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Amagasaki

(Encyclopedia)Amagasaki äˈmägäsäˈkē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, a port on Osaka Bay. An important industrial center, with iron and steel factories, chemical p...

Esch-sur-Alzette

(Encyclopedia)Esch-sur-Alzette ĕsh-sür-älzĕtˈ [key] or Esch, city (1991 est. pop. 24,012), SW Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, on the Alzette River. It is an industrial center and a rail junction. Manufactures inclu...

Fostoria

(Encyclopedia)Fostoria fŏstôrˈēə [key], city (2020 pop. 13,046), Hancock, Seneca, and Wood counties, NW ...

Huainan

(Encyclopedia)Huainan hwī-nän [key], city (1994 est. pop. 769,200), N central Anhui prov., China. Established after 1949 as the center of China's chief coal-mining region, it is the site of a major colliery. Chem...

Handan

(Encyclopedia)Handan or Hantan both: hän-dän [key], city, SW Hebei prov., China. Its position as a communication and ...

Fujisawa

(Encyclopedia)Fujisawa fo͞ojēˈsäwä [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It ...

Michigan City

(Encyclopedia)Michigan City, city (1990 pop. 33,822), La Porte co., NW Ind., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1836. Michigan City produces machinery, consumer articles, kitchen and transportation equipment, concrete and wire...

Monclova

(Encyclopedia)Monclova mŏnclōvə [key], city (1990 pop. 177,792), central Coahuila state, Mexico. Situated on the northern end of the Sierra Madre Oriental, it is a regional commercial and industrial center. Monc...

Notodden

(Encyclopedia)Notodden nōˈtôˌdən [key], town (1995 pop. 12,169), Telemark co., SE Norway. The world's first nitrate factory was built there in 1905. Today, the town also has paper mills, iron foundries, and se...

Aschersleben

(Encyclopedia)Aschersleben äˈshərslāˌbən [key], city, Saxony-Anhalt district, central Germany. An industrial city, it manufactures machine tools, chemicals, iron and steel, and wo...