang, Hunan ** Heping Township, Faku County, Liaoning ** Heping Township, Huangyuan County, Qinghai ** Heping Township, Anyue County, Sichuan ** Heping Township, Nanjiang County, Sichuan **

Heping Township, Xinlong County Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, Sichuan ** Heping Township, Zigong, in Da'an District, Zigong, Sichuan **

Heping Township, Yunxiao County Heping () may refer to: * Heping, Taichung (和平區), a district in Taichung, Taiwan Places in Mainland China * Heping District, Tianjin (和平区) * Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning * Heping County (和平县), of Heyuan, Gu ...

, Zhejiang *

Ping'an Avenue Ping'an Avenue (; English translation: " Peaceful Avenue") refers to a section of the road network in Beijing, China. Ping'an Avenue is not the name of any particular road; it refers to the stretch of roads from Guanyuan Bridge on the western 2n ...

(平安街), major through route in Beijing, China * Ping'an County (平安县), in Qinghai Province, China * Ping'an, Lanzhou, in Honggu District, Lanzhou, Gansu * Ping'an, Qing'an County, in Heilongjiang * Ping'an, Baicheng, in Taobei District, Baicheng, Jilin * Ping'an, Shulan, in Jilin * Ping'an, Ping'an County, in Qinghai *Ping'an Township (平安乡), name of several townships in China ** Ping'an Township, Fengjie County, in Chongqing ** Ping'an Township, Pengshui County, in Chongqing ** Ping'an Township, Zhangjiachuan County, in Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County, Tianshui, Gansu ** Ping'an Township, Gongcheng County, in Guilin ** Ping'an Township, Jiamusi, in Jiao District, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang ** Ping'an Township, Hure Banner, in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia ** Ping'an Township, Dawa County, in Liaoning ** Ping'an Township, Zhangwu County, in Liaoning ** Ping'an Township, Yuechi County, in Guang'an, Sichuan *

Pinghe County Pinghe County () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou, in southern Fujian province, PRC, bordering Guangdong province to the west. Administrative Division The administrative centre or seat of Pinghe County is Xiaoxi (). Towns ...

* Shanghai Pinghe School * 西安

Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...

(literally, western peace; old name 长安 = ''everlasting peace'')

Colombia

* La Paz, Cesar * La Paz, Santander

Costa Rica

* La Paz Waterfall, Costa Rica *

University for Peace The University for Peace (UPEACE) is an international university and intergovernmental organization. The university was established as a treaty organisation by the United Nations General Assembly in 1980. Each year, the University for Peace se ...

, San Jose, CR

Cyprus

* Bellapais

Denmark

Fredensborg Fredensborg () is a railway town located in Fredensborg Municipality, North Zealand, some 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most known for Fredensborg Palace, one of the official residences of the Danish Royal Family. As of 1 Janu ...

Fredensborg Palace Fredensborg Palace ( da, Fredensborg Slot; ) is a palace located on the eastern shore of Lake Esrum ( Danish, ''Esrum Sø'') in Fredensborg on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in Denmark. It is the Danish Royal Family’s spring and autumn ...

* Fredensdal, a house

Egypt

* Al Salam Bridge; see

Suez Canal Bridge The Suez Canal Bridge, also known as the Egyptian–Japanese Friendship Bridge, Al Salam Bridge, Al Salam Peace Bridge or Mubarak Peace Bridge, is a road bridge crossing the Suez Canal at El-Qantara, whose name means "the bridge" in Egyptian Ar ...

El Salvador

La Paz Department (El Salvador) La Paz () is a department of El Salvador in the south central area of the country. The capital is Zacatecoluca. La Paz has an area of 1,228 km2 and a population of more than 328,000. The department was created in 1852. There are various cav ...

* La Paz, La Paz Department

Germany

* Friedeburg in East Frisia, a city in the Frisian region of Germany * Friedeburg upon Saale, state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

, Germany *

Friedenau Friedenau () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany. Relatively small by area, its population density is the highest in the city. Geography Friedenau is part of the southwestern s ...

