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Bahr el-Huleh

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el-Huleh: see Hula, Lake.

Bahr el Abiad

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el Abiad, river, Sudan: see White Nile. ...

Bahr el Azraq

(Encyclopedia)Bahr el Azraq, river, Sudan: see Blue Nile. ...

Sharm el Sheikh

(Encyclopedia)Sharm el Sheikh or Sharm ash Shaykh: see Sinai. ...

South El Monte

(Encyclopedia)South El Monte, city (1990 pop. 20,850), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel Valley; inc. 1958. Manufactures include transportation equipment, electrical and plastic products, clothing, text...

Sissi, Abdel Fattah El-

(Encyclopedia)Sissi, Abdel Fattah El-: see Sisi, Abdel Fattah El-. ...

Lempa

(Encyclopedia)Lempa lāmˈpä [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in Guatemala and flowing S through Honduras into El Salvador, then generally S to the Pacific Ocean. An important stream, it waters the fer...

Romero, Saint Óscar

(Encyclopedia)Romero, Saint Óscar (Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez), 1917–80, Salvadoran bishop and human rights advocate. He studied at the Gregorian Univ. in Rome and was ordained in 1942. Returning to El Sa...

Fonseca, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia)Fonseca, Gulf of fōnsāˈkä [key], inlet of the Pacific Ocean, c.700 sq mi (1,810 sq km), c.50 mi (80 km) long and c.30 mi (50 km) wide, W Central America. In a volcanic area, it is a natural shallo...

Santa Tecla

(Encyclopedia)Santa Tecla: see Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador. ...