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The following places were named for their main products:
Açailândia , Brazil (from the
açaí palm )
Alumínio , Brazil
Apatity , Russia
[1]
Argentina (from argentum , "silver" in Latin)
Asbest , Russia
Asbestos , Canada
Batu Arang , Selangor, Malaysia (from Batu Arang , "coal" in Malay)
Birżebbuġa , Malta (from żebbuġ , "olives")
Brazil , from
brazilwood .
Carbon County, Utah from the
coal mined there.
Coal Center, Pennsylvania
Coal City, Illinois
[2]
Copperton, Utah named for the
copper processing plants build there
Côte d'Ivoire
Diamantina , Brazil
El Nido, Palawan , Philippines (
Spanish for nest , or
edible bird's nest )
Elektrėnai , Lithuania
Elektrostal , Russia (from the plant of the same name,
[3] stal meaning "steel")
Fermont , Canada (French contraction of "Fer Mont", meaning "Iron Mountain" named for exploited iron ore deposits in
Mont Wright )
Gangcheng , Shandong, China (钢城, literally "the town of steel",
[4] gang 钢 meaning "steel" and cheng 城 meaning "city" or "town")
Gas, Kansas
[5]
Glassport, Pennsylvania
Gloversville, New York
[6]
Irondale Township, Minnesota and
Ironton, Minnesota
[7]
[8]
Iron City, Tennessee
[9]
Iron County, Utah named for the
iron mines operating there
Iron Mountain, Michigan
Kant, Kyrgyzstan (from kant , "sugar")
[10]
Kappara , Malta (
Maltese for "caper")
Lime Ridge, Pennsylvania , a supplier of
limestone .
Mastichochoria , Greece, from the
mastic tree and resin.
Mellieħa , Malta (from melħ , "salt")
Mountain Iron, Minnesota , named after
Mountain Iron Mine
[11]
Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast , Russia (from нефть or neft , "oil") (destroyed in 1995)
Neftegorsk, Samara Oblast , Russia (from нефть or neft , "oil")
Nefteyugansk , Russia (from нефть or neft , "oil" and Yugan River)
Nikel , Russia
Nitro, West Virginia
Nowa Sól ,
Poland (from sól , "salt")
Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oildale, California
Ouro Preto , Brazil (
Portuguese for "black gold")
Saffron Walden , Essex, UK
Salihorsk ,
Belarus (from sol , "salt")
Salzburg , Austria, and many other German-speaking places beginning with Salz- (salt)
Silverton, New South Wales , Australia
Srebrna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship , Poland (from srebro , "silver")
Stalowa Wola , Poland (from stal , "steel")
Steelton, Pennsylvania
Szklarska Poręba , Poland (from szkło , "glass")
Tabaco , Philippines (
Spanish for tobacco , the city's traditional product)
Tongling , Anhui, China (铜陵, literally "copper hills", tong 铜 meaning "copper" and ling 陵 meaning "hills")
Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast , Russia (from ugol , "coal")
Vale do Aço , Brazil (
Portuguese for "steel valley")
Vuhlehirsk , Ukraine (from вугіль, or vuhil , "coal")
Węgliniec , Poland (from węgiel , "coal")
Żebbuġ , Malta and
Żebbuġ, Gozo (
Maltese for "olives")
Żejtun , Malta (
Siculo-Arabic for "olives")
Zernograd , Russia (from зерно, or zerno , "grain" or "corn")
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