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Usambara

(Encyclopedia) UsambaraUsambara&oomacr;sämbäˈrä [key], mountains, c.70 mi (110 km) long and from 20 to 40 mi (30–60 km) wide, NE Tanzania. On its slopes, which rise to c.8,000 ft (2,440 m),…

Praia

(Encyclopedia) PraiaPraiaprīˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 61,644), capital of Cape Verde, on the south shore of Santiago island, c.415 mi (668 km) W of Dakar, Senegal. It is Cape Verde's largest city, as…

San Vicente

(Encyclopedia) San VicenteSan Vicentesän vēsānˈtā [key], city (1993 pop. 28,529), central El Salvador. Among its industries are textile manufacturing and sugar milling. San Vicente is the commercial…

Semarang

(Encyclopedia) SemarangSemarangsəmäˈräng [key], city (1990 pop. 1,249,230), capital of Central Java prov., N Java, Indonesia, on the Java Sea and at the mouth of the Semarang River. An important port…

San Cristóbal, city, Venezuela

(Encyclopedia) San CristóbalSan Cristóbalsän krēstōˈbäl [key], city (1990 pop. 220,675), capital of Táchira state, W Venezuela, in a mountainous region near the Colombian border. It is a commercial,…

Gonaïves

(Encyclopedia) GonaïvesGonaïvesgōnäēvˈ [key], city (1995 est. pop. 59,000), W Haiti, a port on the Gulf of Gonâve and capital of Artibonite dept. The region's agricultural products (including coffee…

Haya

(Encyclopedia) HayaHayahīˈə [key], people of Africa living on Lake Victoria in the extreme northwest of Tanzania. They originally came from W Uganda, a region they left because of endless wars. There…

Iwo

(Encyclopedia) IwoIwoēˈwō [key], city (1991 est. pop. 320,000), SW Nigeria. It is the trade center for a farm region specializing in cacao. A coffee plantation is located nearby. Iwo was the capital…

Mamoudzou

(Encyclopedia) Mamoudzou, city (2002 pop. 45,485), capital and largest city of Mayotte. It lies on the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean on the NE coast of Grande-Terre, Mayotte's main island,…

Dire Dawa

(Encyclopedia) Dire Dawa or Diredawa Dire Dawa both: dēˌrədäˈwä [key], city, Harar region…