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Chetumal

(Encyclopedia)Chetumal chāto͞oˈmäl [key], city, capital of Quintana Roo State, E. Mexico. Chetumal is a major ...

Chifeng

(Encyclopedia)Chifeng chûr-fŭng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 392,000), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. It is an agricultural distribution center, trading in wool, furs, hides, and grain. Coal and gold mi...

Chita

(Encyclopedia)Chita chētäˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 366,000), capital of Chita region, SE Siberian Russia, at the confluence of the Chita and Ingoda rivers and on the Trans-Siberian RR. Railroad and food-processin...

David, city, Panama

(Encyclopedia)David dävēdˈ [key], city, capital of Chiriquí prov., SW Panama. It is a regional commerci...

Uijeongbu

(Encyclopedia)Uijeongbu or Uijongbu o͝oˈēˈjôngˈbo͞oˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 276,255), Gyeonggi (Kyonggi) prov., NW South Korea. Part of Seoul's fringe industrial region, Uijeongbu is an agricultural center ...

Paramount

(Encyclopedia)Paramount pârˈəmountˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 47,669), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. Originally a dairy region, it has become highly industrialized since the 1950s. The growing city has ind...

Horn of Africa

(Encyclopedia)Horn of Africa, peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, sepa...

Kemerovo

(Encyclopedia)Kemerovo kĕmˈərōˌvō [key], city (1989 pop. 520,000), capital of Kemerovo region, central Siberian Russia, on the Tom River and on a branch of the Trans-Siberian RR. It is a coal-mining center of...

Surgut

(Encyclopedia)Surgut so͞orˈgo͞ot [key], city (1989 pop. 248,000), in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, Siberian Russia, on the Ob river. An oil and gas center as well as a port, it is connected by rail and pip...

Ahome

(Encyclopedia)Ahome äōˈmā [key], city, Sinaloa state, W Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. Ahome lies along the Inter-American Highway and is linked by rail with Mexico City. Sugarcane, grains, and cotton are grown ...