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Maimana
(Encyclopedia)Maimana or Meymaneh both: māˈmänə [key], city (1979 pop. 38,250), capital of Faryab prov., N Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border. A walled city inhabited mainly by Uzbeks, Maimana is a market ...Flynn, Michael Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Flynn, Michael Thomas, 1958–, U.S. military officer and government official, b. Middletown, R.I., Univ. of Rhode Island (B.S., 1981). Commissioned as ...Zahedan
(Encyclopedia)Zahedan zähādänˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 361,623), capital of Sistan and Baluchistan prov., SE Iran, near the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan. One of Iran's poorer cities, Zahedan is a road j...Sindh
(Encyclopedia)Sindh, province, Pakistan: see Sind. ...Lower Canada
(Encyclopedia)Lower Canada: see Quebec, province, Canada. ...Irian Jaya
(Encyclopedia)Irian Jaya, province, Indonesia: see Papua. ...Che-chiang
(Encyclopedia)Che-chiang: see Zhejiang, province, China. ...Pars
(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...Shaba
(Encyclopedia)Shaba: see Katanga, former province, Congo (Kinshasa). ...Northern Cape
(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...Browse by Subject
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