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Louvière, La
(Encyclopedia) Louvière, LaLouvière, Lalä l&oomacr;vyârˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 76,432), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. It was an industrial center of the Bassin du Centre coal-mining region but…Luanshya
(Encyclopedia) LuanshyaLuanshyalwänshˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 146,275), N central Zambia, near the Congo border. It is a copper-mining center, located on the Copperbelt.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…Avesta, city, Sweden
(Encyclopedia) AvestaAvestaäˈvəstäˌ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 16,860), Kopparberg co., S central Sweden, on the Dalälven River. Aluminum and high quality steel are manufactured there. Formerly a…Aldan, city, Russia
(Encyclopedia) AldanAldanəldänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 27,000), Sakha Republic, E Siberian Russia, on the Aldan Plateau. Located on a major north-south highway of the region, it is also in the heart…Worksop
(Encyclopedia) WorksopWorksopwûrkˈsəp, wûrˈ– [key], town (1991 pop. 34,551), Nottinghamshire, central England. Worksop contains a portion of Sherwood Forest. It is a coal-mining center with many…Ube
(Encyclopedia) UbeUbe&oomacr;ˈbā [key], city (1990 pop. 175,053), Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea. It has a modern harbor and an important chemical industry. Coal mining…Seward Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Seward Peninsula, W Alaska, projecting c.200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle. The region is mostly bleak tundra,…Adamawa Massif
(Encyclopedia) Adamawa MassifAdamawa Massifädämäwäˈ, ădˌəmäˈwə [key], plateau, c.26,000 sq mi (67,300 sq km), N central Cameroon and E Nigeria, W central Africa. It is sparsely populated, and chiefly…Port Radium
(Encyclopedia) Port Radium, mining village, N central Northwest Territories, Canada, on Great Bear Lake. The mines were discovered in 1930 and yielded deposits of pitchblende, from which much radium…Trending
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