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Bharuch

(Encyclopedia)Bharuch bəro͞oˈchə, –rōchˈ [key], formerly Broach, city, Gujarat state, W Ind...

Reichenbach, city, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Reichenbach ĭm fôktˈlänt [key], city (1994 pop. 23,734), Saxony, E central Germany, at the foot of the Erzgebirge; chartered in the late 13th cent. Manufactures of this industrial city include tex...

Sylacauga

(Encyclopedia)Sylacauga sĭləkŏgˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 12,520), Talladega co., central Ala.; inc. 1839. It is a processing center for a livestock and timber area. The city is built upon a solid bed of cream-...

Taunton, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Taunton tănˈtən, tŏn– [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 49,832), a seat of Bristol co., SE Mass., on the Taunton River; settled 1638, inc. as a city 1864. It has been a center of the silverware ...

Tema, city, Ghana

(Encyclopedia)Tema tāmə [key], city (1984 pop. 99,608), SE Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. With the opening of an artificial harbor in 1961, Tema developed from a small fishing village to become Ghana's leading sea...

Terrassa

(Encyclopedia)Terrassa tär-räˈsä [key], town (1990 pop. 161,682), Barcelona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia. It is an industrial town, long famous for its woolen textiles. The town dates back to Roman days. It ha...

Tottori

(Encyclopedia)Tottori tōt-tōˈrē [key], city (1990 pop. 142,467), capital of Tottori prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, a port on the Sea of Japan. The city produces wood and paper items, machinery, and textiles. The ...

Toyama

(Encyclopedia)Toyama tōyäˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 321,254), capital of Toyama prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on Toyama Bay. It is the main center of Japan's patent medicine industry and also has industr...

Thiès

(Encyclopedia)Thiès tyĕs [key], city (1988 pop. 175,465), W Senegal, on the Dakar-Niger RR. It is the trade center for a farming region where peanuts, cassava, and livestock are raised. Manufactures include const...

Sondershausen

(Encyclopedia)Sondershausen zônˌdərs-houˈzən [key], commune (1994 pop. 22,370), Thuringia, central Germany, near the western foot of Kyffhäuser Mt. It is an industrial city and a potash-mining center. Manufac...

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