List of places named after peace

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

Languages in this list

 * 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
 * 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

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 mi northeast of Békés) 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

 * Pahang state, Darul Makmur 'Abode of Tranquility' in Arabic
 * Bukit Aman, 'Peace Hill', Malaysian Police headquarters district in Kuala Lumpur
 * Aman Jaya, Sungai Petani, Kedah Malaysia 'Victory of Peace' in Malay

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

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