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(Encyclopedia) PernikPernikpĕrˈnĭk [key], city (1993 pop. 91,075), W Bulgaria, on the Struma River. The industrial center of a coal-mining region, it has iron and steel smelters, glassworks, and…
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[key], city, W El Salvador, near the Guatemalan border. It is the westernmost city in the
country and is the center of an…
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