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Chita

(Encyclopedia)Chita chētäˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 366,000), capital of Chita region, SE Siberian Russia, at the confluence of the Chita and Ingoda rivers and on the Trans-Siberian RR. Railroad and food-processin...

Changhua

(Encyclopedia)Changhua or Changhwa both: jängˈhwäˈ [key], city, central Taiwan. It is a transportat...

Fianarantsoa

(Encyclopedia)Fianarantsoa fyänäräntso͞oˈə, –tsōˈə [key], town, S central Madagascar, in...

Ely

(Encyclopedia)Ely, town, Cambridgeshire, E central England. It is a market town for the surrounding rich farming area and has food-processing industries. Tourism is a...

Mbeya

(Encyclopedia)Mbeya, city (2005 pop. 280,000), SW Tanzania. Located on the Tazara Railway, Mbeya was founded as a gold mining town in the 1920s. It is a market town for the fertile surrounding highlands, which prod...

Minusinsk

(Encyclopedia)Minusinsk mēno͞osēnskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 73,000), S central Siberian Russia, in Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Minusinsk basin and on the Yenisei River. Founded in 1822, it is a river port and...

Morón

(Encyclopedia)Morón mōrōnˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 641,541), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Settled in the early 16th cent., Morón beca...

Mitchell

(Encyclopedia)Mitchell, city (1990 pop. 13,798), seat of Davison co., SE S.Dak.; inc. 1881. Mitchell is a trade, distribution, and shipping center for a dairy and livestock area. Its industries include food process...

Łomża

(Encyclopedia)Łomża lômˈzhä [key], town (1991 est. pop. 61,400), Podlaskie prov., NE Poland, on the Narew River. It is a railway terminus. Industries include food processing and paper and textile milling. Łom...

Lons-le-Saunier

(Encyclopedia)Lons-le-Saunier lôN-lə-sōnyāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 20,140), capital of Jura dept., E France, at the foot of the Jura Mts. A saltwater spa since Roman times, the town has food and textile indust...