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Chengde

(Encyclopedia)Chengde or Chengteh both: chŭng-do͝o [key], city, N Hebei prov., China, near the Luan River. It is a ...

Golconda

(Encyclopedia)Golconda gŏlkŏnˈdə [key], ruined city, Telangana state, SE India. It was the capital (c.1364–1512) of the Bahmani kingdom, but after 1512 it became the capital of the Muslim sultanate of Golcond...

Malatya

(Encyclopedia)Malatya mälätˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 276,666), capital of Malatya prov., E central Turkey, in the E Taurus Mts. It is the commercial center for a rich farm region that produces apricots, grapes...

Maragheh

(Encyclopedia)Maragheh märägäˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 117,388), East Azerbaijan prov., NW Iran, on the southern slopes of Mt. Sahand. It is the trade and transportation center of a fertile fruit-growing region;...

Massa, city, Italy

(Encyclopedia)Massa mäsˈä [key], city (1991 pop. 66,737), capital of Massa-Carrara prov., Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. Marble is quarried, and chemicals, metals, and machinery are produced th...

Mbuji-Mayi

(Encyclopedia)Mbuji-Mayi bäkwängˈgä [key], city (1984 pop. 486,235), capital of Kasai-Oriental prov., S central Congo (Kinshasa), on the Sankuru River. A commercial center in Luba country, it handles most of th...

Palembang

(Encyclopedia)Palembang pälĕmbängˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 1,144,047), capital of South Sumatra province, on SE Sumatra, Indonesia. The island's largest city, it is a deepwater port on both banks of the Musi Riv...

Bissau

(Encyclopedia)Bissau bĭsouˈ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 197,610), capital of Guinea-Bissau, a port in the Geba estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean. It is the country's largest city, major port, and administrative and...

Bluefields

(Encyclopedia)Bluefields, town, capital of the South Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region and Zelaya dept., SE Nicaragua, on Bluefields Bay at the mouth of the Escondido ...

Zhengzhou

(Encyclopedia)Zhengzhou or Chengchow both: jŭng-jō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,323,700), capital of Henan prov., E central China. An important railroad center, the city is at the junction of the Longhai (east-w...