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(Encyclopedia) Merced mərsĕdˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 56,216), seat of Merced co., central Calif.; inc. 1889. It is a growing city and a center for tourism and farm trade in a cotton, fruit, and dairy region. Pref...

(Encyclopedia) Matsuyama mätso͝oyäˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 443,322), capital of Ehime prefecture, NW Shikoku, Japan, a port on the Inland Sea. It is an important agricultural distribution point and fishing po...

(Encyclopedia) Picayune pĭkəyo͞onˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center for an agricultural...

(Encyclopedia) Mopti môpˈtē [key], city (1993 pop. 75,000), central Mali, a port at the confluence of the Niger and Bani rivers. The city is built on three islets linked by dikes; one dike, 8 mi (12.9 km) long, c...

(Encyclopedia) Dobrich dôbrēchˈ [key], city, NE Bulgaria, a commercial and cultural center of the Dob...

(Encyclopedia) Écija āˈthēhä [key], city, Seville prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a hill overlooking t...

(Encyclopedia) Bouaké or Bwake bwäˈkā, bwäkāˈ [key], town, central Côte d'Ivoire. It is a transp...

(Encyclopedia) Aiken, city (2020 pop. 32,025), seat of Aiken co., W S.C.; inc. 1835. A resort and polo center and a training area for Thoroughbreds, Aiken has apparel, printing and publishing, drug, and ...

(Encyclopedia) Akhmim ăkhmēmˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 70,602), E central Egypt, on the Nile. Textiles and handicrafts are manufactured; grain, dates, and cotton are processed. The ancient Chemmis and Panopolis, th...

(Encyclopedia) Fergana or Ferghana both: fyĕrgənäˈ [key], city, capital of Fergana region, E Uzbekistan, in the Fergana ...