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Vijapura

(Encyclopedia)Vijapura, formerly Bijapur bĭjäˈpo͝or [key], city (1991 pop. 193,131), Karnataka state, SE India. It is a trade and district administrative center. Cotton ginning is an important activity; manufac...

Jaipur

(Encyclopedia)Jaipur jīˈpo͝or [key], former native state, W India. It is now part of Rajasthan state. The region of Jaipur is semiarid and mostly level, with scattered rocky hills. Despite light rainfall, fair c...

Kano, city, Nigeria

(Encyclopedia)Kano käˈnō [key], city (1991 est. pop. 595,000), N Nigeria. It is the trade and shipping center for an agricultural region where cotton, cattle, and about half of Nigeria's peanuts are raised. Kano...

Davangere

(Encyclopedia)Davangere däˈvəng–gĕrĕ [key], city, Karnataka state, SW India. It is on the Bengaluru-Pune ...

Alwar

(Encyclopedia)Alwar ŭlˈvər, –ˈwər [key], city, Rajasthan state, N central India. On the Delhi-Jaipur Road, Alwar is a market for grain, oilseed, cotton, and marble. There are tex...

Firozpur

(Encyclopedia)Firozpur fərōzˈpôr [key], city, Punjab state, NW India, on the Sutlej River. It is a tran...

Aurangabad

(Encyclopedia)Aurangabad ourŭngˌgäbädˈ [key], city, Maharashtra state, W India. A district administrative center, it trades cotton, wool, and oil, and has an airport. The city has ...

Makurdi

(Encyclopedia)Makurdi mäko͞orˈdē [key], town (1991 est. pop. 109,000), capital of Benue state, central Nigeria, a port on the Benue River. Sesame seeds and cotton grown in the region are collected at Makurdi fo...

Luddites

(Encyclopedia)Luddites, name given to bands of workingmen in the industrial centers of England who rioted between 1811 and 1816. The uprisings began in Nottinghamshire, where groups of textile workers, in the name ...

Khairpur

(Encyclopedia)Khairpur khīrˈpo͝or [key], city (1981 pop. 61,447), SE Pakistan, in Sind prov. It trades in wheat, cotton, tobacco, and dates and is linked by road and rail to Karachi. Manufactures include textile...

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