The following is a list of geographic names denoting the concept of peace, in their respective language.

Languages in this list

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  • vrede - Afrikaans and Dutch
  • 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
  • kapayapaan — Filipino
  • paix – French
  • Frieden – German
  • shalom – Hebrew
  • shaanti — Hindi
  • 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, Entre Ríos
  • La Paz, Mendoza
  • La Paz Department, Catamarca
  • La Paz Department, Mendoza

Bangladesh

  • Salamabad Union

Bolivia

  • La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia
  • La Paz Department (Bolivia)
  • La Paz Municipality, Bolivia
  • La Paz River

Brunei

  • Brunei Darussalam - 'Abode of Peace', long name of country

Canada

  • Friedensruh, province of Manitoba
  • International Peace Garden, province of Manitoba
  • Municipal District of Peace No. 135, province of Alberta
  • Myrnam, province of Alberta (the name means 'peace to us' in Ukrainian)
  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix (the name means 'Our-Lady-of-Peace' in French)
  • Peace River
  • Peace River, province of Alberta
  • Peace River Block
  • Peace River Country
  • Peace River Regional District, province of British Columbia
  • Salem, Ontario, province of Ontario
  • Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, province of Alberta
  • Wetaskiwin, province of Alberta (the name means 'the hills where peace was made' in Cree)

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, Hebei
  • Anping, Zhecheng County, in Zhecheng County, Henan
  • Anping, Anren County, in Anren County, Hunan
  • Anping, Lianyuan, in Lianyuan City, Hunan
  • 安平桥 Anping Bridge, Quanzhou city
  • Beijing (formerly Beiping 北平, or 'Northern Peace')
  • Chang'an Avenue, a major east-west thoroughfare in Beijing
  • Chang'an District, Shijiazhuang, Hebei
  • Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi
  • Chang'an Subdistrict, Mudanjiang, in Dong'an District, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang
  • Chang'an Subdistrict, Linxiang, Hunan, in Linxiang City, Hunan
  • Chang'an Subdistrict, Wuxi, in Huishan District, Wuxi, Jiangsu
  • Chang'an Subdistrict, Jiaohe, in Jiaohe City, Jilin
  • Chang'an Subdistrict, Shenyang, in Dadong District, Shenyang, Liaoning
  • Chang'an Subdistrict, Xichang, in Xichang City, Sichuan
  • Chang'an Township, Gansu, in Ganzhou District, Zhangye
  • Chang'an Township, Guizhou, in Huishui County
  • Chang'an Township, Hunan, in Hengyang County
  • Chang'an Township, Linshui County, in Linshui County, 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, Guangxi
  • Chang'an, Dandong, in Donggang, Liaoning
  • Chang'an, Pingli County, in Pingli County, Shaanxi
  • Chang'an, Haining, in Haining City, Zhejiang
  • Chang'an, Hangzhou, in Fuyang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
  • Heping District, Tianjin (和平区)
  • Heping District, Shenyang (和平区), Liaoning
  • Heping County (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, 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, 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, in Wanbailin District, Taiyuan, Shanxi
  • Heping Subdistrict, Tacheng, Xinjiang
  • Towns named (和平镇)
  • Heping, Shaowu, Fujian
  • Heping, Zhangping, Fujian
  • Heping, Wuwei, in Liangzhou District, Wuwei, Gansu
  • Heping, Yuzhong County, 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 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, Heilongjiang
  • Heping Township, Hengyang, 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, Sichuan
  • Heping Township, Zigong, in Da'an District, Zigong, Sichuan
  • Heping Township, Yunxiao County, Zhejiang
  • Ping'an Avenue (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
  • Shanghai Pinghe School
  • 西安 Xi'an (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, San Jose, CR

Cyprus

  • Bellapais

Denmark

  • Fredensborg
  • Fredensborg Palace
  • Fredensdal, a house

Egypt

  • Al Salam Bridge; see Suez Canal Bridge

El Salvador

  • La Paz Department (El Salvador)
  • La Paz, La Paz Department

France

  • Place de la Paix, Suresnes

Germany

  • Friedeburg in East Frisia, a city in the Frisian region of Germany
  • Friedeburg upon Saale, state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
  • Friedenau, a locality of the city-state of Berlin, Germany
  • Friedensdorf, state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
  • Salem, Baden-Württemberg
  • Salem Abbey (Reichskloster Salem), a monastery
  • Schule Schloss Salem, Germany (also referred to as Salem College, with a section called Salem International College)
  • Salem, Schleswig-Holstein

Haiti

  • Port-de-Paix, Haiti

Honduras

  • La Paz, Honduras
  • La Paz Department (Honduras)

Hungary

  • Békés County
  • its seat, Békéscsaba 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&nbsp;mi northeast of Békés<!-- the distance between their outermost boundaries-->) has a name with a quasi-opposite meaning, Heves, i.e. ’vehement.’