, a locality of the city-state of Berlin, Germany * Friedensdorf, state of

, Germany *

Salem, Baden-Württemberg Salem is a municipality in the Bodensee district of Baden-Württemberg in Southern Germany, located 9 km north of Lake Constance, with a population of 11,100. Geography The community is located about nine kilometers east of Überlingen ...

** Salem Abbey (Reichskloster Salem), a monastery **

Schule Schloss Salem Schule Schloss Salem (Anglicisation: ''School of Salem Castle'', ''Salem Castle School'') is a boarding school with campuses in Salem and Überlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It offers the German Abitur, as well as the Inter ...

, Germany (also referred to as Salem College, with a section called Salem International College) * Salem, Schleswig-Holstein

Haiti

Port-de-Paix Port-de-Paix (; ht, Pòdepè or ; meaning "Port of Peace") is a commune and the capital of the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti on the Atlantic coast. It has a population of 462,000 (2015 IHSI estimate). Port-de-Paix used to be a large exporter ...

, Haiti

Honduras

La Paz, Honduras La Paz () is the capital city of the La Paz Department of Honduras. The town, founded in 1792, has a population of 30,020 (2020 est.). La Paz is located 750 m (2461 feet) above sea level on the Comayagua River near the Cordillera de Montecil ...

* La Paz Department (Honduras)

Hungary

Békés County Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The ...

** its seat,

Békéscsaba Békéscsaba (; sk, Békešská Čaba; see also other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budap ...

city ** cities and towns in this county: Békés, Békéssámson, Békésszentandrás ** geographical names related to this county: Békési-hát, Békési-sík Note that another county in Hungary (approx. 30 mi northeast of Békés) has a name with a quasi-opposite meaning, ''

Heves Heves is a small town in eastern Hungary. About 100 km east of Budapest, Heves lies at the northern extreme of the Great Hungarian Plain, just south of the Mátra and Bükk hills and west of the Tisza River. Heves gave its name to the Heves ...

,'' i.e. ’vehement.’

India

Shantipur Santipur is a city and a municipality in the Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. The fort area of this city, also known as Daak-Garh (calling or gathering room) is thought ...

Nadia District Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influenti ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

* Santipur (community development block),

* Shantipuri Tanda Range,

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

* Shanthipuram a town in Andhra Pradesh - from Shanthi 'peace' in Sanskrit. * Santhipuram mandal,

Chitoor District Chittoor district () is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located at Chittoor. It has a population of 4,170,468 accordin ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

Indonesia

* Province of Aceh, former full name ''Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam''

Iran

* Salam, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran

Israel, Palestine

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

(Y-R-V = ''foundation'', Sh-L-M = ''peace''), Hebrew *

Kerem Shalom Kerem Shalom ( he, כֶּרֶם שָׁלוֹם, ''lit.'' Vineyard of Peace) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the Gaza Strip-Israel-Egypt border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of . Hi ...

, means vineyard of peace in Hebrew * Salem, alternate official spelling of

Salim, Nablus Salim ( ar, سالم) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers east of Nablus and is a part of the Nablus Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Salim had a population of appro ...

* Shaqib al-Salam \ Segev Shalom * Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom, means oasis of peace in Arabic and Hebrew

Japan

* 平和の森公園 '' Heiwanomori Park'' - Peace Forest Park, Tokyo * 平和島駅 Heiwajima Station (railway), Tokyo * 広島平和記念公園

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect vict ...

, Hiroshima City *

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...

City, (known in classical times as 平安京 Heian'kyo = 'Capital of Peace') * 平和公園 Heiwa Park,

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...

Peace Park * 平和通り ''Heiwa Dori'', 'Peace Avenue',

Naha is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area ...

, Okinawa * 平和台駅, Heiwadai Station (Railway), Tokyo *

Nara The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It ...

City, (known in classical times as 平城京　Heijo'kyo = 'Capital Fortress of Peace')

Malaysia

Pahang Pahang (; Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a sultanate and ...

state, ''Darul Makmur'' 'Abode of Tranquility' in Arabic * Bukit Aman, 'Peace Hill',

Malaysian Police The Royal Malaysia Police (often abbreviated RMP) ( ms, Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM)), is a (primarily) uniformed national and federal police force in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organisation. Its headquarters are located at Bukit Aman ...

headquarters district in

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

* Aman Jaya, Sungai Petani,

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland ...

