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Sarthe

(Encyclopedia)Sarthe särt [key], department (1990 pop. 514,600), NW France. Le Mans is the capital. ...

Savoie

(Encyclopedia)Savoie sävwäˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 351,400), SE France, bordering Italy. Chambéry is the capital. ...

Shibin el Kom

(Encyclopedia)Shibin el Kom shĭbēnˈ ĕl ko͝om [key], city (1986 pop. 132,209), capital of Munufiyah governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is an agricultural market and a cotton-processing center. ...

Shirbarghan

(Encyclopedia)Shirbarghan shērbärˈgän [key], city (1981 est. pop. 19,500), capital of Jozjan (Jowzjan) prov., N Afghanistan. It is a market for agricultural produce and Karakul lamb skins and is the site of an ...

Tarn, department, France

(Encyclopedia)Tarn tärn [key], department (1990 pop. 343,400), S France, in Languedoc. Albi is the capital. ...

Côte-d'Or

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

Chitré

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

City of David

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

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 ...

Daejeon

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