This is a list of minor planets named after places, organized by continent.
Africa 1193 Africa (Africa) 1368 Numidia (Numidia) 1817 Katanga (Katanga Province)
Countries 1268 Libya (Libya) 1279 Uganda (Uganda) 1349 Bechuana (Botswana) 1430 Somalia (Somalia) 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia) 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda) 1718 Namibia (Namibia) 1816 Liberia (Liberia)
Cities 1326 Losaka (Lusaka, Zambia) 1468 Zomba (Zomba, Malawi) 1634 Ndola (Ndola, Zambia) 1948 Kampala (Kampala, Uganda) 6362 Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia)
Natural features 1242 Zambesia (Zambezi River) 1701 Okavango (Okavango River) 1702 Kalahari (Kalahari Desert) 26871 Tanezrouft (Tanezrouft Basin) 35295 Omo (Omo River) 69228 Kamerunberg (Mount Cameroon (Kamerunberg), Cameroon) 134369 Sahara (Sahara, the third largest desert in the world) 192182 Ennedi (Ennedi Plateau, Chad)
Buildings and man-made structures
40201 Besely (Besely Observatory, Madagascar) 82346 Hakos (Hakos, a farm in Namibia)
Algeria
426 Hippo (Hippo Regius) 858 El Djezaïr (Algiers) 859 Bouzaréah (Bouzareah) 1213 Algeria (Algeria)
Angola 1431 Luanda (Luanda) 1712 Angola (Angola) 1784 Benguella (Benguela)
Egypt
Cities
4355 Memphis (Memphis) 5249 Giza (Giza) 110296 Luxor (Luxor) 321484 Marsaalam (Marsa Alam)
Natural features
21009 Agilkia (Agilkia Island) 24663 Philae (Philae Island)
Buildings
32776 Nriag (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics) 51895 Biblialexa (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) 110300 Abusimbel (Abu Simbel) 332632 Pharos (Lighthouse of Alexandria)
Kenya
1278 Kenya (Kenya) 1356 Nyanza (Nyanza Province) 1428 Mombasa (Mombasa) 1641 Tana (Tana River)
Morocco
6215 Mehdia (Mehdya) 42776 Casablanca (Casablanca) 68718 Safi (Safi) 200020 Cadi Ayyad (Cadi Ayyad University)
Mozambique
1393 Sofala (Sofala Province) 1474 Beira (Beira)
South Africa
Provinces
715 Transvaalia (Transvaal Province) 1195 Orangia (Orange Free State Province)
Cities, towns and villages
790 Pretoria (Pretoria, Gauteng) 1245 Calvinia (Calvinia, Northern Cape) 1324 Knysna (Knysna, Western Cape) 1325 Inanda (Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal) 1359 Prieska (Prieska, Northern Cape) 1367 Nongoma (Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal) 1397 Umtata (Mthatha, Eastern Cape) 1879 Broederstroom (Broederstroom, North West) 1949 Messina (Musina, Limpopo) 260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape)
Natural features
1032 Pafuri (Pafuri River) 1264 Letaba (Letaba River) 1305 Pongola (Pongola River) 1321 Majuba (Majuba Hill) 1323 Tugela (Tugela River) 1327 Namaqua (Namaqua National Park) 1394 Algoa (Algoa Bay) 1396 Outeniqua (Outeniqua Mountains) 1456 Saldanha (Saldanha Bay) 1490 Limpopo (Limpopo River) 1914 Hartbeespoortdam (Hartbeespoort Dam) 2066 Palala (Palala River)
Buildings
1585 Union (Union Observatory)
Tanzania
1427 Ruvuma (Ruvuma River) 1429 Pemba (Pemba Island) 1595 Tanga (Tanga) 10377 Kilimanjaro (Mount Kilimanjaro)
Zimbabwe
1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) 1467 Mashona (Mashonaland) 1676 Kariba (Lake Kariba)
