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Bluefields

(Encyclopedia) Bluefields, town, capital of the South Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region and Zelaya dept., SE Nicaragua, on Bluefields Bay at the mouth…

Ceiba, La

(Encyclopedia) Ceiba, LaCeiba, Lalä sāˈbä [key], city (1997 est. pop. 96,000), N Honduras, capital of Atlántida dept., on the Caribbean Sea. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich…

Nagin, Ray

(Encyclopedia) Nagin, Ray (Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr.), 1956–, African-American politician, b. New Orleans. A Louisiana cable-television executive before entering politics, Nagin won the 2002 mayoral…

Galveston

(Encyclopedia) Galveston Galveston gălˈvəstən [key], city (2020 pop. 50,546), seat of Galveston co., on Galveston…

Abbeville, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Abbeville Abbeville ăˈbēvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 11,760), seat of Vermilion parish, S La., on the Vermilion River, with access to the Intracoastal Waterway…

Puerto Barrios

(Encyclopedia) Puerto BarriosPuerto Barriospwārˈtō bärˈyōs [key], city (1994 est. pop. 29,095) and port, E Guatemala, capital of Izabal dept., on the Bay of Amatique, an arm of the Caribbean Sea. It…

Rarotonga

(Encyclopedia) RarotongaRarotongarärōtôngˈgä, rărətŏngˈgə [key], formerly Goodenough's Island, volcanic island (2006 pop. 15,153), 26 sq mi (67 sq km), South Pacific, capital of the Cook Islands. The…

Ten Years After Hurricane Katrina: Fact Sheet

From the U.S. Census Bureau Hurricane Katrina is the costliest U.S. hurricane on record, and the deadliest to strike our nation since 1928. After initially making U.S. landfall on Aug. 25…

Cozumel

(Encyclopedia) CozumelCozumelkōzəˈmel [key], resort island, c.190 sq mi (490 sq km), Quintana Roo state, Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea off the E coast of the Yucatán peninsula. It is famed for its…

Gulfport

(Encyclopedia) Gulfport, city (2020 pop. 72,926), seat of Harrison co., SE Miss., a port on Mississippi Sound, the Gulf of Mexico, in a resort area;…