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Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port town and district (1991 pop. 78,800), Cheshire, W central England. Ellesmere Port, located on the Manchester Ship Canal near its junction with the Shropshire Union Canal and the entrance into the Mersey estuary, is the principal town of the district. It is an important oil-refining... 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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Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy , town (1991 pop. 46,356) and district, Fife, E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Industries textiles and furniture manufacture and light electrical engineering. Its port engages in coastal trade. Several Flemish-style structures from the later Middle Ages rest near Kirkcaldy Harbor. The... Read more |
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Altona
Altona , part of Hamburg, N Germany, a port on the Elbe River. Its manufactures include chemicals, textiles, and tobacco products. There are fisheries, and the district is a rail center. Founded as a fishing village in the 16th cent. and later one of the first free ports in N Europe, Altona was... Read more |
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San Diego
San Diego , city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Economy San Diego is the second largest city in California and the seventh largest... Read more |
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Gosport
Gosport , city (1991 pop. 69,664) and district, Hampshire, S England. The city is a major port and shares its harbor with Portsmouth. There are ship- and yacht-building facilities and various light industries. Formerly a victualing station for the Royal Navy, Gosport was an embarkation point for the... Read more |
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Hoek van Holland
Hoek van Holland or Hook of Holland, district of Rotterdam, W Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is an outer port of Rotterdam , with which it is connected by the New Waterway. It is a terminus for ships that cross the English Channel from Harwich , England.... Read more |
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Tyrone
Tyrone former county, Northern Ireland. In 1973 it was divided into the districts of Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon, and part of the Cookstown district.... Read more |
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Tras-os-Montes
Trás-os-Montes , former province of NE Portugal, comprising the districts of Bragança and Vila Real. The capital was Bragança . It is now included with other territory in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro prov. (4,162 sq mi/10,780 sq km). The terrain is rough and the winters... Read more |
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Embu
Embu Orientation Identification and Location. The Embu people occupy the Embu District, one of the twelve districts of the Eastern Province of Kenya. The Embu District is bordered by the Mbeere District to the east and southeast, the Kirinyaga District to the west, and the Tharaka Nithi... Read more |
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