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(Encyclopedia)Tokyo tōˈkēō [key], city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. The Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the world's most popul...Guadalajara, town, Spain
(Encyclopedia)Guadalajara, town, capital of Guadalajara prov., central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha, on the Henares River. Its economy is mainly agricultural. It flo...Heredia
(Encyclopedia)Heredia, city (1995 est. pop. 29,200), capital of Heredia prov., central Costa Rica. On the central plateau, it is a center of the coffee and cattle industries and, with its colonial architecture, a t...Isparta
(Encyclopedia)Isparta ĭspärˈtä [key], city, capital of Isparta prov., W central Turkey. It is a manufac...Lozère
(Encyclopedia)Lozère lôzĕrˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 72,700), S central France. Mende is the capital. ...Ardèche
(Encyclopedia)Ardèche ärdĕshˈ [key], department in Vivarais, S France. Privas is the capital. ...Kangar
(Encyclopedia)Kangar kängˌärˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 48,948), capital of Perlis state, Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the Perlis River. It is a port and the center of a rice-growing region. ...Kateríni
(Encyclopedia)Kateríni kätərēˈnē [key], city (1991 pop. 45,281), capital of Piería prefecture, N Greece, in Macedonia. It is the commercial center for a productive tobacco-growing region. Salt and flour are ...Eure
(Encyclopedia)Eure ör [key], department, N France, in Normandy. Évreux is the capital. ...Eure-et-Loir
(Encyclopedia)Eure-et-Loir ör-ā-lwär [key], department, N France. Chartres is the capital. ...Browse by Subject
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