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Libreville
(Encyclopedia)Libreville lēbrəvēlˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 362,400), capital of Gabon, a port on the Gabon River estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. Primarily an administrative center, it is also a trade cent...Helsingborg
(Encyclopedia)Helsingborg or Hälsingborg both: hĕlsĭngbôrˈyə [key], city, Malmöhus co., S Sweden...Popayán
(Encyclopedia)Popayán pōpäyänˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 169,423), alt. 5,500 ft (1,676 m), capital of Cauca dept., SW Colombia, on a volcanic terrace high above the Cauca River. It produces textiles and foodstuf...Prizren
(Encyclopedia)Prizren prēzˈrĕn [key], city (2011 pop. 178,112), SW Kosovo. It is a commercial center with industries that produce textiles, wood products, and filigree silver jewelry. Prizren is the seat of a Ro...Berdychiv
(Encyclopedia)Berdychiv byĭrdēˈchĭf [key], Rus. Berdichev, city, in central Ukraine, on the Hnylopyat R...Mayfield
(Encyclopedia)Mayfield, city (2020 pop. 10,017), seat of Graves co., SW Ky., in an area of farms and clay deposits; founded 1823. It is an agricultural trade center w...Manzini
(Encyclopedia)Manzini brēˈmərzdôrp [key], town (1996 est. pop. 69,800), central Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). It is the trade center of a farming region. Founded in 1890, the town was the capital of Swaziland ...Korhogo
(Encyclopedia)Korhogo kôrhōˈgō [key], town (1996 est. pop. 158,300), N Côte d'Ivoire. It is an administrative and processing center for a mountainous region where cotton, kapok, rice, millet, peanuts, corn, an...Hamina
(Encyclopedia)Hamina häˈmĭnä [key], Swed. Fredrikshamn, city, South Finland prov., SE Finland, on the G...Colonia del Sacramento
(Encyclopedia)Colonia del Sacramento kōlōˈnyä ᵺĕl säkˌrämānˈtō [key], city, capital of...Browse by Subject
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