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Shaoyang

(Encyclopedia)Shaoyang shouˈyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 277,300), S Hunan prov., China. It is a trade center for the upper Zi valley. Light and heavy industries, including textiles, paper, and chemicals, a...

Reidsville

(Encyclopedia)Reidsville rēdsˈvĭl [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 12,183), Rockingham co., N N.C.; settled c.1815, inc. 1873. It is a tobacco center, and manufactures include industrial gases; metal, concrete,...

Cotonou

(Encyclopedia)Cotonou kōtōno͞oˈ [key], city, capital of Atlantique prov., S Benin, on the Gulf of Guinea. ...

Draguignan

(Encyclopedia)Draguignan drägēnyäNˈ [key], town, capital of Var dept., SE France, in Provence. It is a rural ...

Alcoy

(Encyclopedia)Alcoy älkoiˈ [key], city, Alicante prov., SE Spain, in Valencia, on the Serpis River. An important industrial center with manufactures of textiles, paper (especially cig...

Cornwall, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and elect...

Hutt City

(Encyclopedia)Hutt City, city, S North Island, New Zealand, in the Hutt River valley, part of the greater Wellington urban area; formerly called Lower Hutt. Industrie...

Hellín

(Encyclopedia)Hellín ĕlyēnˈ [key], town, Albacete prov., SE Spain, in Castile–La Mancha. An important...

Heerlen

(Encyclopedia)Heerlen hārˈlən [key], city, Limburg prov., SE Netherlands. It is an industrial and transp...

Molde

(Encyclopedia)Molde môlˈdə [key], town (1995 pop. 22,892), capital of Møre og Romsdal co., W Norway, on the Moldefjord (an arm of the Romsdalfjord). Commanding a panoramic view of the snowcapped Romsdal Mts., i...