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Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region

(Encyclopedia) Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, Mandarin Nei Monggol zizhiqu, autonomous region, c.455,000 sq mi (1,178,755 sq km), NE China. It is…

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

(Encyclopedia) Ningxia Hui Autonomous RegionNingxia Hui Autonomous Regionnĭngˈshyäˈ hwē [key], autonomous region (2010 pop. 6,301,350), c.25,600 sq mi (66,321 sq km), N China. The capital is Yinchuan…

Oudh, historic region, India

(Encyclopedia) OudhOudhoud [key], historic region of N central India, now part of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Its early history centers around the ancient kingdom of Kosala, which had Ayodhya (…

Calumet, region, United States

(Encyclopedia) CalumetCalumetkălˈy&oomacr;mĕtˌ [key], industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. Once a great heavy industry and steel manufacturing…

Valois, historic region, France

(Encyclopedia) Valois, historic region, now comprised in Aisne and Oise depts., N France. Crépy-en-Valois was its historic capital. It is a rich agricultural area. A county and later a duchy, Valois…

Dithmarschen

(Encyclopedia) DithmarschenDithmarschendĭtˈmärshən [key], region, SW Schleswig-Holstein, N Germany, between the Elbe and Eider rivers. It is chiefly an agricultural region, with extensive cattle…