India

  • Shantipur, Nadia District, West Bengal
  • Santipur (community development block), Nadia District, West Bengal
  • Shantipuri Tanda Range, Uttarakhand
  • Shanthipuram a town in Andhra Pradesh - from Shanthi 'peace' in Sanskrit.
  • Santhipuram mandal, Chitoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Indonesia

  • Province of Aceh, former full name Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam

Iran

  • Salam, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran

Israel, Palestine

  • Jerusalem (Y-R-V = foundation, Sh-L-M = peace), Hebrew
  • Kerem Shalom, means vineyard of peace in Hebrew
  • Salem, alternate official spelling of Salim, Nablus
  • 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, Hiroshima City
  • Kyoto City, (known in classical times as 平安京 Heian'kyo = 'Capital of Peace')
  • 平和公園 Heiwa Park, Nagasaki Peace Park
  • 平和通り Heiwa Dori, 'Peace Avenue', Naha, Okinawa
  • 平和台駅, Heiwadai Station (Railway), Tokyo
  • Nara City, (known in classical times as 平城京　Heijo'kyo = 'Capital Fortress of Peace')
  • 平和の滝 'Peace Fall', Sapporo, Hokkaido
  • 平和町 (前橋市), Maebashi, Gunma
  • 平和町 (金沢市), Kanazawa, Ishikawa
  • 平和町 (稲沢市), Inazawa, Aichi

Malaysia

  • Aman Jaya, Sungai Petani, Kedah Malaysia 'Victory of Peace' in Malay
  • Bukit Aman, 'Peace Hill', Malaysian Police headquarters district in Kuala Lumpur
  • Pahang state, Darul Makmur 'Abode of Tranquility' in Arabic
  • Taiping, Perak, Malaysia renamed from Larut to Taiping ("太平" in Chinese, meaning "everlasting peace") after the Larut Wars

Mali

  • Salam, Mali

Mexico

  • La Paz, Baja California Sur
  • La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur
  • La Paz, State of Mexico, a large suburb of Mexico City

Netherlands

  • Vredepeel

North Korea

  • Hwapyong County, cognate of Chinese He’ping
  • Pyongan Province, North Korea (평안 = 平安 meaning peace)
  • Pyongyang, 평양 derived from 平壤, Peaceful Land (once formerly Chang’an; or 'eternal peace')

Philippines

  • Kapayapaan Village, Canlubang, in Calamba, Laguna
  • La Paz, Abra
  • La Paz, Agusan del Sur
  • La Paz, Iloilo City, a district of Iloilo City
  • La Paz, Leyte
  • La Paz, Tarlac

Portugal

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

Singapore

  • Sentosa island, from Malay 'peace'

South Africa

  • Ekurhuleni (also known as the East Rand) &ndash; from Tsonga "place of peace".
  • Liefde en Vrede, suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng &ndash; from Afrikaans "vrede"
  • Peace Haven, suburb of Randfontein, Gauteng
  • Peace Heights, suburb of Sebokeng, Gauteng
  • Peacehaven, suburb of Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Peacehaven, suburb of Vereeniging, Gauteng
  • Peacevale, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Salem, Eastern Cape
  • Salem, suburb of Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Vrede, Free State
  • Vrededorp, suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng
  • Vredefort, Free State
  • Vredehoek, suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape
  • Vredekloof, suburb of Brackenfell, Western Cape
  • Vredelust, suburb of Bellville, Western Cape
  • Vredenburg, Western Cape
  • Vredendal, Western Cape
  • Vredepark, suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng
  • Weltevredenpark, suburb of Roodepoort, Gauteng

Spain

  • Badajoz, Spain (from Civitas Pacis, "town of peace" via Arabic)
  • Salem, Valencia

