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(Encyclopedia)Chiayi jyäˈēˈ [key], city, S Taiwan. It is an agricultural market for rice, peanuts, vege...Alor Setar
(Encyclopedia)Alor Setar stär [key], city, capital of Kedah, Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the Kedah River. It is a major center for trade in rice and rubber. The residence of ...Hugli-Chinsura
(Encyclopedia)Hugli-Chinsura or Hooghly-Chinsura chĭnˈso͝orə [key], city, West Bengal state, E Indi...Kagawa
(Encyclopedia)Kagawa kägäˈwä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 1,023,434), N Shikoku, Japan. Takamatsu is the capital. It is an agricultural region (rice, barley, wheat, mandarin oranges) with a mountainous and fore...Shiga
(Encyclopedia)Shiga shēˈgä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 1,222,401), S Honshu, Japan. Otsu (the capital) and Hikone are the chief cities. It is predominantly an agricultural region, with rice the principal crop. ...Panay
(Encyclopedia)Panay pänīˈ [key], island (1990 pop. 3,136,425), 4,446 sq mi (11,515 sq km), one of the Visayan Islands, 6th largest of the Philippines, NW of Negros. Primarily agricultural with extensive lowlands...Usambara
(Encyclopedia)Usambara o͞osämbäˈrä [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), coffee, sisal, tea, and cincho...Faribault
(Encyclopedia)Faribault fârˈĭbō [key], city (2020 pop. 24,453), seat of Rice co., SE Minn.; inc. 1872. ...Cooch Behar
(Encyclopedia)Cooch Behar ko͞och bĭhärˈ [key], former princely state, now part of West Bengal state, E India. It ...Coorg
(Encyclopedia)Coorg ko͝org [key], former state, 1,593 sq mi (4,126 sq km), Karnataka state, SW India. Mercara was the capital. Situated mainly in the hilly Western Ghats, the Coorg region produces coffee, tea, car...Browse by Subject
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