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Nuevitas

(Encyclopedia) NuevitasNuevitasnwāvēˈtäs [key], city (1995 est. pop. 52,000), Camagüey prov., E Cuba, on the Guincho peninsula on the north coast. Nuevitas is sheltered by a huge harbor, has two…

Oil City

(Encyclopedia) Oil City, city (1990 pop. 11,949), Venango co., NW Pa., on the Allegheny River; inc. 1871. The city was founded after Edwin L. Drake struck (1859) oil nearby in Titusville. It was a…

Sogn og Fjordane

(Encyclopedia) Sogn og FjordaneSogn og Fjordanesôngˈnə ô fyôrˈdänə [key], county (1995 pop. 107,612), c.7,150 sq mi (18,500 sq km), W Norway, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Hermansverk…

Solingen

(Encyclopedia) SolingenSolingenzōˈlĭng-ən [key], city (1994 pop. 166,064), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Wupper River opposite Remscheid. It is a major center of the German cutlery…

Votkinsk

(Encyclopedia) VotkinskVotkinskvôtˈkĭnsk [key], city (1989 pop. 103,500), Udmurt Republic, E European Russia, on a tributary of the Kama River. It has machine plants and sawmills. Founded in 1759 as…

Fairmont

(Encyclopedia) Fairmont, city (2020 pop. 18,302), seat of Marion co., N central W.Va., where the West Fork and Tygart rivers form the Monongahela;…

Coos Bay

(Encyclopedia) Coos Bay Coos Bay k&oomacr;s [key], city (2020 pop. 15,985), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on…

Cotabato

(Encyclopedia) Cotabato Cotabato kōtäbäˈtō [key], city, Maguindanao prov., W Mindanao, the Philippines, near the…

Fuchu

(Encyclopedia) Fuchu Fuchu f&oomacr;ˈch&oomacr; [key]. 1 City, Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the…

Frederiksted

(Encyclopedia) Frederiksted Frederiksted frĕˈdrĭkstĕd [key], town, historically the chief port and commercial center…