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Antioch, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Antioch, city (2020 pop. 115,291), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on the San Joaquin River near the mouth of the Sacramento; inc. 1872. It is a processing and shipping center for the agricult...

Isahaya

(Encyclopedia)Isahaya ēsäˈhäyä [key], city, Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. An agricultural center ...

Karaj

(Encyclopedia)Karaj käräjˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 442,387), Tehran prov., N Iran, on the Karaj River. It is an agricultural market and a transportation center. Chemicals are manufactured there. ...

Caltagirone

(Encyclopedia)Caltagirone kälˌtäjērôˈnā [key], city, SE Sicily, Italy. An agricultural and sulfur-mining center, ...

Caruaru

(Encyclopedia)Caruaru kəro͞oəro͞oˈ [key], city, Pernambuco state, NE Brazil, on the Ipojuca River. It is a ...

Watergate affair

(Encyclopedia)Watergate affair, in U.S. history, series of scandals involving the administration of President Richard M. Nixon; more specifically, the burglarizing of the Democratic party national headquarters in t...

Loir

(Encyclopedia)Loir lwär [key], river, 193 mi (310 km) long, rising S of Chartres, N central France, and flowing generally SW through a fertile agricultural region to join the Sarthe River N of Angers. ...

Kiskunfélegyháza

(Encyclopedia)Kiskunfélegyháza kĭshˈkoŏnfāˈlĕdyəhäˌzŏ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 34,130), S central Hungary. It is a road and rail junction; trade and industry are based on the agricultural products of...

Sangli

(Encyclopedia)Sangli sängˈglēˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 363,751), Maharashtra state, SE India, on the Krishna River. It is an agricultural market and a district administrative center. Oilseed and turmeric are par...

Imaichi

(Encyclopedia)Imaichi ēmīˈchē [key], former city, Tochigi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. An agricultural market and tourist center near Nikko National Park, it was merged into the city of Nikko in 2006. ...