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Bhatpara

(Encyclopedia)Bhatpara bətpäˈrə [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. Once a ce...

Radford

(Encyclopedia)Radford, city (1990 pop. 15,940), surrounded by but independent of Pulaski and Montgomery counties, SW Va., on the New River; settled 1756, inc. as a city 1892. Motors, iron castings, clothing and tex...

Shaoyang

(Encyclopedia)Shaoyang shouˈyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 277,300), S Hunan prov., China. It is a trade center for the upper Zi valley. Light and heavy industries, including textiles, paper, and chemicals, a...

Roosendaal en Nispen

(Encyclopedia)Roosendaal en Nispen rōˈsəndälˌ ən nĭsˈpən [key], city (1994 pop. 62,784), North Brabant prov., SW Netherlands, near the Belgian border. It is a transportation and industrial center. Manufact...

Reidsville

(Encyclopedia)Reidsville rēdsˈvĭl [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 12,183), Rockingham co., N N.C.; settled c.1815, inc. 1873. It is a tobacco center, and manufactures include industrial gases; metal, concrete,...

Manila hemp

(Encyclopedia)Manila hemp, the most important of the cordage fibers. It is obtained chiefly from the Manila hemp plant (Musa textilis) of the family Musaceae (banana family). It is grown mainly in its native Philip...

Dartford

(Encyclopedia)Dartford, city and district, Kent, SE England, near London. Industries include flour milling and the manufacture of paper, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, a...

Cornwall, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and elect...

Grand Falls, cities, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Grand Falls. 1 City, W N.B., Canada, on the St. John River. The nearby falls in the river and its 1-mi- (1.6-km) long gorge attract many visitors. The ...

Glossop

(Encyclopedia)Glossop glŏsˈəp [key], town, Derbyshire, central England. It is a residential suburb of Ma...