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(Encyclopedia) Tokyo tōˈkēō [key], city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. The Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the world's most popul...

(Encyclopedia) Lozère lôzĕrˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 72,700), S central France. Mende is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Aveyron ävārôNˈ [key], department, S central France, in Guienne. Rodez is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Aube ōb [key], department, NE France, in Champagne. Troyes is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Isparta ĭspärˈtä [key], city, capital of Isparta prov., W central Turkey. It is a manufac...

(Encyclopedia) Nièvre nyĕˈvrə [key], department (1990 pop. 232,600), central France. Nevers is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Morogoro mōˌrōgōˈrō [key], municipality (2012 pop. 315,866), capital of Morogoro prov., E Tanzania. It is the commercial and transportation center for a region producing sisal, coffee, and lives...

(Encyclopedia) Cantal käNtälˈ [key], department, S central France, in Auvergne. Aurillac is the capital. ...

(Encyclopedia) Heredia, city (1995 est. pop. 29,200), capital of Heredia prov., central Costa Rica. On the central plateau, it is a center of the coffee and cattle industries and, with its colonial architecture, a t...

(Encyclopedia) Ardèche ärdĕshˈ [key], department in Vivarais, S France. Privas is the capital. ...