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Chiayi

(Encyclopedia)Chiayi jyäˈēˈ [key], city, S Taiwan. It is an agricultural market for rice, peanuts, vege...

Chanthaburi

(Encyclopedia)Chanthaburi chäntäˌbo͝orēˈ [key], town, capital of Chanthaburi prov., SE Thailand, near the Gulf of ...

Faribault

(Encyclopedia)Faribault fârˈĭbō [key], city (2020 pop. 24,453), seat of Rice co., SE Minn.; inc. 1872. ...

Hugli-Chinsura

(Encyclopedia)Hugli-Chinsura or Hooghly-Chinsura chĭnˈso͝orə [key], city, West Bengal state, E Indi...

Kagawa

(Encyclopedia)Kagawa kägäˈwä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 1,023,434), N Shikoku, Japan. Takamatsu is the capital. It is an agricultural region (rice, barley, wheat, mandarin oranges) with a mountainous and fore...

Mopti

(Encyclopedia)Mopti môpˈtē [key], city (1993 pop. 75,000), central Mali, a port at the confluence of the Niger and Bani rivers. The city is built on three islets linked by dikes; one dike, 8 mi (12.9 km) long, c...

Khulna

(Encyclopedia)Khulna ko͝olˈnə [key], town (1991 est. pop. 1,001,825), SW Bangladesh, in the Ganges delta. It is a river port and the trade and processing center for the products of the Sundarbans, a swampy, fore...

Panay

(Encyclopedia)Panay pänīˈ [key], island (1990 pop. 3,136,425), 4,446 sq mi (11,515 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, 6th largest of the Philippines, NW of Negros. Primarily agricultural with extensive lowlands...

Bohol

(Encyclopedia)Bohol bôhôlˈ [key], island, 1,491 sq mi (3,862 sq km), the Philippines, one of the Visayan...

Bouaké

(Encyclopedia)Bouaké or Bwake bwäˈkā, bwäkāˈ [key], town, central Côte d'Ivoire. It is a transp...