List of places named for their main products

The following places were named for their main products:
 * Açailândia, Brazil (from the açaí palm)
 * Alumínio, Brazil
 * Apatity, Russia
 * Argentina (from argentum, "silver" in Latin)
 * Asbest, Russia
 * Asbestos, Canada
 * Batu Arang, Selangor, Malaysia (from Batu Arang, "coal" in Malay)
 * Birżebbuġa, Malta (from żebbuġ, "olives")
 * Brazil, from brazilwood.
 * Carbon County, Utah from the coal mined there.
 * Coal Center, Pennsylvania
 * Coal City, Illinois
 * Copperton, Utah named for the copper processing plants build there
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Diamantina, Brazil
 * El Nido, Palawan, Philippines (Spanish for nest, or edible bird's nest)
 * Elektrėnai, Lithuania
 * Elektrostal, Russia (from the plant of the same name, stal meaning "steel")
 * Fermont, Canada (French contraction of "Fer Mont", meaning "Iron Mountain" named for exploited iron ore deposits in Mont Wright)
 * Gangcheng, Shandong, China (钢城, literally "the town of steel", gang 钢 meaning "steel" and cheng 城 meaning "city" or "town")
 * Gas, Kansas
 * Glassport, Pennsylvania
 * Gloversville, New York
 * Irondale Township, Minnesota and Ironton, Minnesota
 * Iron City, Tennessee
 * Iron County, Utah named for the iron mines operating there
 * Iron Mountain, Michigan
 * Kant, Kyrgyzstan (from kant, "sugar")
 * Kappara, Malta (Maltese for "caper")
 * Lime Ridge, Pennsylvania, a supplier of limestone.
 * Mastichochoria, Greece, from the mastic tree and resin.
 * Mellieħa, Malta (from melħ, "salt")
 * Mountain Iron, Minnesota, named after Mountain Iron Mine
 * Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (from нефть or neft, "oil") (destroyed in 1995)
 * Neftegorsk, Samara Oblast, Russia (from нефть or neft, "oil")
 * Nefteyugansk, Russia (from нефть or neft, "oil" and Yugan River)
 * Nikel, Russia
 * Nitro, West Virginia
 * Nowa Sól, Poland (from sól, "salt")
 * Oil City, Pennsylvania
 * Oildale, California
 * Ouro Preto, Brazil (Portuguese for "black gold")
 * Saffron Walden, Essex, UK
 * Salihorsk, Belarus (from sol, "salt")
 * Salzburg, Austria, and many other German-speaking places beginning with Salz- (salt)
 * Silverton, New South Wales, Australia
 * Srebrna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (from srebro, "silver")
 * Stalowa Wola, Poland (from stal, "steel")
 * Steelton, Pennsylvania
 * Szklarska Poręba, Poland (from szkło, "glass")
 * Tabaco, Philippines (Spanish for tobacco, the city's traditional product)
 * Tongling, Anhui, China (铜陵, literally "copper hills", tong 铜 meaning "copper" and ling 陵 meaning "hills")
 * Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (from ugol, "coal")
 * Vale do Aço, Brazil (Portuguese for "steel valley")
 * Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine (from вугіль, or vuhil, "coal")
 * Węgliniec, Poland (from węgiel, "coal")
 * Żebbuġ, Malta and Żebbuġ, Gozo (Maltese for "olives")
 * Żejtun, Malta (Siculo-Arabic for "olives")
 * Zernograd, Russia (from зерно, or zerno, "grain" or "corn")