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Landes, department, France

(Encyclopedia)Landes, department (1990 pop. 313,100), SW France, in Gascony, on the Atlantic coast. Mont-de-Marsan is the capital. ...

Sumy

(Encyclopedia)Sumy, city (1989 pop. 291,000), capital of Sumy region, NE Ukraine. Sugar refining is the major industry; other manufactures include furniture and shoes. Founded as a defensive settlement in 1652, it ...

Dráma

(Encyclopedia)Dráma dräˈmä [key], city, capital of Dráma prefecture, NE Greece, in Macedonia. It is th...

Kingstown, town, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

(Encyclopedia)Kingstown, town (1989 est. pop. 19,300), capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. The chief port of St. Vincent, Kingstown is an export center for the island's agricultural industry as ...

Balikesir

(Encyclopedia)Balikesir bälŭkˌĕsērˈ [key], city, capital of Balikesir prov., NW Turkey. It is a rail junction ...

Djibouti, city, Republic of Djibouti

(Encyclopedia)Djibouti jēbo͞otēˈ [key], town (1995 est. pop. 383,000), capital of the Republic of Djibouti, a port on the Gulf of Tadjoura (an inlet of the Gulf of Aden). It is the nation's only sizable town an...

Alentejo

(Encyclopedia)Alentejo əlāntāˈzho͝o [key], historic province, SE Portugal, now divided into Altro (Upper) Alentejo (4,888 sq mi/12,660 sq km) and Baixo (Lower) Alentejo (5,318 sq mi/13,774 sq km). The capital ...

Frankfort

(Encyclopedia)Frankfort, city (2020 pop. 28,602), state capital and seat of Franklin co., N central Ky., on both sides of the Kentucky River, in the heart of the blue...

Apia

(Encyclopedia)Apia äpēˈə [key], town (1983 est. pop. 35,000), capital of Samoa, on the northern coast of Upolu island. The economic, social, and political center of Samoa, Apia is the nation's only port and cit...

Harar

(Encyclopedia)Harar or Harrar both: häˈrər [key], city, capital of Harar region, E central Ethiopia, at an altitude ...