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Choquequirao

(Encyclopedia) Choquequirao [Quechua,=cradle of gold], Inca site in Peru, about 95 mi (155 km) W of Cuzco. Lying at 9,950 ft (3,030 m), in the spurs of the Salkantay mountain range above the Apurímac…

Kurokawa, Kisho Noriaki

(Encyclopedia) Kurokawa, Kisho NoriakiKurokawa, Kisho Noriakinôrēäˈkē kēˈshō k&oomacr;rōˈkäwä [key], 1934–2007, Japanese architect, grad. Tokyo Univ. (Ph.D., 1964). The youngest founding member…

Salamanca, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia) Salamanca, city (1990 pop. 162,037), capital of Salamanca prov., W central Spain, in Castile and León, on the Tormes River, c.2,600 ft (790 m) above sea level. Food-processing and…

Albuquerque, N.M.

Mayor: Richard J. Berry (to Nov. 2017)2010 census population (rank): 545,852 (32); Male: 265,106 (48.6%); Female: 280,746 (51.4%); White: 380,552 (71.6%); Black: 17,933 (3.3%); American Indian and…

Gruen, Victor

(Encyclopedia) Gruen, VictorGruen, Victorgr&oomacr;ˈən [key], 1903–80, American architect, often called the inventor of the modern shopping mall, b. Vienna as Viktor David Grünbaum. In Vienna, he…

Monte Albán

(Encyclopedia) Monte AlbánMonte Albánmōnˈtā älbänˈ [key], ancient city, c.7 mi (11.3 km) from Oaxaca, SW Mexico, capital of the Zapotec. Monte Albán was built on an artificially leveled, rocky…

El Paso, Tex.

Mayor: Oscar Leeser (to 2017)2010 census population (rank): 649,121 (19); Male: 311,280 (48.0%); Female: 337,841 (52.0%); White: 524,764 (80.8%); Black: 22,006 (3.4%); American Indian and Alaska…

La Paz, city, Bolivia

(Encyclopedia) La PazLa Pazlä päs [key], city (1992 pop. 713,378), W Bolivia, administrative capital (since 1898) and largest city of Bolivia. The constitutional capital is Sucre. La Paz, the highest…

Harry Potter Haiku

The Harry Potter Haiku Archive, Part VWizardry poetry from our readers! On to the Haiku Archive, Parts I, II, III, IV, VI, VII, and other kinds of Harry poems! All About Harry Haikus   Harry…