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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...

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, ...

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 ...

Qingdao

(Encyclopedia)Qingdao tsĭngˈtouˈ, chĭngˈdouˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,584,100), SE Shandong prov., E China, on the Yellow Sea. With an excellent ice-free harbor, it is a major fishing and trade port of C...

Aliquippa

(Encyclopedia)Aliquippa ălĭkwĭpˈə [key], borough (2020 pop. 9,238), Beaver co., W Pa., in an industrialized region along the Ohio River N of Pittsburgh; inc. 1894. Aliquippa grew a...

Newcastle, city, Australia

(Encyclopedia)Newcastle, city (2016 pop. 155,411), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the center of one of the country's largest coal-mining areas and is a large port. Coal, wool, iron and s...