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Ascoli Piceno

(Encyclopedia)Ascoli Piceno äˈskōlē pēchĕˈnō [key], city, capital of Ascoli Piceno prov., Marche region, central Italy, at the confluence of the Castellano and Tronto rivers. It...

Kurgan

(Encyclopedia)Kurgan ko͞orgänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 356,000), capital of Kurgan region, W Siberian Russia, on the Tobol River. Kurgan is the important junction of the western branches of the Trans-Siberian RR....

Antrim

(Encyclopedia)Antrim ănˈtrĭm [key], district, 217 sq mi (562 sq km), NE Northern Ireland. The eastern and seaward area is a picturesque region of mountains and glens; to the west, wh...

Marie Byrd Land

(Encyclopedia)Marie Byrd Land, area of W Antarctica, E of the Ross Shelf Ice and the Ross Sea and S of the Amundsen Sea; the Ford Ranges lie in the northwest part. The region was discovered and claimed for the Unit...

Shiga

(Encyclopedia)Shiga shēˈgä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 1,222,401), S Honshu, Japan. Otsu (the capital) and Hikone are the chief cities. It is predominantly an agricultural region, with rice the principal crop. ...

Creusot, Le

(Encyclopedia)Creusot, Le lə krözōˈ [key], city, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy. ...

Chorzów

(Encyclopedia)Chorzów hôˈzho͞of [key], city, Śląskie prov., S Poland. A rail junction and a center of...

Ciego de Ávila

(Encyclopedia)Ciego de Ávila syāˈgō dā äˈvēlä [key], city (1995 est. pop. 91,000), capital of Ciego de Ávila prov., central Cuba. An important processing center in a sugarcane region, it is also one of Cu...

Clackmannanshire

(Encyclopedia)Clackmannanshire klăkmănˈənshər, –shĭrˌ [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 48,660), 60 sq mi (157 sq km), and former county, central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the cou...

Chaozhou

(Encyclopedia)Chaozhou chouˈänˈ [key], city, E Guangdong prov., China, on the Han River. It is a transpo...