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León, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia)León, city (1990 pop. 137,758), capital of León prov., NW Spain, in Castile and León, at the foot of the Cantabrian Mts. and at the confluence of the Bernesga and Torio rivers. It is an agricultura...

Libreville

(Encyclopedia)Libreville lēbrəvēlˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 362,400), capital of Gabon, a port on the Gabon River estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. Primarily an administrative center, it is also a trade cent...

Lynchburg

(Encyclopedia)Lynchburg, independent city (1990 pop. 66,049), in but administratively not a part of Campbell co., central Va., on the James River; settled 1757, inc. as a city 1852. It is a trade center and tobacco...

Kourou

(Encyclopedia)Kourou, town and commune (2007 pop. 25,918), N French Guiana, on the coast 26 mi (42 km) NW of Cayenne. A rocket-launching base, the Guiana Space Center, is mainly in the commune near the town; the So...

Salford

(Encyclopedia)Salford sŏlˈfərd, sôlˈ– [key], city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 96,525), NW England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River. Salford was long an important texti...

Ídhra

(Encyclopedia)Ídhra hīˈdrə [key], island, 21 sq mi (54 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, off the Argolís peninsula of the Peloponnesus. It is mostly barren and rocky. Ídhra town is the center of populatio...

Adana

(Encyclopedia)Adana äˈdənä [key], city, capital of Adana prov., S Turkey, on the Seyhan River. The fourth largest city in Turkey, it is the commercial center of a farm region where ...

Rogers, Carl

(Encyclopedia)Rogers, Carl, 1902–87, American psychologist, b. Oak Park, Ill. In 1930, Rogers served as director of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Rochester, New York. He lectured at the...

Shamakhi

(Encyclopedia)Shamakhi shĕmˌəkhäˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 24,681), E Azerbaijan, at the foot of the Caucasus. Its chief product is wine. Known since ancient times, Shamakhi was an important silk center in the 1...

Corrientes

(Encyclopedia)Corrientes kôryĕnˈtās [key], city, capital of Corrientes prov., NE Argentina, a port on the ...