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Wigan
(Encyclopedia) WiganWiganwĭgˈən [key], metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 88,725), N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. Wigan has a wide variety of industries,…Quezon City
(Encyclopedia) Quezon City, city (1990 pop. 1,669,776), former capital of the Republic of the Philippines, central Luzon, a part of the Manila metropolitan area. A suburb of Manila, taken separately…Merseyside
(Encyclopedia) Merseyside, former metropolitan county, NW England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Greater Liverpool metropolitan area and comprised five…Espoo
(Encyclopedia) Espoo Espoo ĕsˈpô [key], Swed. Esbo, city, Southern Finland prov., S Finland,…Tel Aviv
(Encyclopedia) Tel AvivTel Avivtĕl əvēvˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial,…Bury
(Encyclopedia) Bury Bury bĕˈrē [key], metropolitan borough, NE England, located in the Manchester…Plano
(Encyclopedia) PlanoPlanoplāˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 128,713), Collin co., N Tex., less than 20 mi (32 km) NE of Dallas; inc. 1873. In a farm and livestock area on the blackland prairie, Plano is a…Sparks
(Encyclopedia) Sparks, city (1990 pop. 53,367), Washoe co., W Nev., just E of Reno; inc. 1905. The Southern Pacific RR was the major employer until the dieselization of railroad engines forced the…Salford
(Encyclopedia) SalfordSalfordsŏlˈfərd, sôlˈ– [key], city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 96,525), NW England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River. Salford was long an…Rochdale
(Encyclopedia) RochdaleRochdalerŏchˈdāl [key], metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 97,282), NW England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Roch River. The city's chief industry is the…Trending
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