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Beckley

(Encyclopedia) Beckley, city (2020 pop. 17,286), seat of Raleigh co., S W.Va.; inc. 1927. Beckley's major industries include tourism, agriculture (…

Timmins

(Encyclopedia) Timmins, town (1991 pop. 47,461), central Ont., Canada, on the Mattagami River. Timmins is the commercial center of the rich Porcupine gold-mining district, where gold was first…

Kimberley, city, South Africa

(Encyclopedia) KimberleyKimberleykĭmˈbərlē [key], city, now part and seat of Sol Plaatje local municipality, Northern Cape prov., South Africa. Since the 19th cent. the city has been primarily a…

Oviedo

(Encyclopedia) OviedoOviedoōvyāˈᵺō [key], city (1990 pop. 194,637), capital of Asturias and of the coextensive Oviedo prov., NW Spain, near the mining district of the Cantabrian Mts. Oviedo has long…

Altai

(Encyclopedia) Altai or AltayAltayboth: ăltīˈ, äl–, ălˈtī, Rus. əltīˈ [key], geologically complex mountain system of central Asia; largely in the Altai Republic, Russia, and in Kazakhstan, but…

Makiyivka

(Encyclopedia) MakiyivkaMakiyivkaməkēˈəfkə [key], Rus. Makeyevka, city (1989 pop. 430,000), SE Ukraine, in the Donets Basin. It is a metallurgical and coal-mining center and has machinery and coking…

Irapuato

(Encyclopedia) Irapuato Irapuato ēräpwäˈtō [key], city, Guanajuato state, W central Mexico, on the Irapuato River. It…

Kerkrade

(Encyclopedia) KerkradeKerkradekĕrkˈräˌdə [key], city (1994 pop. 52,848), Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, on the German border. It is one of Europe's oldest coal-mining centers. The activity began…

Kolwezi

(Encyclopedia) KolweziKolwezikōlwĕzˈē [key], city (1984 pop. 416,122), Haut-Katanga prov., SE Congo (Kinshasa). It is a center for copper and cobalt mining. There are copper-ore concentration plants…

Kirovsk

(Encyclopedia) KirovskKirovskkēˈrəfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 43,500), N European Russia, on the Kola Peninsula. The city is the center of a mining complex that produces apatite and nephelite, raw…