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(Encyclopedia) Brainerd brāˈnərd [key], city (2020 pop. 14,395), seat of Crow Wing co., central Minn., on ...

(Encyclopedia) Chanthaburi chäntäˌbo͝orēˈ [key], town, capital of Chanthaburi prov., SE Thailand, near the Gulf of ...

(Encyclopedia) Chiayi jyäˈēˈ [key], city, S Taiwan. It is an agricultural market for rice, peanuts, vege...

(Encyclopedia) Chittoor chĭto͞orˈ [key], city, S Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, in the Poini River valley. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hugli-Chinsura or Hooghly-Chinsura chĭnˈso͝orə [key], city, West Bengal state, E Indi...

(Encyclopedia) Cooch Behar ko͞och bĭhärˈ [key], former princely state, now part of West Bengal state, E India. It ...

(Encyclopedia) Coorg ko͝org [key], former state, 1,593 sq mi (4,126 sq km), Karnataka state, SW India. Mercara was the capital. Situated mainly in the hilly Western Ghats, the Coorg region produces coffee, tea, car...

(Encyclopedia) Kagawa kägäˈwä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 1,023,434), N Shikoku, Japan. Takamatsu is the capital. It is an agricultural region (rice, barley, wheat, mandarin oranges) with a mountainous and fore...

(Encyclopedia) Khulna ko͝olˈnə [key], town (1991 est. pop. 1,001,825), SW Bangladesh, in the Ganges delta. It is a river port and the trade and processing center for the products of the Sundarbans, a swampy, fore...

(Encyclopedia) Ziguinchor zēgăNshôrˈ [key], city (1988 pop. 124,283), SW Senegal, a port on the Casamance River. Located in a rice-growing region, the city produces peanut oil, frozen fish, and orange juice and ...