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(Encyclopedia) PlacetasPlacetaspläsāˈtäs [key], city (1994 est. pop. 42,000), Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. Tobacco processing is the city's chief industry. Placetas is located on a major highway…Saransk
(Encyclopedia) SaranskSaransksəränskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 312,000), capital of Mordovia, central European Russia. Machine building and food processing are the major industries. Saransk was founded…Bacolod
(Encyclopedia) Bacolod Bacolod bäkōˈlōd, –lōᵺ [key], city, capital of Negros Occidental prov., NW Negros island, the…Baranagar
(Encyclopedia) Baranagar Baranagar bŭrˈənəgər [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. A suburb…Namangan
(Encyclopedia) NamanganNamangannəmən-gänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 305,585), capital of Namangan region, W Uzbekistan, in the Fergana Basin. A center for the production of cotton and silk, it also has…Klerksdorp
(Encyclopedia) KlerksdorpKlerksdorpklĕrksˈdôrp [key], city, part and seat of the City of Matlosana local municipality, North West prov., NE South Africa, on the Schoonspruit River. The town, which…South Bend
(Encyclopedia) South Bend, city (1990 pop. 105,511), seat of St. Joseph co., N Ind., on the great south bend of the St. Joseph River, in a farming and mint-growing region; inc. as a city 1865. An…milling
(Encyclopedia) milling, mechanical grinding of wheat or other grains to produce flour. Milling separates the fine, mealy parts of grain from the fibrous bran covering. In prehistoric times grain was…Guayama
(Encyclopedia) Guayama Guayama gwäyäˈmä [key], town, SE Puerto Rico, founded 1736. It is a growing processing and…Hanford
(Encyclopedia) Hanford, city (2020 pop. 57,990), seat of Kings co., central Calif.; inc. 1891. It is an agricultural trade and processing center of the…Trending
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