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Anaconda, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Anaconda ănəkŏnˈdə [key], city (2020 pop. 9,162), seat of Deer Lodge co., SW Mont.; inc. 1887. Marcus Daly chose this place (1883) for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company's ...

Amsterdam, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Amsterdam, city (2020 pop. 18,219), Montgomery co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River; inc. 1885. Historically famous for the manufacture of carpets, its manufactures now include machine...

Geneva, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Geneva, city (2020 pop. 12,812), Ontario co., W central N.Y., in the Finger Lakes region; inc. as a city 1897. Located in a farm area, Geneva's manufact...

Gallatin, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Gallatin, city (2020 pop. 44,431), seat of Sumner co., N central Tenn., near Nashville; inc. 1815. It is a livestock and agricultural center that produc...

Gaur, ruined city, India

(Encyclopedia)Gaur gour [key], ruined city, West Bengal state, India. Known also as Lakhnauti, the city was an ancient Hindu capital of Bengal. It was captured (c.1200) by the Islamic rulers of Delhi and remained a...

Erie, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Erie, city (2020 pop. 94,831), seat of Erie co., NW Pa., on Lake Erie; inc. as a city 1851. Pennsylvania's only port on the Great Lakes, Erie is a busy ...

Flint, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Flint, city (2020 pop. 81,252), seat of Genesee co., SE Mich., on the Flint River; inc. 1855. Since 1902 it has been an automobile-manufacturing centers...

Amesbury, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Amesbury āmzˈbĕrˌē, –bərē [key], town (2020 pop. 17,366), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Merrimack River; inc. 1668. The town's economy relies on light manufacturing...

Indiana, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Indiana, industrial borough (2020 pop. 13,067), seat of Indiana co., W Pa.; inc. 1816. It is the principal supply and trading center for a bituminous-co...

Antioch, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Antioch, city (2020 pop. 115,291), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on the San Joaquin River near the mouth of the Sacramento; inc. 1872. It is a processing and shipping center for the agricult...