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Tracy

(Encyclopedia)Tracy, city (1990 pop. 33,558), San Joaquin co., central Calif., in the San Joaquin valley; inc. 1910. It is a railroad junction in a cattle and dairying region. Grapes, sugar beets, grain, fruit, nut...

Albury-Wodonga

(Encyclopedia)Albury-Wodonga ôlˈbərē-wədôngˈgə [key], twin cities (2016 combined pop. 83,104). Albury is in New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Murray River. Wodonga is on the S side of the river in Victo...

Alcobaça

(Encyclopedia)Alcobaça əlko͝obäˈsə [key], town, Leiria dist., W central Portugal, in Estremadura. The town, a fruit processing and textile center, became a center of the Cistercia...

Craigavon

(Encyclopedia)Craigavon, town and district, S central Northern Ireland. Craigavon was designated one of the new towns in 1962, primarily to stimulate economic growth....

Cumbernauld

(Encyclopedia)Cumbernauld, town, near Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, SW Scotland. Cumbernauld, the 15th of Britain's new towns, was designated in 1955 to alleviate Glasg...

Châteauroux

(Encyclopedia)Châteauroux shätōro͞oˈ [key], city, capital of Indre dept., central France, on the Indre River. ...

Ciego de Ávila

(Encyclopedia)Ciego de Ávila syāˈgō dā äˈvēlä [key], city (1995 est. pop. 91,000), capital of Ciego de Ávila prov., central Cuba. An important processing center in a sugarcane region, it is also one of Cu...

Goiânia

(Encyclopedia)Goiânia go͝oyäˈnyə [key], city, capital of Goiás state, S central Brazil. A modern plan...

Gori

(Encyclopedia)Gori gôˈrē [key], city (1989 pop. 68,924), central Georgia. A rail junction, it has food processing plants. Mentioned in the 7th cent. as Tontio, it was later named after a fortress. Gori passed to...

Aligarh

(Encyclopedia)Aligarh əlēgŭrˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. A district administrative headquarters and an important agricultural trade center, it also has a num...