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  Ecuador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Atahualpa, one of the sons of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac, was born in Quito.
This region's topography is as a result of the Andes mountain range running along it.
Some of the most typical dishes in the coastal region are: ceviche, pan de almidón, corviche, guatita, encebollado and empanadas; in the mountain region: hornado, fritada, tamales, llapingachos, etc.
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 file_nav_name Encyclopedia Index
The Cairngorms are a mountainous region in the Eastern Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, consisting of a la...
Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal iwi (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand.
Upstate New York is the region of New York State outside of the core of the New York metropolitan area.
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 Algeria
The region consists of a narrow and discontinuous coastal plain backed by the mountainous area of the Tell Atlas (see Atlas Mountains).
The next region, lying to the south and southwest, is the High Plateau, a highland region of level terrain.
The fourth region, comprising more than 90 percent of the country's total area, is the great expanse of the Algerian Sahara.
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 Lakeland - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
70,576), Polk co., central Fla., in the highland region; inc. 1885.
It is an important processing and shipping center for a citrus-fruit and phosphate-mining region and is a retail trade center that serves a large area.
The Florida Citrus Commission, other state citrus organizations, and the Florida Phosphate Council have their headquarters in Lakeland, which is a popular winter resort and recreation center.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Lakeland.asp   (258 words)

  
 Coffee Kids | How You Can Help | Disaster Relief
Since official assistance for the IDPs in the highlands is minimal due to priority emphasis in the coastal areas, we anticipate the need for continued assistance to them as they seek to transition to potential resettlement in the coming weeks and months.
The Aceh Relief Fund is conducting surveys and developing plans in the coming two weeks to address the reconstruction and repair of community infrastructure and homes in the Central Aceh highlands as well as assisting in the resettlement of the refugees and returnees in the area.
Indonesia occupies a strategic position in Southeast Asia, and its political and economic conditions are important to the stability of the region.
www.coffeekids.org /help/emergency.htm   (4213 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Terrain
rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains
Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast
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 Encyclopedia of Arda: Dorthonion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A highland region lying immediately to the north of Beleriand; overrun by Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach, after which it was known as Taur-nu-Fuin.
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