It is the island's largest commercial centre and home to the Cape Breton Post daily newspaper, as well as one television station, CJCB-TV ( CTV ), and several radio stations.

Glace Bay is the second largest urban community in population and was the island's main coal mining centre until its last mine ceased operation in the 1980s.

Its capital, Dzaoudzi, had a population of 5, 865 according to the 1985 census ; the island's largest town, Mamoudzou, had 12, 026 people.

The largest surrounds Charlottetown Harbour, situated centrally on the island's southern shore, and consists of the capital city Charlottetown, and suburban towns Cornwall and Stratford and a developing urban fringe.

In 1816, slaves rose up in the largest major slave rebellion in the island's history.

Lipari (,, Ancient Greek: Meligunis ) is the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily, and the name of the island's main town.

In recent decades, Cape Breton Island has become home to a significant tourism industry, with Sydney ( as the island's largest urban centre ) being a prime beneficiary.

Edgartown is noted for its rich whaling tradition, and is the island's largest town by population and area.

Bayamón is Puerto Rico's second largest city, and is situated in what is considered to be the island's metropolitan area.

Palmas del Mar, the island's largest resort, makes Humacao its home.

In 1510, the Lubeckers attacked Møn in retaliation for the trade sanctions, failing to take Stege but destroying the island's second largest town, Borre.

The magnificent ruin of Europe's largest castle, Hammershus, is the island's most famous monument.

Middle Road is the island's largest road and runs through its central section.

The island's largest festival, termed " Crucian Christmas Festival ," is celebrated on St. Croix throughout late December and early January.

It has a population of 143, 367 ( 2011 ) and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort.

The island's largest airport, Larnaca International Airport is located on the outskirts of the city to the south.

The capital is Castro, on the east side of the island ; the second largest town is Ancud, at the island's northwest corner, and there are several smaller port towns on the east side of the island, such as Quellón, Dalcahue and Chonchi.

Maui's Kula district is the island's largest district, extending from dry coastal areas to the wetter high pasture lands of three major ranches ( Haleakala, Erewhon, and Ulupalakua ) that cap the region about halfway up the slopes of Haleakala.

More locally, Ryde, the island's largest town is located to the north-east, with other towns Sandown and Shanklin located to the east, and Cowes to the north.

Nassau, the island's largest city, was formally known as Charlestown.

Its founding members were Kieren Keke ( a medical doctor ), David Adeang ( a legal counsel and former finance minister ), Marlene Moses ( former health minister ), Roland Kun ( director of the island's fisheries ), Sean Oppenheimer ( manager of Capelle's, the country's largest private enterprise ), who has since resigned from the party due to death threats, and Sprent Dabwido ( an insurance worker ).

Ryde Carnival remains the island's largest carnival, with local crowds and mainland visitors totalling in excess of 50, 000 spectators.

It contains the island's largest port.

Oranjestad is home to the Universiteit van Aruba, which offers programs in law and economics, and to the island's largest secondary school ( Colegio Arubano ), both modeled on the Dutch system.

The seat of the municipal council is the island's main town, Rønne.

The first non-Spanish settlement attempt in the Caribbean occurred on Saint Kitts, when French Huguenot refugees from the fishing town of Dieppe established a town on a harbour on the island's north coast, which they also named Dieppe, in 1538.

The capital was moved south to the town of Charlestown, and the island's successful sugar trade quickly bounced back.

Upon receiving full control in 1713, the British soon moved the island's capital to the town of Basseterre in 1727, and St. Kitts quickly took off as a leader in sugar production in the Caribbean.

The island's Cathedral is the old Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin and sits on the quayside in the town.

Right south of Wenningstedt are the town limits of the island's metropolis, Westerland.

The village has been the economical and social center of the island until tourism started to get higher importance and Westerland, the island's only town, started to expand.

Millport, the island's only town, is spread around a bay which makes up the entire south coast of the island.

The town is above the treeline, and there is a small herd of 120 bison ( first introduced in the 1930s ) which provides some meat for the island's inhabitants.

Many of the island's restaurants and shops can be found in the town square that surrounds Dole Park.

Caswell Beach is a small seaside town located on the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County, North Carolina, and is adjacent to the North Carolina Baptist Assembly and the island's United States Coast Guard station.

A small part of the town extends onto the mainland north of the island's bridge.

The town limits include only the coastal area of Edisto Island, with the majority of the island's area part of Charleston County, though the town itself is incorporated within Colleton county.

" Recognizing the impact of sports on the island community, and believing it may be a boost to the island's tourism, the Virginia Tourism Authority ( VTA ) declared Tangier Island the biggest sports town in America, per capita.

Ferry service connects Frederikshavn on the Jutland peninsula to the municipality at the town of Vesterø Havn while Østerby Havn is the island's fishing harbour.

A road was constructed through the mountain pass to connect the town to the island's capital, Nicosia, and the harbour was repaired and expanded to accommodate increasing trade with the opposite coast.

After the dissolution of the republic, Zamboanga was eventually consolidated into one major administrative area by the American government of the Philippines, consisting of an enormous region that was the Mindanao island's western peninsula, Basilan island, and the entire Sulu archipelago, with the ancient namesake town – fort of Zamboanga as the seat of its government, and was called the Moro Province of the Philippines.

He proclaimed the town as the island's capital, and the seat of the Spanish government in the East Indies.