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Bucaramanga

(Encyclopedia) Bucaramanga Bucaramanga b&oomacr;ˌkärämängˈgä [key], city (2020 est. pop. 1,331,000), capital of…

Villavicencio

(Encyclopedia) VillavicencioVillavicenciovēlyävēsānˈsyō [key], city (1993 pop. 219,976), capital of Meta dept., central Colombia, on the Meta River. Located in the eastern foothills of the Andes, it…

Tanga

(Encyclopedia) TangaTangatängˈgə, –gä [key], city (2012 pop. 273,332), capital of Tanga prov., NE Tanzania, a port on the Indian Ocean. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center,…

Zomba

(Encyclopedia) ZombaZombazŏmˈbə [key], town (1994 est. pop. 62,700), S Malawi, in the Shire Highlands. Until 1973 it was the national capital. European planters founded the town c.1880. It is the…

Bié Plateau

(Encyclopedia) Bié Plateau or Bihé PlateauBihé Plateauboth: byĕ [key], highland region, western section of the central plateau of Angola, SW Africa; alt. 5,000 to 6,000 ft (1,520–1,830 m). Its cool…

Campos

(Encyclopedia) Campos Campos kämˈp&oobreve;s [key], city, Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River…

Cauca

(Encyclopedia) CaucaCaucakouˈkä [key], river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the Cordillera Central, near Popayán, W Colombia. It flows north in a rift valley between the Cordillera Central and…

Palmira

(Encyclopedia) PalmiraPalmirapälmēˈrä [key], city (1993 pop. 196,213), W Colombia, an agricultural center and second largest city in Valle de Cauca department. Palmira is known as the “agricultural…

Paraná, state, Brazil

(Encyclopedia) ParanáParanápərənäˈ [key], state (1996 pop. 8,985,981), 77,048 sq mi (199,554 sq km), S Brazil, on the borders of Paraguay and Argentina and the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Curitiba…

Shivamogga

(Encyclopedia) Shivamogga, formerly ShimogaShivamoggashĭmōˈgə [key], city (1991 pop. 193,028), Karnataka state, SW India, on the Tunga River. The city is district headquarters for a region that…