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Escondido

(Encyclopedia) Escondido Escondido ĕskəndēˈdō [key], city (2020 pop. 151,038), San Diego co., S Calif.; inc. 1888…

Figueres

(Encyclopedia) Figueres Figueres fēgāˈrəs [key] or Figueras Figueres…

Bayeux

(Encyclopedia) Bayeux Bayeux bäy&oomacr;ˈ, Fr. bäyöˈ [key], town, Calvados dept., N France, in Normandy, near the…

Tuxtla Gutiérrez

(Encyclopedia) Tuxtla GutiérrezTuxtla Gutiérrezt&oomacr;sˈtlä g&oomacr;tyārˈrās [key] or Tuxtla, city (1990 pop. 289,626), capital of Chiapas state, SE Mexico, in the fertile Grijalva valley…

Santa Clara, city, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) Santa ClaraSanta Clarasänˈtä kläˈrä [key], city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. It is a communications and commercial center located on major rail…

Saint Charles

(Encyclopedia) Saint Charles. 1 City (1990 pop. 22,501), Kane co., NE Ill., on the Fox River, a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1850. Located in an agricultural area (corn and soybeans), the city has food-…

Reston

(Encyclopedia) Reston, uninc. city (1990 pop. 48,556), Fairfax co., N Va., a residential and commercial suburb c. 20 mi (32 km) W of Washington, D.C. A planned community, it was established in 1961…

Reyes, Rafael

(Encyclopedia) Reyes, RafaelReyes, Rafaelräfäĕlˈ rāˈyās [key], 1850–1921, president of Colombia (1904–9). As a young man, he explored the upper Amazon wilderness with his brother. Later he…

Rockville

(Encyclopedia) Rockville, city (1990 pop. 44,835), seat of Montgomery co., W central Md., a NW suburb of Washington, D.C.; settled c.1760s, inc. as a city 1860. It has several scientific research and…

Conakry

(Encyclopedia) Conakry Conakry kŏnˈəkrē [key], city, capital of Guinea and its Conakry region, SW Guinea, a port…