Asia 67 Asia (Asia) 14519 Ural (Ural River) 14612 Irtish (Irtysh River) 100936 Mekong (Mekong River) 160105 Gobi (Gobi Desert) 229864 Sichouzhilu (Silk Road)
Japan
727 Nipponia (Japan) 4929 Yamatai (Yamatai, an ancient kingdom in Japan) 10727 Akitsushima (Akitsushima, the old name for Japan) 23649 Tohoku (Tōhoku Region) 29157 Higashinihon (Eastern Japan)
Prefectures
3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaido Prefecture) 3829 Gunma (Gunma Prefecture) 4703 Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture) 5473 Yamanashi (Yamanashi Prefecture) 5618 Saitama (Saitama Prefecture) 5908 Aichi (Aichi Prefecture) 6383 Tokushima (Tokushima Prefecture) 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo Prefecture) 7039 Yamagata (Yamagata Prefecture) 9993 Kumamoto (Kumamoto Prefecture) 11933 Himuka (Miyazaki Prefecture) 13188 Okinawa (Okinawa Prefecture) 15841 Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Prefecture) 17683 Kanagawa (Kanagawa Prefecture) 19509 Niigata (Niigata Prefecture) 19534 Miyagi (Miyagi Prefecture) 19691 Iwate (Iwate Prefecture) 19701 Aomori (Aomori Prefecture) 19713 Ibaraki (Ibaraki Prefecture) 19731 Tochigi (Tochigi Prefecture) 20613 Chibaken (Chiba Prefecture) 23638 Nagano (Nagano Prefecture) 48736 Ehime (Ehime Prefecture) 90875 Hoshitori (Nickname for Tottori Prefecture)
Former provinces
3111 Misuzu (Shinano Province) 3150 Tosa (Tosa Province) 3165 Mikawa (Mikawa Province) 3319 Kibi (Kibi Province) 136743 Echigo (Echigo Province)
Cities
498 Tokio (Tokyo) 1088 Mitaka (Mitaka, Tokyo) 1139 Atami (Atami, Shizuoka) 1185 Nikko (Nikkō, Tochigi) 2084 Okayama (Okayama, Okayama) 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima, Hiroshima) 2396 Kochi (Kōchi, Kōchi) 2478 Tokai (Tōkai, Aichi) 3133 Sendai (Sendai, Miyagi) 3249 Musashino (Musashino, Tokyo) 3290 Azabu (Azabu, Minato, Tokyo) 3320 Namba (Namba, Osaka) 3473 Sapporo (Sapporo, Hokkaido) 3533 Toyota (Toyota, Aichi) 3607 Naniwa (Naniwa-ku, Osaka) 3785 Kitami (Kitami, Hokkaido) 4096 Kushiro (Kushiro, Hokkaido) 4157 Izu (Izu, Shizuoka) 4263 Abashiri (Abashiri, Hokkaido) 4265 Kani (Kani, Gifu) 4352 Kyoto (Kyoto, Kyoto) 4381 Uenohara (Uenohara, Yamanashi) 4407 Taihaku (Taihaku-ku, Sendai) 4439 Muroto (Muroto, Kōchi) 4461 Sayama (Sayama, Saitama) 4491 Otaru (Otaru, Hokkaido) 4539 Miyagino (Miyagino-ku, Sendai) 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki, Okayama) 4634 Shibuya (Shibuya, Tokyo) 4649 Sumoto (Sumoto, Hyōgo) 4720 Tottori (Tottori, Tottori) 4797 Ako (Akō, Hyōgo) 4873 Fukaya (Fukaya, Saitama) 5128 Wakabayashi (Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai) 5138 Gyoda (Gyōda, Saitama) 5139 Rumoi (Rumoi, Hokkaido) 5334 Mishima (Mishima, Shizuoka) 5399 Awa (Awa, Tokushima) 5435 Kameoka (Kameoka, Kyoto) 5629 Kuwana (Kuwana, Mie) 5775 Inuyama (Inuyama, Aichi) 5783 Kumagaya (Kumagaya, Saitama) 5790 Nagasaki (Nagasaki, Nagasaki) 5881 Akashi (Akashi, Hyōgo) 5909 Nagoya (Nagoya, Aichi) 5960 Wakkanai (Wakkanai, Hokkaido) 6089 Izumi (Izumi-ku, Sendai) 6198 Shirakawa (Shirakawa, Fukushima) 6228 Yonezawa (Yonezawa, Yamagata) 6275 Kiryu (Kiryū, Gunma) 6419 Susono (Susono, Shizuoka) 6612 Hachioji (Hachiōji, Tokyo) 6655 Nagahama (Nagahama, Shiga) 