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Akhmim
(Encyclopedia)Akhmim ăkhmēmˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 70,602), E central Egypt, on the Nile. Textiles and handicrafts are manufactured; grain, dates, and cotton are processed. The ancient Chemmis and Panopolis, th...Changde
(Encyclopedia)Changde or Changteh both: chäng-do͝o [key], city (1994 est. pop. 336,800), N Hunan prov., China, on the Yuan River. Formerly a treaty port, it is now an administrative center and a storage and shipp...Écija
(Encyclopedia)Écija āˈthēhä [key], city, Seville prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a hill overlooking t...Khulna
(Encyclopedia)Khulna ko͝olˈnə [key], town (1991 est. pop. 1,001,825), SW Bangladesh, in the Ganges delta. It is a river port and the trade and processing center for the products of the Sundarbans, a swampy, fore...Aracaju
(Encyclopedia)Aracaju äˌrəkəzho͞oˈ [key], city, capital of Sergipe state, E central Brazil, a port on the Sergipe River near the Atlantic Ocean. Mainly a commercial center, Aracaj...Dobrich
(Encyclopedia)Dobrich dôbrēchˈ [key], city, NE Bulgaria, a commercial and cultural center of the Dob...Fergana
(Encyclopedia)Fergana or Ferghana both: fyĕrgənäˈ [key], city, capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana ...Fermo
(Encyclopedia)Fermo fĕrˈmō [key], town, in the Marche, central Italy, on a hill in the Apennines, near t...Mopti
(Encyclopedia)Mopti môpˈtē [key], city (1993 pop. 75,000), central Mali, a port at the confluence of the Niger and Bani rivers. The city is built on three islets linked by dikes; one dike, 8 mi (12.9 km) long, c...Bryan
(Encyclopedia)Bryan, city (2020 pop. 83,980), seat of Brazos co., E central Tex.; inc. 1872. Settled in the early 19th cent. in an area of large plantations, Bryan wa...Browse by Subject
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