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Columbia Gazetteer of the World

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A unique world enclopedia of geographical places and features with over 170,000 entries. It can be searched by place name or full-text.

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Genealogy, Reference, Encyclopedias, Geography, Maps, Atlases, Cartography, Maps, Atlases, and Cartography
<p>Entries include information on many of the following: demography; physical geography; political boundaries; industry, trade, and service activities; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; distance to relevant places; pronunciations; official local government place-names and changed or variant names and spellings.</p>
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