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Bharatpur

(Encyclopedia) Bharatpur Bharatpur bərŭtˈp&oobreve;r [key], city, Rajasthan state, N central India. It is a…

Zlatoust

(Encyclopedia) ZlatoustZlatoustzlətə&oomacr;stˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 208,000), E European Russia, on the Ai River in the S Urals. It is a rail terminus and an old metallurgical center. Besides…

Żagań

(Encyclopedia) ŻagańŻagańzhäˈgänyə [key], Ger. Sagan, town (1991 est. pop. 27,800), Lubuskie prov., W Poland, on the Bóbr River. It has lignite mines, textile mills, and glassmaking industries.…

Świdnica

(Encyclopedia) ŚwidnicaŚwidnicashvēdnēˈtsä [key], Ger. Schweidnitz, town (1993 est. pop. 64,200), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. It has metal and chemical works, textile mills, sugar refineries, and…

Tepic

(Encyclopedia) TepicTepictāpēkˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 206,967), capital of Nayarit state, W Mexico, on the Tepic River. A commercial center on the coastal line of the Mexican National Railways and…

Barisal

(Encyclopedia) Barisal Barisal bərĭsälˈ [key], city, S Bangladesh, on the Ganges River delta. It is an important…

Saint Hyacinthe

(Encyclopedia) Saint HyacintheSaint Hyacinthesānt hīˈəsĭnth, Fr. săNtyäsăNtˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 38,292), S Que., Canada, on the Yamaska River, NE of Montreal. It is an industrial center, with…

Salzgitter

(Encyclopedia) SalzgitterSalzgitterzältsˈgĭtˈər [key], city (1994 pop. 117,684), Lower Saxony, N central Germany. Situated in one of the richest iron-ore producing regions in W Germany, it has blast…

Ptolemaïs, town, Greece

(Encyclopedia) PtolemaïsPtolemaïsptôlĭmīsˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 25,195), N Greece, in Macedonia. It was a small market town until 1958, when it began to be developed as an industrial center.…