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Balboa

(Encyclopedia)Balboa, town, Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters...

Den Helder

(Encyclopedia)Den Helder dŭn hĕlˈdər [key], city, North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is ...

Wainwright

(Encyclopedia)Wainwright, town (1991 pop. 4,732), E Alta., Canada, SE of Edmonton and near the Sask. border. It is a trade center and railroad division point for an oil and natural gas area. It has oil refineries, ...

Sasebo

(Encyclopedia)Sasebo säsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea. ...

Portland, town, England

(Encyclopedia)Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings....

Fair Oaks, towns, United States

(Encyclopedia)Fair Oaks. 1 uninc. residential town (2020 pop. 32,514), Sacramento co., N central Calif., on the American River, in a growing citrus fruit and farm ...

Upernavik

(Encyclopedia)Upernavik o͝opĕrˈnävĭk [key], town (1996 pop. 1,131), Upernavik dist., W Greenland, on a small island in Baffin Bay. It is an important sealing and whaling base. ...

Shediac

(Encyclopedia)Shediac shĕdˈēăk [key], town (1991 pop. 4,343), SE N.B., Canada, on Northumberland Strait. It is a resort and has a seaplane base and lobster, oyster, and smelt fisheries. ...

Trenton , town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Trenton, town (1991 pop. 16,908), SE Ont., Canada, on the Bay of Quinte at the mouth of the Trent River and at the south end of the Trent Canal. Its manufactures include textiles, electronic component...

Colorado Springs

(Encyclopedia)Colorado Springs, city (2020 pop. 478,961), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. ...