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Barranquilla

(Encyclopedia) Barranquilla Barranquilla bärängkēˈyä [key], city, capital of Atlántico dept., N Colombia, on the…

Santa Clara, city, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) Santa ClaraSanta Clarasänˈtä kläˈrä [key], city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. It is a communications and commercial center located on major rail…

São Tomé

(Encyclopedia) São ToméSão TomésouN t&oobreve;mĕˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 42,331), capital of the republic of São Tomé and Principe and a port on São Tomé island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the…

Gurugram

(Encyclopedia) Gurugram, formerly Gurgaon Gurugram, gûrˈgoun [key], city, Haryana state, N…

Jerba

(Encyclopedia) Jerba,&sp;DjerbaDjerbaboth: jĕrˈbə [key], or JarbahJarbahjärˈ– [key], island, 197 sq mi (510 sq km), SE Tunisia, in the Mediterranean Sea at S entrance to the Gulf of Qabis. Fruit…

Malabo

(Encyclopedia) MalaboMalabomäläˈbō [key], city (1997 est. pop. 50,000), capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Bioko island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the chief port and commercial center of Bioko. Fish…

Pago Pago

(Encyclopedia) Pago PagoPago Pagopängˈō pängˈō, pängˈgō pängˈgō [key], town (1990 pop. 10,640) and capital of American Samoa, on the Southern shore of Tutuila island. Pago Pago has an excellent,…

Oreor

(Encyclopedia) OreorOreorôrˈāôrˌ [key] or KororKororkôrˈrôˌ [key], volcanic island (c.3 sq mi/7.8 sq km; 1990 pop. 10,501), Palau, in the W Caroline Islands, W Pacific. Most of the republic's…

Hargeisa

(Encyclopedia) Hargeisa,&sp;Hargeysa, or HarghessaHargeisa,all: härgāˈsä [key], town (1984 est. pop. 70,000) and capital of the Somaliland region, N Somalia. It is a commercial center and…

Whitehorse

(Encyclopedia) Whitehorse, city (1991 pop. 17,925), S Yukon, Canada, on the Yukon River. Since 1952 it has been the territorial capital. Whitehorse is on the Alaska Highway and was the terminus of…