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Villarrica city, Paraguay

(Encyclopedia)Villarrica vēˌyärēˈkä [key], city (1992 pop. 27,818), capital of Guairá dept., SE Paraguay. It is a commercial center and shipping point in a region that produces cattle, tobacco, maté, cotton...

garden city, in city planning

(Encyclopedia)garden city, an ideal, self-contained community of predetermined area and population surrounded by a greenbelt. As formulated by Sir Ebenezer Howard, the garden city was intended to bring together the...

Abbottabad

(Encyclopedia)Abbottabad ăbˈətäbäd [key], city (2020 pop. 1,332,912), NE Pakistan. It is a popular health resort c.4,000 ft (1,220 m) above sea level in the Himalaya region. It is...

Nehru, Jawaharlal

(Encyclopedia)Nehru, Jawaharlal jəwähərlälˈ nāˈro͞o, nĕˈ– [key], 1889–1964, Indian statesman, b. Allahabad (now Priyagraj); son of Motilal Nehru. A politician and statesman of great skill, Nehru was e...

Haidar Ali

(Encyclopedia)Haidar Ali or Hyder Ali both: hīˈdər älēˈ [key], 1722–82, Indian ruler. A Muslim of peasant stock, he rose by military brilliance to command the army of the Hindu state of Mysore. By 1761 he w...

Okara

(Encyclopedia)Okara ōkäˈrə [key], city (1998 pop. 200,901), N central Pakistan. It is a market for food grains, oilseed, and cotton, with manufactures in textiles, hosiery, and carpets. The city has a national ...

Sargodha

(Encyclopedia)Sargodha, city (1998 pop. 455,360), Punjab province, Pakistan, on the lower Jhelum Canal. It is a center for trade in cotton and other agricultural commodities. Sargodha has manufactures in hosiery, t...

Ganganagar

(Encyclopedia)Ganganagar gŭngˈgänəgər [key], city, Rajasthan state, NW India, on the Bikaner canal system, a ...

Muzaffarabad

(Encyclopedia)Muzaffarabad mo͝ozŭfˈfəräbädˌ [key], town, NW Kashmir, at the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelam rivers. It is the chief city and capital of Azad Kashmir, which is administered by Pakistan. Mu...

Rahimyar Khan

(Encyclopedia)Rahimyar Khan rəhēmˈyər khän [key], city (1998 pop. 228,479), E central Pakistan, on the Karachi-Lahore railroad. It is a market for food grains and hides. ...