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(Encyclopedia) Izuka Izuka ēˈz&oobreve;kä [key], city, Fukuoka prefecture, N Kyushu, Japan, on the Onga River…Artem
(Encyclopedia) ArtemArtemərtyômˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 69,000), Maritime Territory (Primorsky Kray), Russian Far East. It is a coal-mining center and has an important thermoelectric station that…Mirny
(Encyclopedia) MirnyMirnymērˈnē [key], town, NE Siberian Russia, in Sakha Republic. Founded in 1956, when diamonds were discovered, Mirny grew rapidly and is now the center of the Russian diamond-…Mountain Ash, town, Wales
(Encyclopedia) Mountain Ash, Welsh Aberpennar, town (1981 pop. 26,231), Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales. A former mining community, it depended upon the great coal mines nearby, which were developed in…Angren
(Encyclopedia) AngrenAngrenən-gryĕnˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 131,970), in the Tashkent region, Uzbekistan. The largest lignite-mining center in Central Asia, it was developed during and after World…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…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.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…Roodepoort
(Encyclopedia) RoodepoortRoodepoortr&oomacr;ˈdəp&oobreve;rt [key], city, now part of the City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa; founded in 1887. It is…Trending
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