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Akhisar

(Encyclopedia)Akhisar äkˌhəsärˈ [key], city, W Turkey. It is in a region where tobacco, cotton, and grapes are grown. The city is noted for its rugs. It is the biblical Thyatira. ...

Rohtak

(Encyclopedia)Rohtak rōˈtək [key], city (1991 pop. 216,096), Haryana state, N central India. Rohtak is a district administrative center and a market for grain and cotton. Sculpture from the Buddhist period (c.60...

Welland

(Encyclopedia)Welland wĕlˈənd [key], city (1991 pop. 47,914), SE Ont., Canada, on the Welland Ship Canal. It is a canal port and an industrial center. Cotton, iron, steel, and many other goods are made in Wellan...

Sikeston

(Encyclopedia)Sikeston sīksˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 17,641), New Madrid and Scott counties, SE Mo., in the Mississippi plain; inc. 1874. It is the shipping, marketing, and processing center of a cotton, wheat...

Ahome

(Encyclopedia)Ahome äōˈmā [key], city, Sinaloa state, W Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. Ahome lies along the Inter-American Highway and is linked by rail with Mexico City. Sugarcane, grains, and cotton are grown ...

Durant

(Encyclopedia)Durant, city (2020 pop. 18,589), seat of Bryan co., S central Okla., in the Red River valley farm area; inc. 1873. It is the commercial and processing c...

Conway, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Conway, city (2020 pop. 43,167), seat of Faulkner co., central Ark., in a farm and cotton area; inc. 1873. It is a trade and industrial center. Conway w...

Andong, city, South Korea

(Encyclopedia)Andong änˈdŭngˈ [key], city, North Gyeongsang (Kyongsang) prov., E South Korea. It is a railroad junction, terminus of the navigable portion of the Nakdong River, and ...

Parakou

(Encyclopedia)Parakou pârˌəko͞oˈ [key], town (1992 pop. 103,577), central Benin. It is the trade center for a cotton, grain, and livestock-raising area. Located at the head of the railroad from Cotonou, it is ...

Blytheville

(Encyclopedia)Blytheville blīᵺˈvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 12,981), seat of Mississippi co., NE Ark., near the ...

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