Recent Geographic Name Changes

Can you name these places around the world that have officially changed their names since 2015?

One former name, in the grayed-out box, is not written because it is derogatory and vulgar. The clues given should still contain enough information to complete the quiz.

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Last updated: September 11, 2021

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Year	Hint	Old Name	New Name
2015	Highest point in North America	Mount McKinley	Denali
2016	City in the United States	Barrow	Utqiagvik
	Country (short name)	Czech Republic	Czechia
	Highest point in South Dakota	Harney Peak	Black Elk Peak
	City in South Africa	Queenstown	Komani
2017	Unrecognized state	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Republic of Artsakh
2018	City in Bangladesh	Chittagong	Chattogram
	City in South Africa	Grahamstown	Makhanda
	Country	Swaziland	Eswatini
2019	Capital city	Astana	Nur-Sultan
2019	Country	Macedonia	North Macedonia
2020	U.S. state (official name)	State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations	State of Rhode Island
2021	Mountain near Canmore, Alberta		Anû Kathâ Îpa
	City in South Africa	King William's Town	Qonce
	City in South Africa	Port Elizabeth	Gqeberha
	Suburb of the previous answer	Uitenhage	Kariega