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Matsuyama
(Encyclopedia)Matsuyama mätso͝oyäˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 443,322), capital of Ehime prefecture, NW Shikoku, Japan, a port on the Inland Sea. It is an important agricultural distribution point and fishing po...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...Ludhiana
(Encyclopedia)Ludhiana lo͝odēäˈnə [key], city (1991 pop. 1,042,740), Punjab state, NW India. Founded in the late 15th cent., it lies on the old Grand Trunk Road, the great thoroughfare connecting Delhi with Am...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...Hermosillo
(Encyclopedia)Hermosillo ārmōsēˈyō [key], city, capital of Sonora state, NW Mexico, at the entrance to the ...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...Raichur
(Encyclopedia)Raichur rīˈcho͞or [key], city (1991 pop. 170,577), Karnataka state, S central India. It is a district administrative center and a market for sesame, sorghum, cotton, pulses, and chilies. Copper and...Picayune
(Encyclopedia)Picayune pĭkəyo͞onˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center for an agricultural...Browse by Subject
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