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Tripoli , city, Libya

(Encyclopedia)Tripoli trĭpˈəlē [key], ancient Oea, Arab. Tarabulus, city (1984 pop. 990,697), capital of Libya and of Tripoli dist., NW Libya, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a commercial, industrial, ad...

Trujillo , city, Peru

(Encyclopedia)Trujillo tro͞ohēˈyō [key], city (1993 pop. 256,744), capital of La Libertad dept., NW Peru, in a fertile oasis of the coastal desert. A thriving commercial and industrial center, Trujillo processe...

Truro , city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Truro tro͝orˈō [key], town (1991 pop. 11,683), central N.S., Canada, near the head of Cobequid Bay, an arm of the Bay of Fundy. It is a railroad and industrial center, with lumber mills, printing p...

Truro , city, England

(Encyclopedia)Truro tro͝orˈō [key], city (1991 pop. 16,130), W Cornwall, England, the administrative and commercial center of Cornwall, at the confluence of the Kenwyn and Allen rivers (which form the Truro Rive...

Beira, city, Mozambique

(Encyclopedia)Beira bāyˈrä [key], city, capital of Sofala province, E central Mozambique, a seaport on t...

Tula , city, Russia

(Encyclopedia)Tula to͞oˈlə [key], city (1991 pop. 545,000), capital of Tula region, N central European Russia, on the Upa River, a tributary of the Oka. It is an important rail and highway hub and a manufacturin...

Trent , city, Italy

(Encyclopedia)Trent, Ital. Trento, Latin Tridentum, city (1991 pop. 101,545), capital of Trentino–Alto Adige and of Trent prov., N Italy, on the Adige River and on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is an industria...

Togliatti , city, Russia

(Encyclopedia)Togliatti, city, Russia: see Tolyatti. ...

Thompson , city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956. ...

Reichenbach, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Reichenbach ĭm fôktˈlänt [key], city (1994 pop. 23,734), Saxony, E central Germany, at the foot of the Erzgebirge; chartered in the late 13th cent. Manufactures of this industrial city include tex...