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(Encyclopedia)Cholet shôlāˈ [key], city, Maine-et-Loire dept., W France, in Poitou, on the Maine River. ...Moss, city, Norway
(Encyclopedia)Moss môs [key], city (1995 pop. 25,253), capital of Østfold co., SE Norway, a port on the Oslofjord. It is a commercial, industrial, and tourist center, with shipyards, sawmills, textile factories, ...Łomża
(Encyclopedia)Łomża lômˈzhä [key], town (1991 est. pop. 61,400), Podlaskie prov., NE Poland, on the Narew River. It is a railway terminus. Industries include food processing and paper and textile milling. Łom...Lons-le-Saunier
(Encyclopedia)Lons-le-Saunier lôN-lə-sōnyāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 20,140), capital of Jura dept., E France, at the foot of the Jura Mts. A saltwater spa since Roman times, the town has food and textile indust...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 ...Uijeongbu
(Encyclopedia)Uijeongbu or Uijongbu o͝oˈēˈjôngˈbo͞oˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 276,255), Gyeonggi (Kyonggi) prov., NW South Korea. Part of Seoul's fringe industrial region, Uijeongbu is an agricultural center ...Burgdorf
(Encyclopedia)Burgdorf bo͝orkˈdôrf [key], Fr. Berthoud, town (1990 est. pop. 15,373), NW Switzerland, on the Emme River. It is a textile-manufacturing and cheese-trading town. There is a 12th-century castle in w...Suwon
(Encyclopedia)Suwon so͞oˈwŭnˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 2,449,139), capital of Gyeonggi (Kyonggi) prov., NW South Korea. It is an important communications point and a local agricultural research center. Suwon has ...Takasaki
(Encyclopedia)Takasaki täkäsäˈkē [key], city (1990 pop. 236,461), Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A transportation and industrial center, it produces computers and computer components and has textile ...Varnsdorf
(Encyclopedia)Varnsdorf värnsˈdôrf [key], Ger. Warnsdorf, city (1991 pop. 16,266), N Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the German border. It is a railway junction and a textile manufacturing center. The village was...Browse by Subject
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