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São Caetano do Sul

(Encyclopedia)São Caetano do Sul souN kītäˈno͞o ᵺo͝o so͞ol [key], city (1996 pop. 140,808), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, an industrial suburb southeast of the city of São Paulo. Because of their integrati...

Marianao

(Encyclopedia)Marianao märyänäˈō [key], municipality (1982 est. pop. 130,000), Ciudad de La Habana prov., W Cuba, a commercial and residential suburb of Havana. Marianao encloses the military base of Columbia,...

Reutlingen

(Encyclopedia)Reutlingen roitˈlĭng-ən [key], city (1994 pop. 107,607), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany. Manufactures include textiles, paper, leather goods, iron, and machinery. Reutlingen was a free imperial cit...

Riobamba

(Encyclopedia)Riobamba rēōbämˈbä [key], city (1990 est. pop. 95,505), capital of Chimborazo prov., central Ecuador, near Chimborazo volcano, in a high basin of the Andes. Riobamba is the headquarters of the ra...

Barletta

(Encyclopedia)Barletta bärlĕtˈtä [key], city, Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport and a ...

Schwäbisch Hall

(Encyclopedia)Schwäbisch Hall shvĕbˈĭsh häl [key] or Hall, city (1994 pop. 33,892), Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on the Kocher River. It is a rail junction and has manufactures in building materials, textile...

Sétif

(Encyclopedia)Sétif sātēfˈ [key], ancient Sitifis, city (1998 pop. 211,859), capital of Sétif prov., NE Algeria. It is the commercial center of a region where native textiles and phosphates are manufactured an...

Taunton, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Taunton tônˈtən, tänˈ– [key], city (1991 pop. 47,793), county seat of Somerset, SW England, on the Trove River. Its industries include the manufacture of textiles, shirts, gloves, and precision...

Cosenza

(Encyclopedia)Cosenza kōzānˈtsä [key], city, capital of Cosenza prov., Calabria, S Italy, at the conflu...

Cottbus

(Encyclopedia)Cottbus or Kottbus both: kôtˈbo͝os [key], city, Brandenburg, E Germany, on the Spree River. It is an ...