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Cancún

(Encyclopedia) Cancún Cancún känk&oobreve;n [key], city (2021 metro area est.pop. 971,798, Quintana Roo state, SE…

Canonsburg

(Encyclopedia) Canonsburg, borough (2020 pop. 8,672), Washington co., SW Pa., inc. 1802. Its steel and coal industries have declined significantly. A…

Zielona Góra

(Encyclopedia) Zielona GóraZielona Górazhĕlôˈnä g&oomacr;ˈrä [key], Ger. Grünberg, city (1993 est. pop. 115,100), capital (with Gorzów) of Lubuskie prov., W Poland. It is a railroad junction and…

Yibin

(Encyclopedia) YibinYibinyē-bĭn [key] or IpinYibinē-bĭn [key], city (1994 est. pop. 261,300), S Sichuan prov., China. It is a commercial and communications center at the junction of the Min and the…

Waterton Lakes National Park

(Encyclopedia) Waterton Lakes National Park, 203 sq mi (525 sq km), SW Alta., Canada, SW of Lethbridge and at the U.S. border, adjoining Glacier National Park, Mont.; est. 1895. It is the Canadian…

Wenzhou

(Encyclopedia) Wenzhou or WenchowWenzhouboth: wŭn-jō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 449,700), SE Zhejiang prov., SE China. It is a small deep-sea port on the Ou River 12 mi (19 km) from the East China…

Włocławek

(Encyclopedia) WłocławekWłocławekvlôtsläˈvĕk [key], Rus. Vlotslavsk, city (1994 est. pop. 123,000), Kujawsko-Pomorskie prov., central Poland, a port on the Vistula (Wisła) River. It is an…

Bangui

(Encyclopedia) BanguiBanguibäng-gēˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 560,000), capital of the Central African Republic, a port on the Ubangi River, near the Congo (Kinshasa) border. Bangui is an…

Saint Moritz

(Encyclopedia) Saint MoritzSaint Moritzsānt môrˈĭts, mərĭtsˈ [key], Ger. Sankt Moritz, town (1990 est. pop. 5,300), Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, in the Upper Engadine, on the Lake of St. Moritz.…

Rivas

(Encyclopedia) Rivas, town (1995 est. pop. 22,255), SW Nicaragua. It is on the Isthmus of Rivas, a narrow land strip between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. Rivas is the commercial center of a…