6657 Otukyo (Ōtsu, Shiga) 6663 Tatebayashi (Tatebayashi, Gunma) 6720 Gifu (Gifu, Gifu) 6721 Minamiawaji (Minamiawaji, Hyōgo) 6991 Chichibu (Chichibu, Saitama) 7023 Heiankyo (Nickname of Kyoto) 7028 Tachikawa (Tachikawa, Tokyo) 7038 Tokorozawa (Tokorozawa, Saitama) 7067 Kiyose (Kiyose, Tokyo) 7137 Ageo (Ageo, Saitama) 7252 Kakegawa (Kakegawa, Shizuoka) 7253 Nara (Nara, Nara) 7434 Osaka (Osaka, Osaka) 7435 Sagamihara (Sagamihara, Kanagawa) 7530 Mizusawa (Mizusawa, Iwate) 7678 Onoda (Onoda, Yamaguchi) 7716 Ube (Ube, Yamaguchi) 7788 Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Ibaraki) 7851 Azumino (Azumino, Nagano) 7895 Kaseda (Kaseda, Kagoshima) 8113 Matsue (Matsue, Shimane) 8120 Kobe (Kobe, Hyōgo) 8220 Nanyou (Nan'yō, Yamagata) 8234 Nobeoka (Nobeoka, Miyazaki) 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa, Hyōgo) 8924 Iruma (Iruma, Saitama) 9191 Hokuto (Hokuto, Yamanashi) 9196 Sukagawa (Sukagawa, Fukushima) 9580 Tarumi (Tarumi-ku, Kobe) 9658 Imabari (Imabari, Ehime) 9782 Edo (Edo, a former city in Musashi Province) 9887 Ashikaga (Ashikaga, Tochigi) 9893 Sagano (Sagano, a neighbourhood in Kyoto) 10141 Gotenba (Gotemba, Shizuoka) 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi, Hiroshima) 10864 Yamagatashi (Yamagata, Yamagata) 10878 Moriyama (Moriyama, Shiga) 11115 Kariya (Kariya, Aichi) 11504 Kazo (Kazo, Saitama) 11612 Obu (Ōbu, Aichi) 12012 Kitahiroshima (Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido) 12391 Ecoadachi (Adachi, Tokyo) 12440 Koshigayaboshi (Koshigaya, Saitama) 12469 Katsuura (Katsuura, Chiba) 13569 Oshu (Ōshū, Iwate) 13787 Nagaishi (Nagai, Yamagata) 14491 Hitachiomiya (Hitachiōmiya, Ibaraki) 14888 Kanazawashi (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) 14901 Hidatakayama (Takayama, Gifu) 16463 Nayoro (Nayoro, Hokkaido) 16713 Airashi (Aira, Kagoshima) 17651 Tajimi (Tajimi, Gifu) 18469 Hakodate (Hakodate, Hokkaido) 18644 Arashiyama (Arashiyama, Kyoto) 19953 Takeo (Takeo, Saga) 18290 Sumiyoshi (Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka) 20102 Takasago (Takasago, Hyōgo) 20204 Yuudurunosato (Nickname for Urushiyama District, Nan'yō, Yamagata) 21328 Otashi (Ōta, Gunma) 21348 Toyoteru (Toyoteru District, Niigata) 22277 Hirado (Hirado, Nagasaki) 22745 Rikuzentakata (Rikuzentakata, Iwate) 25296 Minamisatsuma (Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima) 25892 Funabashi (Funabashi, Chiba) 26097 Kamishi (Kami, Kōchi) 26319 Miyauchi (Miyauchi, Yamagata) 29199 Himeji (Himeji, Hyōgo) 29514 Karatsu (Karatsu, Saga) 33553 Nagai (Nagai, Yamagata) 35093 Akicity (Aki, Kōchi) 36472 Ebina (Ebina, Kanagawa) 39799 Hadano (Hadano, Kanagawa) 41481 Musashifuchu (Fuchū, Tokyo) 46595 Kita-Kyushu (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) 46596 Tobata (Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu) 52260 Ureshino (Ureshino, Saga) 63389 Noshiro (Noshiro, Akita) 63897 Ofunato (Ōfunato, Iwate) 64547 Saku (Saku, Nagano) 87271 Kokubunji (Kokubunji, Tokyo) 118230 Sado (Sado, Niigata) 145062 Hashikami (Hashikami, Aomori) 181043 Anan (Anan, Tokushima) 220736 Niihama (Niihama, Ehime) 262419 Suzaka (Suzaka, Nagano) (Shizuoka, Shizuoka) 375927 Ibara (Ibara, Okayama)
