City of Peace

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City of Peace may refer to:

  • Jerusalem, from a folk etymology
  • Myrhorod, Ukraine, whose name literally means "city of peace"
  • Round city of Baghdad, (Arabic: Madinat al-Salam) the original core of Baghdad, Iraq
  • Hiroshima, Japan, proclaimed a City of Peace in 1949
  • Ciudad de la Paz ("City of the Peace" in Spanish), future city in Equatorial Guinea
  • Osnabrück, Germany, in recognition of the Peace of Westphalia negotiated there
  • Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, sometimes known as the "city of peace" due to the many diplomatic conferences held there
  • Ypres, known as the city of peace after World War 1


See also[edit]

  • Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, whose name translated from Arabic means "Abode of Peace"
  • La Paz (disambiguation), the name of several cities; the name means "peace" in Spanish