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Rheinhausen

(Encyclopedia)Rheinhausen rīnˈhouˌzən [key], former town, North Rhine–Westphalia, NW Germany, a port on the Rhine River; chartered 1934. Manufactures include metal products, machinery, textiles, mining and ch...

Visé

(Encyclopedia)Visé vēzāˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 17,019), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Meuse River and on the Albert Canal, near the Dutch border. It is a center of cement manufacture. The first battle of ...

Lappeenranta

(Encyclopedia)Lappeenranta läpˈpānränˌtä [key], Swed. Villmanstrand, city (1998 pop. 57,374), Southern Finland prov., SE Finland, on Lake Saimaa. It is an important trade and industrial center, with sulfuric ...

Likasi

(Encyclopedia)Likasi zhädōvēlˈ [key], city (1984 pop. 213,862), Haut-Katanga prov., SE Congo (Kinshasa). It is a major industrial, mining, and transportation center. Copper and cobalt are mined and refined, and...

Mason City

(Encyclopedia)Mason City, city (1990 pop. 29,040), seat of Cerro Gordo co., N central Iowa; inc. 1874. It is the rail, trade, and industrial center of a large agricultural area. There is food processing and meatpac...

Nanping

(Encyclopedia)Nanping yänˈ– [key], city (1994 est. pop. 211,700), N central Fujian prov., China, on the upper Min River. An important rail hub, it has expanded from a regional market town to include cement, pap...

Chiayi

(Encyclopedia)Chiayi jyäˈēˈ [key], city, S Taiwan. It is an agricultural market for rice, peanuts, vege...

Enfield, borough, Greater London, England

(Encyclopedia)Enfield, outer borough of Greater London, SE England. It is residential, with important concentrations of industry. Rifles, electrical products, boilers...

Banská Bystrica

(Encyclopedia)Banská Bystrica bänˈskä bĭsˈtrĭtsäˌ [key], city, central Slovakia, at the ju...

Rutland, county, England

(Encyclopedia)Rutland, county (1991 pop. 32,400), 152 sq mi (394 sq km), central England; administratively, Rutland is a unitary authority (since 1997). Rutland has a rolling terrain and is a rural upland area larg...