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Indiana, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Indiana, industrial borough (2020 pop. 13,067), seat of Indiana co., W Pa.; inc. 1816. It is the principal supply and trading center for a bituminous-co...

Zonguldak

(Encyclopedia)Zonguldak zôngˌgo͝oldäkˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 120,300), capital of Zonguldak prov., N Turkey, a port on the Black Sea. It is the center of the major coal-producing region of Turkey. ...

Bluefield

(Encyclopedia)Bluefield, city (2020 pop. 9,423), Mercer co., extreme SW W.Va., in the Allegheny Mts. adjacent to Bluefield, Va.; settled 1777, inc. 1889. Lumber, tran...

Borinage

(Encyclopedia)Borinage bôrēnäzhˈ [key], region, Hainaut prov., S Belgium, surrounding Mons and extending to the French border. Traditionally a coal-mining district, most of the mines have been closed. Glass-mak...

smoke

(Encyclopedia)smoke, visible gaseous product of incomplete combustion. Smoke varies with its source, but it usually comprises hot gas and suspended particles of carbon and tarry substances, or soot. To reduce the a...

Shamokin

(Encyclopedia)Shamokin shəmōˈkĭn [key], city (1990 pop. 9,184), Northumberland co., E Pa.; settled c.1835, inc. 1864. A mining center for anthracite coal, Shamokin lies in an area of declining industry and mine...

Steamboat Springs

(Encyclopedia)Steamboat Springs, town (1990 pop. 6,695), Routt co., NW Colo., on the Yampa River, just W of the Park Range; founded 1875, inc. 1907. It is a resort and skiing center, with ranching, farming, and lig...

Taber

(Encyclopedia)Taber tāˈbər [key], town (1991 pop. 6,660), S Alta., Canada, NE of Lethbridge. The area is irrigated for crop and livestock raising. The town has a sugar beet refinery and a vegetable cannery. Coal...

Cannock

(Encyclopedia)Cannock kănˈək [key], city, Staffordshire, W central England. It was a mining town depende...

Bibai

(Encyclopedia)Bibai bīˈbī [key], city, Hokkaido prefecture, central Hokkaido, Japan. Due to the decline ...