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Chieti

(Encyclopedia)Chieti kyĕˈtē [key], city, capital of Chieti prov., Abruzzi region, central Italy, on the ...

Chalon-sur-Saône

(Encyclopedia)Chalon-sur-Saône shălôNˈ-sür-sōn [key], town, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy, ...

Faisalabad

(Encyclopedia)Faisalabad līˈəlpo͝or [key], city, NE Pakistan, in a cotton- and wheat-growing area. It is an ...

Satu-Mare

(Encyclopedia)Satu-Mare säˈto͞o-mäˈrĕ [key], Hung. Szatmárnémeti or Szatmár, city (1990 pop. 137,723), NW Romania, in Crişana-Maramureş, on the Someşul River, near the Hungarian border. The administrati...

Seguin

(Encyclopedia)Seguin səgēnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 18,853), seat of Guadalupe co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1853. Among its many industrial products are textiles, construction materials, plas...

Pontefract

(Encyclopedia)Pontefract pŏnˈtĭfrăkt, pŭmˈfrĭt [key], town (1991 pop. 28,621), Wakefield metropolitan district, N England. It is an industrial city; furniture, iron products, and textiles are made. Pomfret c...

Rzeszów

(Encyclopedia)Rzeszów zhĕˈsho͞of [key], city (1992 est. pop. 156,000), capital of Podkarpackie prov., SE Poland. It is a railway junction and an important industrial center, whose major industries produce metal...

Rendsburg

(Encyclopedia)Rendsburg rĕntsˈbo͝orkh [key], city (1994 pop. 31,376), Schleswig-Holstein, N central Germany, a port on the Eider River and the Kiel Canal. The city's manufactures include textiles, fertilizer, an...

Bamberg

(Encyclopedia)Bamberg bämˈbĕrk [key], city, Bavaria, S Germany, a port on the Regnitz River. It is an in...

Oyo

(Encyclopedia)Oyo ôyôˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 226,700), SW Nigeria. It is primarily a farming town, producing tobacco, yams, and cassava. Traditional artisans make textiles and leather goods and carve utens...