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Oran

(Encyclopedia)Oran ôräNˈ [key], city (1998 pop. 692,516), capital of Oran prov., NW Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Oran of the Mediterranean Sea. One of the country's leading ports, it ships wheat, wine, alcohol...

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...

Côte-d'Or

(Encyclopedia)Côte-d'Or kōt-dôr [key], department, E France, largely in Burgundy, partly in Champagne. ...

Daejeon

(Encyclopedia)Daejeon or Taejon dīˈjônˈ [key], city, capital of South Chungcheong (Chungchong) prov., central ...

Colima, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Colima, city, capital of Colima state, SW Mexico. It is a marketing and processing center for the surrounding agricultural region. The city was founded ...

City of David

(Encyclopedia)City of David, in the Bible, epithet of Bethlehem, the birthplace of David, and of Jerusalem, his capital. ...

Chitré

(Encyclopedia)Chitré chētrāˈ [key], city, S Panama, near the Gulf of Panama. It is capital of the Herre...

Charente, department, France

(Encyclopedia)Charente shäräNtˈ [key], department, W France. The capital is Angoulême. The brandy disti...