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Valleyfield

(Encyclopedia)Valleyfield, city (1991 pop. 27,598), S Que., Canada, on the Beauharnois canal, at the northeast end of Lake St. Francis, SW of Montreal. A port of entry and industrial center, it has cotton and synth...

Sabzevar

(Encyclopedia)Sabzevar säbzĕvärˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 148,065), Razavi Khorasan prov., NE Iran. It is the trade center of a cotton-growing region. The city's manufactures include textiles and rugs. ...

Sagar

(Encyclopedia)Sagar säˈgər [key], city (1991 pop. 257,119), Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Sagar is a regional market for wheat, cotton, and oilseed. Such industries as sawmilling, oil, and flour milling a...

Starkville

(Encyclopedia)Starkville, city (1990 pop. 18,458), seat of Oktibbeha co., E Miss.; inc. 1837. Cotton, corn, and soybeans are grown and livestock and dairy cattle are raised. Building materials, apparel, wood produc...

Leigh

(Encyclopedia)Leigh lē [key], town (1991 pop. 42,627), Wigan metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills, metalworks, and machinery and...

Alvin

(Encyclopedia)Alvin, city (2020 pop. 27,098), Brazoria co., S Tex.; inc. 1893. The city is chiefly residential but is near an agricultural area where rice, cotton, soybeans, and pecans are raised. Indus...

Griffin, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Griffin, city (2020 pop. 23,478), seat of Spalding co., W central Ga., in a farm and cotton area increasingly integrated into metropolitan Atlanta's eco...

Imabari

(Encyclopedia)Imabari ēmäˈbärē [key], city, Ehime prefecture, N Shikoku, Japan, on the Hiuchi Sea. It is ...

Johnstone

(Encyclopedia)Johnstone jŏnˈstən [key], town (1991 pop. 42,731), Renfrewshire, W Scotland. Industries include flax and cotton mills in addition to engineering works. Chemicals, machine tools, and shoelaces are a...

Isparta

(Encyclopedia)Isparta ĭspärˈtä [key], city, capital of Isparta prov., W central Turkey. It is a manufac...
 

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