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Sydney Mines
(Encyclopedia) Sydney Mines, town (1991 pop. 7,551), Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada, on Sydney Harbour. It is a former coal-mining center, coal having been mined in the area from 1784 to 2001.…Normal
(Encyclopedia) Normal, town (1990 pop. 40,023), McLean co., central Ill.; inc. 1865. It is the center of a productive farming region. Motor vehicles are manufactured in Normal. The town originally…North Haven
(Encyclopedia) North Haven, town (1990 pop. 22,249), New Haven co., S Conn., on the Quinnipiac River; settled c.1650, set off from New Haven 1786. Chiefly residential, it has some manufactures, such…Mirpur Khas
(Encyclopedia) Mirpur KhasMirpur Khasmērˈp&oobreve;r khäs [key], town (1981 pop. 124,371), S Pakistan, on the Let War canal. Founded in 1806, the town is a market for cotton and food grains.Crosby
(Encyclopedia) Crosby, town, Sefton metropolitan district, NW England, on Liverpool Bay. Formed in 1937 from the urban districts of Great Crosby and…Deerfield Beach
(Encyclopedia) Deerfield Beach, town (2020 pop. 86,859), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1925. The development of high-technology…Dax
(Encyclopedia) Dax Dax däks [key], town, Landes dept., SW France, in Gascony, on the Adour River. It…Foxborough
(Encyclopedia) Foxborough or Foxboro, town (2020 pop. 6,296), Norfolk co., SE Mass.; settled 1704, inc. 1778. During the…Haverfordwest
(Encyclopedia) HaverfordwestHaverfordwesthăvˌərfərdwĕstˈ [key], Welsh Hwlffordd, town (1981 pop. 9,936), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, on the Western Cleddau River. It is a market town. A notable 13th-…Bromsgrove
(Encyclopedia) Bromsgrove Bromsgrove brŏmzˈgrōv [key], town and district, Worcestershire, central England. An ancient…Trending
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