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Salta

(Encyclopedia)Salta, city (1991 pop. 370,302) capital of Salta prov., NW Argentina, in the Lerma valley. It is the commercial center of a region rich in agricultural produce, minerals (chiefly oil), and forest prod...

Cumaná

(Encyclopedia)Cumaná ko͞omänäˈ [key], city, capital of Sucre state, NE Venezuela, on the Manzanares River ...

Iseyin

(Encyclopedia)Iseyin ēsāˈăN [key], town (1991 est. pop. 192,000), SW Nigeria. The city, located in a tobacco-growing region, has an important traditional textile industry. Iseyin was the capital of a small Yoru...

Ibaraki

(Encyclopedia)Ibaraki ēbäˈräkē [key], prefecture, 2,352 sq mi (6,092 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. ...

Giessen

(Encyclopedia)Giessen gēˈsən [key], city, Hesse, central Germany, on the Lahn River. It is an industrial...

Gaya

(Encyclopedia)Gaya gīˈə [key], city, Bihar state, E central India. The region is sacred to Buddhist and ...

Jihlava

(Encyclopedia)Jihlava yēkhˈlävä [key], Ger. Iglau, city (1991 pop. 51,831), central Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Jihlava River. Jihlava is a railway junction and has industries manufacturing linen and woo...

Ogbomosho

(Encyclopedia)Ogbomosho ōbo͞oˈmôshô, ŏgbōmōˈshō [key], city (1991 pop. 644,000), SW Nigeria. It is the trade center for a farming region. Yams, cassava, corn, and tobacco are grown. Cotton is grown and us...

Manzanillo, city, Cuba

(Encyclopedia)Manzanillo mänsänēˈyō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 98,000), Granma prov., SE Cuba, a port on the Guacanayabo Gulf of the Caribbean Sea. A leading city on Cuba's southern coast, Manzanillo is a com...

luxury tax

(Encyclopedia)luxury tax, levy on articles that are not essential to a normal standard of living. Such taxes may be imposed strictly for revenue purposes or they may be intended to discourage consumption of certain...