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(Encyclopedia) Dartmouth, city and former municipality, S N.S., Canada, on Halifax harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Dartmouth has large sugar and oil refineries, and it produces ships, iron, and aircraft part...

(Encyclopedia) Chimbote chimbōˈtē [key], city, capital Santa prov., Ancash dept., W Peru. A seaport on the ...

(Encyclopedia) Ambala əmbäˈlə [key], city, Haryana state, NW India. It is a district administrative headquarters, a military station, and a transportation center, with an airport and...

(Encyclopedia) Krishnagar krĭshˈnəgər [key], city (1991 pop. 121,110), West Bengal state, E central India, on the Jalangi River. It is a district administrative center and a road and rail junction. The main prod...

(Encyclopedia) Sitapur sēˈtäpo͞or [key], town (1991 pop. 121,842), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. The town is a market for grain, oilseed, and jute. The sugar and plywood industries are important. There i...

(Encyclopedia) Pointe-à-Pitre pwăNtäpēˈtrə [key], city (1999 pop. 20,948), Guadeloupe, West Indies. It is on Grande-Terre island at the southern entrance of the Rivière Salée, the narrow, shallow ocean chann...

(Encyclopedia) Ely, Isle of, region, Cambridgeshire, E central England. Ely is the chief town. The region has extensive fens, drained and devoted to the cultivation of sugar beets and vegetables. Pigs and poultry ar...

(Encyclopedia) Ganganagar gŭngˈgänəgər [key], city, Rajasthan state, NW India, on the Bikaner canal system, a ...

(Encyclopedia) Gonda gōnˈdə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Sarayu River and the Luckno...

(Encyclopedia) Falster fälˈstər [key], island, 198 sq mi (513 sq km), Storstrøm co., SE Denmark, in the ...