oil-producing region
101Badajoz — /bah dhah hawth /, n. a city in SW Spain. 101,710. * * * ▪ Spain city, capital of Badajoz provincia (province), in the Extremadura comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), southwestern Spain. Situated on the south bank of the Guadiana… …
102Crane, Texas —   City   Location of Crane, Texas …
103Ploiesti — Plo·ieş·ti or Plo·eş·ti (plô yĕshtʹ, yĕshʹtē) A city of southeast central Romania north of Bucharest. Founded in 1596, it is the center of a major oil producing region. Population: 254,304. * * * ▪ Romania also spelled Ploeşti city,… …
104Ploieşti — Plo·ieş·ti or Plo·eş·ti (plô yĕshtʹ, yĕshʹtē) A city of southeast central Romania north of Bucharest. Founded in 1596, it is the center of a major oil producing region. Population: 254,304. * * * ▪ Romania also spelled Ploeşti city,… …
105June 2007 in rail transport — Events June 1 June 2 June 3 June 9 ;June 4:* flagicon|United States ndash; New York s Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces the appointment of Helena Williams to the position of President of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). Williams… …
106Trans Global Highway — See also: Cosmopolitan Railway The Trans Global Highway is a proposed highway system that would link all continents of Earth except Australia and Antarctica. The highway would network new and existing bridges and tunnels, improving not only… …
107Nizhnevartovsk — (English) Нижневартовск (Russian)   City …
108Annelly, Kansas — Annelly is a ghost town in Richland Township 9 miles southeast of Newton in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. The community was named by a local railroad official for his wife Ann and daughter Ellie. The town is located on the Missouri… …
109Surgut — Sur·gut (sər go͞otʹ) A city of north central Russia on the Ob River north of Omsk. It is in an oil producing region. Population: 261,197. * * * ▪ Russia city and port, Khanty Mansi autonomous okrug (district), Tyumen oblast (province),… …
110Talara — /tah lah rddah/, n. a seaport in NW Peru. 38,200. * * * ▪ Peru also called Pariñas city, northwestern Peru, on the Pacific Ocean. Rebuilt and developed by the International Petroleum Company (which provided workers housing, hospitals, and …
