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Huainan

(Encyclopedia)Huainan hwī-nän [key], city (1994 est. pop. 769,200), N central Anhui prov., China. Established after 1949 as the center of China's chief coal-mining region, it is the site of a major colliery. Chem...

Hucknall

(Encyclopedia)Hucknall hŭkˈnəl [key] or Hucknall Torkard, town, Nottinghamshire, central England. It has...

Drumheller

(Encyclopedia)Drumheller drŭmˈhĕlˌər [key], city, SE Alta., Canada, on the Red Deer River. Once a coal mining ...

Du Bois

(Encyclopedia)Du Bois do͞oˈbois, dəboisˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 7,272), Clearfield co., W central Pa., in the ...

Duquesne

(Encyclopedia)Duquesne dəkānˈ, do͞o–, dyo͞o– [key], city (2020 pop. 5,589), Allegheny co.,...

Handan

(Encyclopedia)Handan or Hantan both: hän-dän [key], city, SW Hebei prov., China. Its position as a communication and ...

Kamensk-Shakhtinski

(Encyclopedia)Kamensk-Shakhtinski käˈmyĭnsk-shäkhˈtyĭnskē [key], city (1989 pop. 72,000), SE European Russia, on the Donets River. A mining center of the Donets coal basin, the city is also an important prod...

Arao

(Encyclopedia)Arao äräˈō [key], city, Kumamoto prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on Ariake Bay. It is a port and is part of the Omuta-Arao industrial region where chemicals, bricks, fert...

Pernik

(Encyclopedia)Pernik pĕrˈnĭk [key], city (1993 pop. 91,075), W Bulgaria, on the Struma River. The industrial center of a coal-mining region, it has iron and steel smelters, glassworks, and power plants. Pernik i...

Bhadravati

(Encyclopedia)Bhadravati bədräˈvətē [key], city, Karnataka state, S India, on the Bhadra River. The city is an ...