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21Bredbury — infobox UK place country = England official name= Bredbury latitude= 53.4206 longitude= 2.1135 population= 15,126 (2001 Census) metropolitan borough= Stockport metropolitan county= Greater Manchester region= North West England constituency… …
22Jos — /jaws/, n. a city in central Nigeria. 105,000. * * * ▪ Nigeria town, capital of Plateau state, on the Jos Plateau (altitude 4,250 feet [1,295 metres]) of central Nigeria, on the Delimi River and near the source of the Jamaari River (called… …
23Kaduna — /keuh dooh neuh/, n. a city in central Nigeria. 186,000. * * * ▪ Nigeria town, capital of Kaduna state, north central Nigeria. It lies along the Kaduna River, which is a major tributary of the Niger River. Sir Frederick (later Lord) Lugard …
24Maiduguri — /muy dooh goo ree/, n. a city in NE Nigeria. 179,000. * * * ▪ Nigeria also called Yerwa , or Yerwa Maiduguri capital and largest city of Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. It is located on the north bank of the seasonal Ngadda (Alo) River,… …
25American Water Works Association — (AWWA) is an international nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. It was founded in 1881 and, as of 2007, there are approximately 60,000 AWWA members world wide. AWWA is the largest… …
26Cornish Place — The east range of the works seen from the Ball Street bridge over the River Don. Cornish Place is a Listed building situated in the Neepsend area of the City of Sheffield. The building was formerly the factory of James Dixon Sons, a Britannia… …
27NAHARIYYAH — (Heb. נַהֲרִיָּה), city in N. Israel, 6 mi. (10 km.) N. of Acre. Nahariyyah was founded in 1934 as a village (moshavah) by a group of middle class immigrants from Germany. Their company, headed by the engineer Yosef Levi, bought the land, and… …
28Plaster — The term plaster can refer to plaster of Paris, lime plaster, or cement plaster. This article deals mainly with plaster of Paris.Plaster of Paris is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally CaSO4·0.5H2O. It is… …
29environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
30Technological and industrial history of Canada — The technological and industrial history of Canada encompasses the country s development in the areas of transportation, communication, energy, materials, public works, public services (health care), domestic/consumer and defense technologies.… …