Malaysia 'Victory of Peace' in Malay

Mali

* Salam, Mali

Mexico

La Paz, Baja California Sur La Paz (, en, Peace) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2020 census population of 250,141 inhabitants, making it the most populous city in the state. Its ...

La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur La Paz is a municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Its area of 20,275 km² (7,828.2 sq mi) makes it the municipality in Mexico with the fourth-largest area.La Paz, State of Mexico La Paz is a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico, with its municipal seat in the town of Los Reyes Acaquilpan. It is located on the dividing line between Mexico State and the eastern edge of the Federal District and is part of the Greater ...

, a large suburb of Mexico City

North Korea

Hwapyong County Hwapyong County is a ''kun'', or county, in Chagang Province, North Korea. It was incorporated as a new county as part of a general reorganization of local government in December 1952. Previously it had been part of Chasong and Huchang. Adm ...

, cognate of Chinese ''He’ping'' *

Pyongan Pyeong-an Province (, ) was one of Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Pyeong'an was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Pyeongyang (now Pyongyang, North Korea). History Pyeong'an Province was formed in ...

Province, North Korea (평안 = 平安 meaning ''peace'') *

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...

, 평양 derived from 平壤, Peaceful Land (once formerly ''Chang’an;'' or 'eternal peace')

Philippines

* La Paz, Abra *

La Paz, Agusan del Sur La Paz, officially the Municipality of La Paz ( ceb, Lungsod sa La Paz; tl, Bayan ng La Paz), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur in the Caraga of the Philippines. The population was 30,969 at the 2020 census. Geography La Paz is ...

* La Paz, Iloilo City, a district of Iloilo City * La Paz, Leyte *

La Paz, Tarlac La Paz, officially the Municipality of La Paz ( pam, Balen ning La Paz; tl, Bayan ng La Paz), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,952 people. History The ear ...

Portugal

* Beja, Portugal (from Latin ''Pax Julia'' via Arabic ''Baja'')

Singapore

Sentosa Sentosa Island, known mononymously as Sentosa, and formerly ''Pulau Belakang Mati'', is an island located off the southern coast of Singapore's main island. The island is separated from the main island of Singapore by a channel of water, the K ...

island, from Malay 'peace'

South Africa

Ekurhuleni The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng. The municipality itself is a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. The name ''Ekurhuleni'' m ...

(also known as the

East Rand The East Rand is the urban eastern part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation in South Africa. The region extends from Alberton in the west to Nigel in the east, and south down to Nigel. It includ ...

) – from Tsonga "place of peace". * Liefde en Vrede, suburb of

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

– from Afrikaans "vrede" *

Peace Haven Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

, suburb of

Randfontein Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Est ...

* Peace Heights, suburb of

Sebokeng Sebokeng () locally called Zweni by residents, is a middle-class township in the Emfuleni Local Municipality in southern Gauteng, South Africa near the industrial cities of Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging. Other neighboring townships include Evaton ...

* Peacehaven, suburb of Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal * Peacehaven, suburb of

Vereeniging Vereeniging () is a town located in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa, situated where the Klip River empties into the northern loop of the Vaal River. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly s ...

* Peacevale, KwaZulu-Natal * Salem, Eastern Cape * Salem, suburb of Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal *

Vrede Vrede is a town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 km² region. Maize, wheat, mutton, wool, beef, dairy products and poultry are farmed in the region. History In 1863 one J. H. Krynauw bought ...

, Free State * Vrededorp, suburb of

* Vredefort, Free State *

Vredehoek Vredehoek (Afrikaans: "corner of peace" or "peace corner") is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa located in the City Bowl, on the slopes of Table Mountain, between Devil's Peak Estate and Oranjezicht. The suburb was proclaimed after the first w ...

, suburb of

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...

