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Avesta, city, Sweden

(Encyclopedia)Avesta äˈvəstäˌ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 16,860), Kopparberg co., S central Sweden, on the Dalälven River. Aluminum and high quality steel are manufactured there. Formerly a copper mining and...

Tlaxcala , city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Tlaxcala, city (1990 pop. 50,486), capital of Tlaxcala state, E central Mexico. It is the site of the oldest Christian church in the Americas, founded (1521) by the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés. N...

Victoria, city, Seychelles

(Encyclopedia)Victoria or Port Victoria, city (2010 pop. 26,450), capital of the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean. A port on the NE coast of Mahé Island, Victoria is an administrative, commercial, tourist, and ship...

Aldan, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia)Aldan əldänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 27,000), Sakha Republic, E Siberian Russia, on the Aldan Plateau. Located on a major north-south highway of the region, it is also in the heart of an important g...

Cornwall, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and elect...

Ishim, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia)Ishim ēshēmˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 66,000), W Siberian Russia, on the Ishim River and the Trans-Siberian RR. An agricultural center, it produces farm machinery and processes food. An old trading t...

Madrid, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia)Madrid mədrĭdˈ, Span. mäᵺhrēᵺˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 3,120,732), capital of Spain and of the autonomous community and prov. of Madrid, central Spain, on the Manzanares River. The newest of ...

Derby, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Derby därˈbē, dûrˈ– [key], city and unitary authority, central England, on the Derwent River. ...

Bath, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Bath, city (2021 pop. 88,859), Bath and North East Somerset, SW England, in the Avon River valley. Britain's leading winter resort, Bath has the only na...

Fort Dodge

(Encyclopedia)Fort Dodge, city (2020 pop. 24,871), seat of Webster co., central Iowa, on the Des Moines River; settled c.1846; inc. 1869. Fort Clarke was built on the...