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Shimla

(Encyclopedia) ShimlaShimlashĭmˈlə [key], formerly Simla, town (1991 pop. 110,360), capital of Himachal Pradesh state, NW India. It is situated on a forested ridge (c.7,100 ft/2,165 m high) in the W…

Kota

(Encyclopedia) KotaKotakōˈtə [key], city (1991 pop. 537,371), Rajasthan state, NW India, on the Chambal River. Kota, enclosed by a massive wall, is a district administrative center and a market for…

Köthen

(Encyclopedia) KöthenKöthenköˈtən [key], city (1994 pop. 31,860), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. Köthen has lignite mines, sugar refineries, textile mills, chemical factories, and heavy engineering…

Lilongwe

(Encyclopedia) LilongweLilongwelēlôngˈgwā [key], city (1994 est. pop. 395,500), S central Malawi, in a fertile agricultural area. The capital of Malawi since 1975, it is an administrative and…

El Segundo

(Encyclopedia) El Segundo El Segundo ĕl sēgŭnˈdō [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 16,504), Los Angeles co., S Calif…

Lomé

(Encyclopedia) LoméLomélômāˈ [key], city (2010 pop. 837,437), capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea. It is the country's administrative, communications, and industrial center, and the chief port,…

Majuro

(Encyclopedia) MajuroMajuromäj&oomacr;ˈrō [key], atoll and town (c.4 sq mi/10 sq km; 1988 pop. 19,664), capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Located in the Ratak Chain in the W…

Makurdi

(Encyclopedia) MakurdiMakurdimäk&oomacr;rˈdē [key], town (1991 est. pop. 109,000), capital of Benue state, central Nigeria, a port on the Benue River. Sesame seeds and cotton grown in the region…

Avarua

(Encyclopedia) Avarua, town (est. pop. 2,600), capital, largest town, and main port of the Cook Islands, located on the N coast of Rarotonga. A trading center for locally produced fruit and fish, it…

Aurangabad

(Encyclopedia) Aurangabad Aurangabad ourŭngˌgäbädˈ [key], city, Maharashtra state, W India. A district administrative center, it trades cotton, wool, and oil, and has an…