* Vredekloof, suburb of Brackenfell,

* Vredelust, suburb of Bellville,

Vredenburg Vredenburg is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative centre of the Saldanha Bay Local Mun ...

Vredendal Vredendal is a town in the northern Olifants River Valley in the Western Cape province of South Africa, with a population (according to the 2001 census) of 16,164 people. It is situated north of Cape Town on the banks of the Olifants River at th ...

* Vredepark, suburb of

Weltevredenpark Weltevredenpark is a suburb of Roodepoort, South Africa adjacent to Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a ...

, suburb of

Roodepoort Roodepoort is a town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical ...

Spain

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The populatio ...

, Spain (from ''Civitas Pacis'', "town of peace" via Arabic) * Salem, Valencia

Sri Lanka

* Shanthipura,

Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya ( si, නුවර එළිය ; ta, நுவரெலியா) is a city in the hill country of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its name means "city on the plain (table land)" or "city of light". The city is the administrativ ...

, Sri Lanka from Sanskrit 'Shanti' meaning peace

Sweden

* Fredhällsbron, a bridge in Stockholm *

Salem Municipality Salem Municipality (''Salems kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The name traces its origins from ''Slæm'' in the 13th century, but was changed to Salem in the 17th century, inspired by the Biblical name of Jeru ...

* Salem, Sweden, the seat of Salem Municipality

Taiwan, ROC

* 二二八和平紀念公園, 228 Peace Memorial Park, Taipei * 安平镇, An-pêng, town in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

City, Taiwan * 安平區, An-pêng district of Tainan City * Anping Port (安平港), in Tainan *

Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) Fort Zeelandia () was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping (now Anping District of Tainan) on Formosa, the former name of main island of Taiwan, during their 38-year rul ...

, or Fort Anping (安平古堡), the oldest colonial fortress in Taiwan *

Heping District, Taichung Heping District () is a mountain indigenous district in eastern Taichung, Taiwan, and it is the largest district of Taichung City. It is also the largest district in Taiwan by area. It is the geographic center of Taiwan. History After the h ...

(和平區) *

Pingzhen District Pingzhen District () is a district in the central part of Taoyuan City, Taiwan, home to 227,047 people. History Pingzhen was originally established as Changluliao during the Qing Dynasty rule of Taiwan. In 1920 under the Japanese rule, the ci ...

, district in Taoyuan City, formerly the town of Anping

Tanzania

Dar-es-Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

- Abode of Peace, Arabic

Thailand

* สวนสันติภาพ Santiphap Park, Bangkok * On On Hotel, 安安, Phuket (Teochew) * Santi Suk District of Nan Province.　

United Kingdom

Peacehaven Peacehaven is a town and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England. It is located above the chalk cliffs of the South Downs approximately six miles () east of Brighton city centre, on the A259 road. Its site coincides with th ...

, East Sussex *

Salem, Cornwall Salem is a hamlet west of Chacewater, Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic ...

* Salem, Greater Manchester, within

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...

, England * Salem, village near

Llandeilo Llandeilo () is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge. Its population was 1,795 at the 2011 Census. It is adjacent to the westernmost point of the ...

, Wales * Salem, above

Penrhyn-coch Penrhyn-coch is a small Welsh village, in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, located between the Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into the Afon Clarach. The village is approximately north-east of Aberystwyth. ...

, Wales *Dunipace, Scotland (Hills of peace)

United States

Echota Chota (also spelled Chote, Echota, Itsati, and other similar variations) is a historic Overhill Cherokee town site in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Developing after nearby Tanasi, Chota ( chr, ᎢᏣᏘ, translit=Its ...

, the old center of the

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...

nation

*

, North Dakota * La Paz County, Arizona **

La Paz, Arizona La Paz ( Yavapai: Wi:hela) was a short-lived early gold mining town along on the western border of current-day La Paz County, Arizona. The town grew quickly after gold was discovered nearby in 1862. ''La Paz'', Spanish for ''peace'', was chosen as ...

, a ghost town *

La Paz, California Keene (formerly, Wells) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern extreme of the San Joaquin Valley. Keene is located northwest of Tehachapi, at an elevation of . ...

