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Wadowice

(Encyclopedia) WadowiceWadowicevädōvēˈtsĕ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 19,600), Bielsko-Biała prov., S Poland, on Skawa River, 23 mi (37 km) WSW of Kraków. Located in a region of rolling hills,…

Bonaire

(Encyclopedia) BonaireBonairebônĕrˈ [key], island (1990 est. pop. 11,000), 112 sq mi (290 sq km), a special municipality of the Netherlands, in the West Indies off the coast of Venezuela. It was…

Blackpool

(Encyclopedia) Blackpool, borough and unitary authority (2021 est. pop. 138,380), Lancashire, NW England, on the Irish Sea. Famed as a traditionally…

Blantyre

(Encyclopedia) Blantyre Blantyre blăntīˈər [key], city (2021 est. pop. 584,877), S Malawi, in the Shire Highlands. It…

Bayamo

(Encyclopedia) BayamoBayamobäyäˈmō [key], city (1995 est. pop. 132,000), Granma prov., SE Cuba. It is a manufacturing and transportation center. Cattle raising and sugar refining are the main…

Swansea, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) SwanseaSwanseaswŏnˈzē [key], town (1990 est. pop. 15,500), Bristol co., SE Mass., a suburb of Fall River, on an inlet of Mount Hope Bay; founded 1667, inc. 1785. Once a vast farmland,…

Taiyuan

(Encyclopedia) TaiyuanTaiyuantī-yüän [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,642,300), capital of Shanxi prov., N China, on the Fen River, in one of the world's richest coal and iron areas. It is a mining and…

Bideford

(Encyclopedia) BidefordBidefordbĭdˈəfərd [key], town (1985 est. 12,300), Devon, SW England, on the Torridge estuary. Formerly a major seaport, it still maintains some foreign trade (timber is…

Xinhui

(Encyclopedia) XinhuiXinhuishĭn-hwē [key] or SunwuiXinhuis&oomacr;nˈwēˈ [key], town (1994 est. pop. 254,700), S Guangdong prov., SE China, in the Xi River delta, near Guangzhou. It has fruit…

Hampton, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hampton. <1> City (2020 pop. 8,368), Henry co., central Ga.; est. 1873. Originally known as Bear Creek, the town was moved and…