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(Encyclopedia) Belmopan bĕlˌmōpänˈ [key], city (1993 est. pop. 3,900), E Belize, capital of Belize. A new city, it was constructed on the Belize R., 50 mi (80 km) inland from the former capital of then British ...

(Encyclopedia) Tlemcen tlĕmsĕnˈ [key], city (1998 pop. 155,162), NW Algeria, capital of Tlemcen prov. Its location on a crossroads between the Mediterranean coast and the Sahara and between Algeria and Morocco ha...

(Encyclopedia) Saintes săNt [key], town (1990 pop. 27,546), Charente-Maritime dept., W France, on the Charente River. It is a market for grains, brandy, and leather; telecommunications equipment is manufactured. Th...

(Encyclopedia) Elbasan ĕlbäsäˈnē [key], town, capital of Elbasan dist., central Albania, on the Shkumbin ...

(Encyclopedia) Guéret gārāˈ [key], town, capital of Creuse dept., central France. It is a market center ...

(Encyclopedia) Phnom Penh pəno͝omˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 527,000), capital of Cambodia, SW Cambodia, at the confluence of the Mekong and Tônlé Sap rivers. Phnom Penh was founded in the 14th cent. and was ...

(Encyclopedia) Dhaka or Dacca both: dăkˈə [key], city (2021 est. pop. 10,356,500), capital of Bangladesh, on a ...

(Encyclopedia) Kyoto kyōˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 1,461,140), capital of Kyoto prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on the Kamo River. Yodo is its port. Kyoto is one of Japan's largest cities and an important cultural a...

(Encyclopedia) Yangon răng-go͞onˈ [key], city (1983 pop. 2,458,712), former capital of Myanmar and capital of Yangon region, S central Myanmar, on the Yangon River (a mouth of the Ayeyarwady) near its entrance in...

(Encyclopedia) Esfahan ĭsˈfəhän [key], anc. Aspadana, city, capital of Esfahan prov., central Iran, on t...