, headquarters of the United Farm Workers *

La Paz, Indiana Lapaz is a town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana, North Township, Marshall County, Indiana, Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 561 at the 2010 census. History The town was founded in 1873 and was named for La ...

* Friedenburg, Perry County, Missouri * Friedensburg, Pennsylvania *

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...

, deemed ''Peace Garden State'' *

Pacific, Missouri Pacific (formerly Franklin) is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri in eastern Franklin County and extending to the east into southwest St. Louis County. The population was 7,002 at the 2010 census. History Early history (1820-1864) Through ...

Peacefield Peacefield, also called Peace field or Old House, is a historic home formerly owned by the Adams family of Quincy, Massachusetts. It was the home of United States Founding Father and U.S. president John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams, and o ...

, the former home of presidents

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of t ...

and

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States ...

* Peace River, small river in south-central Florida * On Lok Lifeways (Peace and Happiness in Cantonese), a senior health center in

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popu ...

Salem, Alabama Salem is an unincorporated community east-centrally located in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It lies along U.S. Routes 280 and 431 between Opelika and Phenix City. It is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area. History Salem was first set ...

Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas Salem is the county seat of Fulton County, Arkansas, United States. Salem was first incorporated in 1900. As of the 2010 census the population stood at 1,635. Geography Salem is located near the center of Fulton County at the intersection of ...

, a city *

Salem, Saline County, Arkansas Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,544. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Salem ...

, a census-designated place *

Salem, Connecticut Salem is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,213 at the 2020 census. History Pre-incorporation The area was originally inhabited by the Mohegan people. The first settlement of European origin in pr ...

Salem, Florida Salem is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Florida, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 19, southeast of Perry. Salem has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail se ...

Salem, Georgia Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Upson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 310 at the 2010 census. Geography Salem is located in southern Upson County at (32.748609, -84.198816). The community is located along U.S. R ...

* Salem, Idaho, non-CDP community that straddles Fremont and Madison counties *

Salem, Illinois Salem is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,485 at the 2010 census. Geography Salem is located at (38.6282, -88.9482). According to the 2010 census, Salem has a total area of , of w ...

* Salem, Adams County, Indiana, unincorporated place * Salem, Jay County, Indiana, unincorporated place *

Salem, Union County, Indiana Salem is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Union County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States ...

, unincorporated place * Salem, Washington County, Indiana, city * Salem, Iowa * Salem, Kentucky * Salem, Maryland *

Salem, Massachusetts Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports tr ...

Salem Maritime National Historic Site The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is a National Historic Site consisting of 12 historic structures, one replica tall-ship, and about 9 acres (36,000 m2) of land along the waterfront of Salem Harbor in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem Maritim ...

Salem witch trials The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom w ...

** Salem Harbor ** Salem Sound, a body of water ** Salem Channel, a part of the Salem Sound ** Salem (MBTA station) *

Salem Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan Salem Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,627 at the 2010 census. Communities * Brookeville is an unincorporated community located within the township at . * Salem is an unincorp ...

Salem, Missouri Salem is the county seat of Dent County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,608 at the 2020 census, which allows Salem to become a Class 3 city in Missouri; however, the city has chosen to remain a Class 4 city under Missouri Revise ...

* Salem, Nebraska *

Salem, New Hampshire Salem is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 30,089 at the 2020 census. Being located on Interstate 93 as the first town in New Hampshire, which lacks any state sales tax, Salem has grown into a commer ...

Salem, New Jersey Salem is a city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city's population was 5,146,

Salem Nuclear Power Plant The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a two unit pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, in the United States. It is owned by PSEG Nuclear LLC and Constellation Energy. ...

Salem River The Salem River is a tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States. The course and watershed of the Salem River are entirely within Salem County. Tributaries of the Salem include Game Creek, Mannington Creek ...

, a tributary of the Delaware River ** Port of Salem * Salem, New Mexico *

Salem, New York Salem is a town in eastern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 2,702 at the 2000 census. The town of Salem contains a hamlet also named Salem, formerly ...

, town in Washington County **

Salem (village), New York Salem is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the town of Salem in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 946 at the 2010 census. The hamlet is lo ...

