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Lilongwe
Lilongwe , city (1994 est. pop. 395,500), S central Malawi, in a fertile agricultural area. The capital of Malawi since 1975, it is an administrative and commercial center. The city was founded in 1947 as an agricultural marketing center. Largely a planned city, government programs in the 1970s and... Read more |
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Douglas
Douglas city (1991 pop. 19,950), capital of the Isle of Man, Great Britain. It is a popular resort, connected by rail to Ramsey and Port Erin, on the Irish Sea. Tourism is the chief industry. There are also light-engineering, knitting, and carpet-weaving factories. The Tower of Refuge, near the... Read more |
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monorail
monorail railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. Driving power is transmitted from the cars to the track by means of wheels that rotate horizontally, making contact with the rail between... Read more |
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Portland (Maine)
Portland 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set off from Falmouth and inc. 1786. The largest city in Maine, it is a port of entry, the commercial center of the... Read more |
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rail
rail common name for some members of the large family Rallidae, marsh and tropical forest birds that include the gallinule and the coot , two specialized rails. Rails are cosmopolitan in distribution, except in polar regions. Although migratory, they have small wings and are weak fliers, escaping... Read more |
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Vientiane
Vientiane , city (1990 est. pop. 140,000), administrative capital and largest city of Laos, N central Laos, on the Mekong River, c.130 mi (210 km) southeast of the former royal capital of Luang Phabang . Vientiane possesses diverse light industry and is a trading center for forest products,... Read more |
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Consolidated Rail Corp
Consolidated Rail Corporation Six Penn Center PlazaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19103U.S.A.(215) 977-4000Fax: (215) 977-4582 Public Company Incorporated: 1976Employees: 27,787Sale: $3.37 billionStock Exchanges: New York Philadelphia Consolidated Rail Corporation Read more |
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Makurdi
Makurdi , town (1991 est. pop. 109,000), capital of Benue state, central Nigeria, a port on the Benue River. Sesame seeds and cotton grown in the region are collected at Makurdi for transshipment. The town has an airport and is a rail and road center and the terminus of a bridge across the Benue.... Read more |
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San Fernando
San Fernando , city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The city was established in 1806 to replace the port of Las Conchas, which had been destroyed by a storm. An important landmark is the Juan N. Madero... Read more |
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Montes Claros
Montes Claros , city (1996 pop. 271,324), Minas Gerais state, E central Brazil. Cattle breeding is the chief economic activity, and agriculture is important. Montes Claros has a large cloth industry dating from before World War I; furniture is also manufactured. The city has a commercial airport and... Read more |
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