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Tokushima

(Encyclopedia)Tokushima tōko͞oˈshĭmä [key], city (1990 pop. 263,356), capital of Tokushima prefecture, E Shikoku, Japan. It is a port and a center for the manufacture of chemicals, cotton fabrics, and wood pro...

Biddeford

(Encyclopedia)Biddeford bĭdˈĭfərd [key], city (2020 pop. 22,552), York co., SW Maine, on the Saco River; ...

Yingkou

(Encyclopedia)Yingkou or Yingkow both: yĭng-kō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 465,700), S Liaoning prov., China, on the Liao River near its mouth on the Bohai. It is on the South Manchurian RR in an area producing r...

Yola

(Encyclopedia)Yola yōˈlä [key], city, E Nigeria, a port on the Benue River. Cotton, peanuts, hides, and skins are shipped from Yola. The city is a road junction and has an airport; there is ferry service across ...

Zomba

(Encyclopedia)Zomba zŏmˈbə [key], town (1994 est. pop. 62,700), S Malawi, in the Shire Highlands. Until 1973 it was the national capital. European planters founded the town c.1880. It is the commercial center fo...

Wei, river, China

(Encyclopedia)Wei wā [key], river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in SE Gansu prov. and flowing E through Gansu and Shaanxi provs. to the Huang He. Its wide, alluvial valley was the site of some of the earliest ce...

Rampur

(Encyclopedia)Rampur rämpo͝orˈ [key], city and former princely state, 893 sq mi (2,313 sq km), N central India. In 1949 the state was merged with Uttar Pradesh state. Rampur, city (1991 pop. 243,742), formerly t...

Barnaul

(Encyclopedia)Barnaul bərnəo͞olˈ [key], city, capital of Altai Territory, SW Siberian Russia, on the Ob ...

San Miguel

(Encyclopedia)San Miguel sän mēgĕlˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 118,214), E El Salvador, at the foot of San Miguel, an active volcano (6,996 ft/2,132 m, also known as Chaparrastique). It has textile, rope, and dairy...

Baroda

(Encyclopedia)Baroda bərōˈdə [key], former native state, now incorporated in Gujarat state, W central I...