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Ankara

(Encyclopedia)Ankara ăngˈkərə, Turk. ängˈkärä [key], city (2021 pop. 4,587,558), capital of Turkey and Ankara prov., W central Turkey, at an elevation of c.3,000 ft (910 m). Tur...

Kinshasa

(Encyclopedia)Kinshasa kēnˈshäsə [key], city (1984 pop. 2,664,309), capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, W Congo, a port on Pool Malebo of the Congo River. It is the Congo's largest city and its adm...

Persepolis

(Encyclopedia)Persepolis pərsĕpˈəlĭs [key] [Gr.,=city of Persia], ancient city of Persia, ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid empire under Darius I and his successors. The administrative capitals were elsewhe...

Peshawar

(Encyclopedia)Peshawar pəshäˈwär, pəshôˈər [key], city (1998 pop. 988,005), capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), NW Pakistan. A road and rail center near the famed Khyber P...

Loiret

(Encyclopedia)Loiret lwärāˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 580,612), N central France, partly in Orléanais. Orléans is the capital. ...

Lot, department, France

(Encyclopedia)Lot lôt [key], department (1990 pop. 156,100), S central France, in Quercy. Cahors is the capital. ...

Ariège

(Encyclopedia)Ariège äryĕzhˈ [key], department, SW France, in Languedoc, bounded by Spain and Andorra. Foix is the capital. ...

Maebashi

(Encyclopedia)Maebashi mäāˈbäshē [key], city (1990 pop. 286,261), capital of Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. Now a silk textile center, it was formerly the castle town of the Matsud...

Komotiní

(Encyclopedia)Komotiní kômətĭnēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 39,927), capital of Rodhópi prefecture, NE Greece, in Thrace. It is the commercial center for a region that produces grains, silk, and tobacco. The cit...

Saint George

(Encyclopedia)Saint George, town (1991 pop. 1,648), on St. George's Island, Bermuda. It was the capital of Bermuda until 1815, when it was replaced by Hamilton. During the American Civil War it harbored Confederate...