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Montgomery, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia)Montgomery, town (1981 pop. 1,036), Powys, E Wales. Montgomery is locally important as a sheep and cattle market. Nearby Offa's Dyke is very well preserved. ...

McComb

(Encyclopedia)McComb, city (1990 pop. 11,591), Pike co., SW Miss., near the La. line; inc. 1872. It is the trade and rail center of a cotton, corn, soybean, cattle, and timber area. Manufactures include wire and te...

Santa Rosa, city, Argentina

(Encyclopedia)Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. First settled in 188...

Damoh

(Encyclopedia)Damoh dəmōˈ [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is a district administrat...

Emmental

(Encyclopedia)Emmental ĕmˈəntäl [key], valley of the Emme River, W central Switzerland. In a region devoted to farming, cattle raising, and dairying, it produces emmenthaler, also called Swiss cheese. ...

Kimberley, geographical area, Australia

(Encyclopedia)Kimberley, geographical area, c.139,000 sq mi (360,010 sq km), Western Australia, NW Australia. The Kimberley Goldfield was the site (1882) of the first major Western Australian gold strike. Cattle an...

Itabuna

(Encyclopedia)Itabuna ētəbo͞oˈnə [key], city, Bahia state, E Brazil, on the Itabuna River. A cacao-pro...

Bartow

(Encyclopedia)Bartow, city (2020 pop. 19,309), seat of Polk co., central Fla.; inc. 1882. The economy is based on the production of phosphate and the raising of citru...

Caruaru

(Encyclopedia)Caruaru kəro͞oəro͞oˈ [key], city, Pernambuco state, NE Brazil, on the Ipojuca River. It is a ...

Anjo

(Encyclopedia)Anjo änjōˈ [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. Once a model farm community producing rice, wheat, poultry, and cattle, Anjo is now dominated by the ...