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Altoona
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[key], industrial city (2020 pop. 43,963), Blair co., central Pa., on the eastern slopes of
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Albay
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[key], province, SE Luzon, on the Bicol peninsula, in the Philippines. Legaspi is the
capital, chief port, and largest city. Albay's…
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