, within the town of Salem * Salem, an earlier name of

Brocton, New York Brocton is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The name was derived by combining the names "Brockway" and "Minton", two prominent local families. The population was 1,335 at the 2020 census. Brocton is within the town of Por ...

, in Chautauqua County * Salem, North Carolina, census-designated place in Burke County *

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in ...

, in Forsyth County **

Old Salem Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. This small city features a living history museum (operated by the non-profit Old Salem Museums & Gardens, organize ...

, a history museum in Winston-Salem *

Salem, Ohio Salem is the largest city in Columbiana County, Ohio, with a small district in southern Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 11,915. It is the principal city of the Salem micropolitan area in Northeast Ohio. It is 18 ...

* Salem, Oklahoma * Salem, Oregon, the state capital **

Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area The Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area consisting of two counties in western Oregon, Marion and Polk. The principal city is Salem, the state capital, which h ...

** Salem (Amtrak station), a railroad station * Salem, Pennsylvania, four different unincorporated places *

Salem, South Carolina Salem is a U.S. town in Oconee County, South Carolina. The population was 135 at the 2010 United States Census.See http://factfinder.census.gov for population numbers and for municipality and CDP lists in the 2010 Census. Geography Salem is locate ...

Salem, South Dakota Salem is a city in and the county seat of McCook County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2020 census. The current mayor is Shawn English. History Salem was founded in 1880 and named after the postmaster's hometown o ...

* Salem, Texas, eight different unincorporated places *

Salem, Utah Salem is a city in Utah County, Utah. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 9,298 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census. Landmark locations in Salem include the Dream Mine of John Hyrum Koyle and the Salem Pond. ...

* Salem, Virginia, an independent city adjacent to Roanoke * Salem, Virginia Beach, Virginia, a neighborhood *

Salem, West Virginia Salem is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,485 at the 2020 census. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 23; the North Bend Rail Trail passes through the city.DeLorme ...

, a city in Harrison County * Salem, Fayette County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Salem, Wisconsin (disambiguation), several places in Wisconsin * Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Montana

Ukraine

* Myrhorod, city in

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

(means ''Peace City'') * Myrnohrad, city in Donetsk Oblast,

(means ''Peace City'') *

Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...

, city in

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

(means ''Peace of the tribe Zhytychi (part of the Drevlians)'' or ''rye (as a corn for living) and peace'') * there are 58 villages as Myrne (means ''Peace settlement'') in 21 oblasts in Ukraine

Uruguay

* La Paz, Uruguay in the Canelones Department

Vietnam

* An Bình,

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

* Hòa Bình, Hòa Bình Province,

Hội An Hội An (), formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city with a population of approximately 120,000 in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province and is noted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cu Lao Cham archipelago, it is part ...

(會安) translates as "peaceful meeting place".

Other

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin ''tranquillitātis'', the Sea of Tranquillity or Sea of Tranquility; see spelling differences) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It is the first location on another world to be ...

(Sea of Tranquility), on the Moon *

Mir ''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...

Space Station

List of places indirectly named after peace

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

* Pacifica, California * Pacific Beach, San Diego *

Pacific Beach, Washington Pacific Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 291 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Moclips CDP. Geography Pacific Beach is located in western Grays Ha ...

* Pacific City, Oregon *

Pacific Grove, California Pacific Grove is a coastal city in Monterey County, California, in the United States. The population at the 2020 census was 15,090. Pacific Grove is located between Point Pinos and Monterey. Pacific Grove has numerous Victorian-era houses, s ...

* Pacific Heights, California *

Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California, situated about west of Downtown Los Angeles. Pacific Palisades was formally founded in 1921 by a Methodist organization, and in the years that followed bec ...

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

formerly Tống Bình (宋平, "Song peace") and Tràng An (long peace)

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Israel, Palestine

Japan

Malaysia

Mali

Mexico

North Korea

Philippines

Portugal

Singapore

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Taiwan, ROC

Tanzania

Thailand

United Kingdom

United States

Ukraine

Uruguay

Vietnam

Other

List of places indirectly named after peace

See also

References