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Worksop

(Encyclopedia)Worksop wûrkˈsəp, wûrˈ– [key], town (1991 pop. 34,551), Nottinghamshire, central England. Worksop contains a portion of Sherwood Forest. It is a coal-mining center with many industries, includi...

Drumheller

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

Hoyerswerda

(Encyclopedia)Hoyerswerda hoiˌərsvĕrˈdä [key], city, Saxony, SE Germany, on the Black Elster River; chartered ...

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...

Governador Valadares

(Encyclopedia)Governador Valadares go͝ovərnədo͞orˈ vələᵺäˈrəs [key], city, Minas Gerais...

Gladbeck

(Encyclopedia)Gladbeck glätˈbĕk [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, an industrial center o...

Mufulira

(Encyclopedia)Mufulira mo͞ofo͞olēˈrä [key], city (1990 pop. 152,944), N central Zambia, on the border with the Congo. It is a copper-mining center, located in the Copperbelt. ...

Moresnet

(Encyclopedia)Moresnet môrānāˈ [key], district, 1.5 sq mi (3.9 sq km), Liège prov., E Belgium, near the German border. It was formerly a lead- and zinc-mining center. Under joint Prussian and Dutch (after 1830...

Nanticoke

(Encyclopedia)Nanticoke nănˈtĭkōk [key], city (1990 pop. 12,267), Luzerne co., NE Pa., on the Susquehanna River; founded 1793, inc. as a city 1926. It is largely residential. Plastic products are manufactured. ...

Artemovsk

(Encyclopedia)Artemovsk ərtyôˈməfsk [key], Ukr. Artemivsk, city (1989 pop. 90,000), in Ukraine. An industrial center of the Donets Basin, it produces metals, mining equipment, glass, bricks, and chemicals. Near...