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Mindoro

(Encyclopedia)Mindoro mĭndôˈrō [key], island (1990 pop. 832,642), 3,759 sq mi (9,736 sq km), 7th largest of the Philippines, SW of Luzon. Its mountainous interior rises to c.8,500 ft (2,590 m) at Mt. Halcon. Wh...

McKeesport

(Encyclopedia)McKeesport məkēzˈpôrt [key], city (1990 pop. 26,016), Allegheny co., SW Pa., in hilly terrain at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers; settled 1755, inc. as a city 1890. An in...

Ashtabula

(Encyclopedia)Ashtabula ăshˌtəbyo͞oˈlə [key], city (2020 pop. 17,863), Ashtabula co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River; settled c.1801 by New Englanders, ...

Rybnik

(Encyclopedia)Rybnik rĭbˈnēk [key], town (1993 est. pop. 145,400), Śląskie prov., S Poland. It is a railway junction and industrial center with industries manufacturing mining machinery, metal products, and ch...

Ranchi

(Encyclopedia)Ranchi ränˈchē [key], city (1991 pop. 614,795), capital of Jharkhand state, E central India. It is a district administrative center and a health resort, 2,128 ft (647 m) above sea level, in a regio...

Tonghua

(Encyclopedia)Tonghua or Tunghwa both: to͝ongˈhwäˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 349,500), SW Jilin prov., China, in a mountainous region, and on a railroad to Korea. Abundant coal and iron reserves are in the ar...

Sheffield, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Sheffield, industrial city (1990 pop. 10,380), Colbert co., NW Ala., on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals, in an iron and coal area; inc. 1885. Its varied manufactures include aluminum products, ...

Shakhty

(Encyclopedia)Shakhty shäkhˈtē [key], city (1989 pop. 226,000), SW European Russia; a major anthracite-mining center of the Donets Basin. Industrial products include iron, clothing, brewed beverages, and footwea...

Changbai

(Encyclopedia)Changbai or Changpai both: chängˈbīˈ [key], mountain range, largely in NE China and partly in North Korea; Mt. Paektu, also called Changbai Shan or Baitou Shan (9,003 ft/2,744 m), is the highest p...

Gliwice

(Encyclopedia)Gliwice glĭvēˈtsĕ [key], Ger. Gleiwitz, city (1993 est. pop. 216,000), Śląskie prov., SW Poland. A coal-mining and steel-making center of the Katowice region, it also produces automobiles, machi...