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QUEZALTENANGO, ka-sal-ta-nan'go, Guatemala, city, capital of a department of the same name, the second city of the republic in size and in importance, 80 miles west of Guatemala City, at an altitude of 7,500 feet above the city sea level. It has a considerable domestic trade and manufactures of cotton and woolen textiles. A railway about 50 miles long connects Quezal-tenango with Champerico on the Pacific coast. The city was founded in 1524 by Spaniards, on the site of a native city; there are numerous interesting antiquities in the neighborhood. An earthquake destroyed the town in 1902, but it was rebuilt. Pop. 30,125.CHESTER, a city in northern South Carolina, tl seat of Chester county, is 50 miles (80 km) norf of Columbia. The city is a processing center, an has creameries and textile, lumber, and floi mills. It is also an important rail junction. Ches ter was settled and named by Pennsylvania!! about 1756. It was incorporated as a town i 1849 and as a city in 1893. Government is by city manager. Population: 6,906.
CITY COLLEGE, a publicly controlled coeducational institution in New York City. It is officially known as The City College of The City University of New York, and is the oldest and largest of the senior colleges in the City University. The City College is made up of three schools: liberal arts and science; education; and engineering and architecture. These three are on the uptown campus, located along Convent Avenue between 131st and 141st streets. The Bernard M. Baruch School of Business and Public Administration, situated in lower Manhattan, at Lexington Avenue and 23d Street, became a separate college of the university in 1967.
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