Sri Lanka

  • Shanthipura, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka from Sanskrit 'Shanti' meaning peace

Sweden

  • Fredhällsbron, a bridge in Stockholm
  • Salem Municipality
  • Salem, Sweden, the seat of Salem Municipality

Taiwan, ROC

  • 二二八和平紀念公園, 228 Peace Memorial Park, Taipei
  • 和平島, Keelung
  • 安平镇, An-pêng, town in Tainan City, Taiwan
  • 安平區, An-pêng district of Tainan City
  • Anping Port (安平港), in Tainan
  • Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), or Fort Anping (安平古堡), the oldest colonial fortress in Taiwan
  • Heping District, Taichung (和平區)
  • Pingzhen District, district in Taoyuan City, formerly the town of Anping

Tanzania

  • Dar-es-Salaam - 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, East Sussex
  • Salem, Cornwall
  • Salem, Greater Manchester, within Oldham, England
  • Salem, village near Llandeilo, Wales
  • Salem, above Penrhyn-coch, Wales
  • Dunipace, Scotland (Hills of peace)

United States

  • Echota, the old center of the Cherokee nation ([http://chickamaugacherokee.org/echotapeacecity.html])
  • International Peace Garden, North Dakota
  • La Paz County, Arizona
  • La Paz, Arizona, a ghost town
  • La Paz, California, headquarters of the United Farm Workers
  • La Paz, Indiana
  • Friedenburg, Perry County, Missouri
  • Friedensburg, Pennsylvania
  • North Dakota, deemed Peace Garden State
  • Pacific, Missouri
  • Peacefield, the former home of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams
  • Peace River, small river in south-central Florida
  • On Lok Lifeways (Peace and Happiness in Cantonese), a senior health center in San Jose, California
  • Salem, Alabama
  • Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas, a city
  • Salem, Saline County, Arkansas, a census-designated place
  • Salem, Connecticut
  • Salem, Florida
  • Salem, Georgia
  • Salem, Idaho, non-CDP community that straddles Fremont and Madison counties
  • Salem, Illinois
  • Salem, Adams County, Indiana, unincorporated place
  • Salem, Jay County, Indiana, unincorporated place
  • Salem, Union County, Indiana, unincorporated place
  • Salem, Washington County, Indiana, city
  • Salem, Iowa
  • Salem, Kentucky
  • Salem, Maryland
  • Salem, Massachusetts
  • Salem Maritime National Historic Site
  • Salem witch trials
  • 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, Missouri
  • Salem, Nebraska
  • Salem, New Hampshire
  • Salem, New Jersey
  • Salem Nuclear Power Plant
  • Salem River, a tributary of the Delaware River
  • Port of Salem
  • Salem, New Mexico
  • Salem, New York, town in Washington County
  • Salem (village), New York, within the town of Salem
  • Salem, an earlier name of Brocton, New York, in Chautauqua County
  • Salem, North Carolina, census-designated place in Burke County
  • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County
  • Old Salem, a history museum in Winston-Salem
  • Salem, Ohio
  • Salem, Oklahoma
  • Salem, Oregon, the state capital
  • Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area
  • Salem (Amtrak station), a railroad station
  • Salem, Pennsylvania, four different unincorporated places
  • Salem, South Carolina
  • Salem, South Dakota
  • Salem, Texas, eight different unincorporated places
  • Salem, Utah
  • Salem, Virginia, an independent city adjacent to Roanoke
  • Salem, Virginia Beach, Virginia, a neighborhood
  • Salem, West Virginia, 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, Ukraine (means Peace City)
  • Myrnohrad, city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (means Peace City)
  • Zhytomyr, city in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine (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
  • Hòa Bình, Hòa Bình Province, Vietnam
  • Hội An (會安) translates as "peaceful meeting place".

Other

  • Pacific Ocean
  • Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility), on the Moon
  • Mir Space Station

List of places indirectly named after peace

  • Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Pacifica, California
  • Pacific Beach, San Diego
  • Pacific Beach, Washington
  • Pacific City, Oregon
  • Pacific Grove, California
  • Pacific Heights, California
  • Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
  • Solomon Islands
  • Hanoi formerly Tống Bình (宋平, "Song peace") and Tràng An (long peace)

See also

  • Peace
  • Š-L-M

References