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Macomb

(Encyclopedia) Macomb, city (1990 pop. 19,952), seat of McDonough co., W Ill.; inc. as a city 1856. A trade and manufacturing center in a rich farm, clay, and coal region, the city is known for its…

Weirton

(Encyclopedia) Weirton, city (1990 pop. 22,124), Brooke and Hancock counties, NW W.Va., in the industrial Northern Panhandle, on the Ohio River; settled 1790s, inc. 1947. Its industries include coal…

Belovo

(Encyclopedia) Belovo Belovo byĕlôˈvə [key], city, S central Siberian Russia. One of the largest industrial…

Beipiao

(Encyclopedia) Beipiao or PehpiaoPehpiaoboth: bā-pēou [key], city (1994 est. pop. 200,700), Liaoning prov., China. It is a coal-mining center. The name sometimes appears as Pei-p'iao.

Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st ViscountRhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscountrŏnˈdə [key], 1856–1918, British industrialist and public official. He entered his father's coal…

Enugu

(Encyclopedia) Enugu Enugu ĕn&oomacr;ˈg&oomacr; [key], city, SE Nigeria. It is a diversified industrial center…

Saint Helens

(Encyclopedia) Saint Helens, metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 114,397), NW England, in the Greater Liverpool metropolitan area. It is a major center of glass manufacture in England. The city also has…

Indiana, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Indiana, industrial borough (2020 pop. 13,067), seat of Indiana co., W Pa.; inc. 1816. It is the principal supply and trading center for…

Asansol

(Encyclopedia) Asansol Asansol əsənsōlˈ [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India. It is an industrial center in the Damodar valley coal-mining area, with rail and road…

Mieres

(Encyclopedia) MieresMieresmēāˈrĕs [key], city (1990 pop. 57,627), Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Lena River. It is an important mining center for coal, sulfur, and cinnabar and has iron…