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Bharatpur

(Encyclopedia)Bharatpur bərŭtˈpo͝or [key], city, Rajasthan state, N central India. It is a district adm...

Zlatoust

(Encyclopedia)Zlatoust zlətəo͞ostˈ [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 steel mills, the city has me...

Żagań

(Encyclopedia)Żagań zhäˈgänyə [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. Founded in the 12t...

Świdnica

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

Tepic

(Encyclopedia)Tepic tāpēkˈ [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 on a major highway...

Barisal

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

Saint Hyacinthe

(Encyclopedia)Saint Hyacinthe sānt 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 textile mills and plants...

Salzgitter

(Encyclopedia)Salzgitter zältsˈgĭtˈər [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 furnaces, steel plan...

Ptolemaïs, town, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Ptolemaïs ptôlĭmīsˈ [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. Lignite, mined there in v...

Quezon

(Encyclopedia)Quezon, province (1990 pop. 1,372,445), E central Luzon, the Philippines. Lucena is the capital. A long, narrow province bordering on the Philippine Sea and containing in part the rugged Sierra Madre ...

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