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Suwon

(Encyclopedia)Suwon so͞oˈwŭnˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 2,449,139), capital of Gyeonggi (Kyonggi) prov., NW South Korea. It is an important communications point and a local agricultural research center. Suwon has ...

Sakai

(Encyclopedia)Sakai säkīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 807,765), Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay at the mouth of the Yamato River. An industrial center, it has engineering, iron- and steelworks, chemic...

Pingxiang

(Encyclopedia)Pingxiang or Pingsiang both: pĭng-shyäng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 451,700), W Jiangxi prov., China. It is a major coal-mining center, producing quality coking coal for the Huangshi iron and steel...

DeLand

(Encyclopedia)DeLand də lăndˈ [key], resort city (2020 pop. 37,351), seat of Volusia co., NE Fla.; inc. ...

Gorakhpur

(Encyclopedia)Gorakhpur gōˈrəkpo͝orˌ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Rapti River. ...

Ondo

(Encyclopedia)Ondo ŏnˈdō [key], city (1991 est. pop. 150,000), SW Nigeria. It is the market center for a cacao and timber producing region and has rice mills and sawmills. Ondo was formerly the capital of a Yoru...

Baza

(Encyclopedia)Baza bäˈthä [key], town, Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia. It is a food-processing cen...

Selkirk, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Selkirk, town (1991 pop. 9,815), SE Man., Canada, on the Red River. Just S of Lake Winnipeg, it is a port for products from N Manitoba. There are steel mills, foundries, and shipyards in the town. It ...

Saint Catharines

(Encyclopedia)Saint Catharines, city (1991 pop. 129,300), S Ont., Canada, on the Welland Ship Canal. An industrial center in a rich fruit-growing region, it has canneries and wineries as well as textile and paper m...

Salekhard

(Encyclopedia)Salekhard səlyĭkhärtˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 32,300), capital of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, NW Siberian Russia, on the lower Ob River. It is a river port and has fish canneries, lumber mills, ...