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Covilhã

(Encyclopedia)Covilhã ko͝ovēlyəNˈ [key], town, E central Portugal, in Beira Baixa. It had a famous fair in ...

Coamo

(Encyclopedia)Coamo kwäˈmō [key], town and municipality, S central Puerto Rico, on the Coamo River. It i...

Shaoyang

(Encyclopedia)Shaoyang shouˈyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 277,300), S Hunan prov., China. It is a trade center for the upper Zi valley. Light and heavy industries, including textiles, paper, and chemicals, a...

Sapulpa

(Encyclopedia)Sapulpa səpŭlˈpə [key], city (1990 pop. 18,074), seat of Creek co., E central Okla; inc. 1898. It is the trade center of a farm and oil region. Furniture, zinc alloys, dinnerware, glass, and floor...

Wanganui

(Encyclopedia)Wanganui wŏngˌəno͞oˈē, wŏngˌgə– [key], city (1996 pop. 41,097), SW North Island, New Zealand, near the mouth of the Whanganui (or Wanganui) River. Wanganui is a distribution center and port...

Yauco

(Encyclopedia)Yauco youˈkō [key], town (1990 pop. 42,058), SW Puerto Rico, on the Yauco River. It is a growing commercial, trade, and processing center of a sugar, coffee, tobacco, and cotton area. Yauco also pro...

Hofuf

(Encyclopedia)Hofuf äl ho͝o– [key], town, E Saudi Arabia. Textile manufacturing, food processing, and A...

Baotou

(Encyclopedia)Baotou or Paotow both: bou-tō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,032,900), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. A port and major trade center on the Huang He (Yellow River), it is connected by rail w...

Randers

(Encyclopedia)Randers räˈnərs [key], city (1992 pop. 55,358), Aarhus co., N central Denmark, a seaport at the mouth of the Gudenå River in the Randers Fjord (an arm of the Kattegat). It is a commercial and indu...

Rivne

(Encyclopedia)Rivne rĭvˈnə [key], Pol. Równe, Rus. Rovno, city (1990 est. pop. 229,000), capital of Rivne region, W Ukraine, on the Ustya River. It is a rapidly growing road and rail junction and an industrial ...