Towns and villages
1098 Hakone (Hakone, Kanagawa) 2470 Agematsu (Agematsu, Nagano) 2571 Geisei (Geisei, Kōchi) 2908 Shimoyama (Shimoyama, Aichi) 2924 Mitake-mura (Mitake, Nagano) 2960 Ohtaki (Ōtaki, Nagano) 3432 Kobuchizawa (Kobuchisawa, Yamanashi) 3565 Ojima (Ojima, Gunma) 3823 Yorii (Yorii, Saitama) 3997 Taga (Taga, Shiga) 4127 Kyogoku (Kyōgoku, Hokkaido) 4186 Tamashima (Tamashima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 4350 Shibecha (Shibecha, Hokkaido) 4353 Onizaki (Onizaki, Aichi) 4383 Suruga (Suruga District) 4458 Oizumi (Ōizumi, Gunma) 4460 Bihoro (Bihoro, Hokkaido) 4526 Konko (Konkō, Okayama) 4585 Ainonai (Ainonai, Hokkaido) 4644 Oumu (Ōmu, Hokkaido) 4712 Iwaizumi (Iwaizumi, Iwate) 4774 Hobetsu (Hobetsu, Hokkaido) 4845 Tsubetsu (Tsubetsu, Hokkaido) 5142 Okutama (Okutama, Tokyo) 5176 Yoichi (Yoichi, Hokkaido) 5215 Tsurui (Tsurui, Hokkaido) 5333 Kanaya (Kanaya, Shizuoka) 5356 Neagari (Neagari, Ishikawa) 5403 Takachiho (Takachiho, Miyazaki) 5468 Hamatonbetsu (Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido) 5488 Kiyosato (Kiyosato, Hokkaido) 5640 Yoshino (Yoshino, Kagoshima, Kagoshima) 5784 Yoron (Yoron, Kagoshima) 5851 Inagawa (Inagawa, Hyōgo) 5978 Kaminokuni (Kaminokuni, Hokkaido) 6024 Ochanomizu (Ochanomizu, Tokyo) 6134 Kamagari (Kamagari, Hiroshima) 6158 Shosanbetsu (Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido) 6197 Taracho (Tara, Saga) 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 6237 Chikushi (Chikushi District, Fukuoka) 6255 Kuma (Kumakōgen, Ehime) 6276 Kurohone (Kurohone, Gunma) 6346 Syukumeguri (Shukumeguri, Gunma) 6414 Mizunuma (Mizunuma, Gunma) 6444 Ryuzin (Ryuzin, Toyota, Aichi) 6667 Sannaimura (Sannai, Akita) 6699 Igaueno (Ueno, Mie) 6804 Maruseppu (Maruseppu, Hokkaido) 6992 Minano-machi (Minano, Saitama) 7021 Tomiokamachi (Tomioka, Fukushima) 7097 Yatsuka (Yatsuka, Shimane) 7143 Haramura (Hara, Nagano) 7298 Matudaira-gou (Matsudaira-gou, near Toyota, Aichi) 7342 Uchinoura (Uchinoura, Kagoshima) 7592 Takinemachi (Takine, Fukushima) 8272 Iitatemura (Iitate, Fukushima) 8668 Satomimura (Satomi, Ibaraki) 9033 Kawane (Kawane, Shizuoka) 9041 Takane (Takane, Yamanashi) 9107 Narukospa (Naruko, Miyagi) 9293 Kamogata (Kamogata, Okayama) 9368 Esashi (Esashi, Hokkaido) 9382 Mihonoseki (Mihonoseki, Shimane) 9719 Yakage (Yakage, Okayama) 10178 Iriki (Iriki, Kagoshima) 10364 Tainai (Tainai-daira, Kurokawa, Niigata) 10365 Kurokawa (Kurokawa, Niigata) 10367 Sayo (Sayō, Hyōgo) 10368 Kozuki (Kōzuki, Hyōgo) 11546 Miyoshimachi (Miyoshi, Saitama) 12445 Sirataka (Shirataka, Yamagata) 12751 Kamihayashi (Kamihayashi, Niigata) 13156 Mannoucyo (Mannō, Kagawa) 13207 Tamagawa (Tamagawa, Ehime) 13918 Tsukinada (Tsukinada, Ōtsuki, Kōchi) 13934 Kannami (Kannami, Shizuoka) 13978 Hiwasa (Hiwasa, Tokushima) 14314 Tokigawa (Tokigawa, Saitama) 14315 Ogawamachi (Ogawa, Saitama) 14316 Higashichichibu (Higashichichibu, Saitama) 14425 Fujimimachi (Fujimi, Nagano) 14469 Komatsuataka (Komatsuataka, Komatsu, Ishikawa) 14821 Motaeno (Tamashima, Kurashiki, Okayama) 14850 Nagashimacho (Nagashima, Kagoshima) 14992 Ogosemachi (Ogose, Saitama) 15303 Hatoyamamachi (Hatoyama, Saitama) 15316 Okagakimachi (Okagaki, Fukuoka)