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Lilongwe
Capital and second-largest city (metro. area pop., 1994 est.: 396,000), Malawi. It is located on an inland plain 50 mi (80 km) west of the S end of Lake Malawi. An agricultural market center for the fertile Central Region Plateau, it replaced Zomba as the national capital in 1975. The old part of the city functions as a service and commercial center, while the newer district of Capital Hill houses government buildings and embassies.
siding
Material used to surface the exterior of a building to protect against exposure to the elements, prevent heat loss, and visually unify the facade. The word siding implies wood units, or products imitative of wood, used on houses. There are many different types of siding, incl. clapboard, horizontal lap siding, vertical board siding, and shingles. Board and batten siding, sometimes found in Carpenter Gothic houses and very modest structures, differs from the common clapboard in that it consists of vertical wood boards with their butt joints covered by battens (narrow strips), imparting a seamed appearance. Both aluminum and polyvinyl-fluoride-coated siding (commonly called vinyl siding) were developed as maintenance-free alternatives to wood clapboard; they mimic its horizontal boards. Fiberboard, a pressed-wood-pulp product, is sometimes used, though its long-term durability is limited. In larger buildings, the exterior covering is called cladding, and may be of brick, glass in a metal framework, or stone, concrete, or metal panels.
Sidon
Seaport (pop., 1991 est.: 100,000), SW Lebanon. Located on the site of a city founded in the 3rd millennium BC, it was a principal city of Phoenicia from the 2nd millennium BC and a parent city of Tyre. Ruled successively in ancient times by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians, it was conquered by Alexander the Great c.330 BC. Under Roman rule by the 1st cent. BC, it was an important center for the manufacture of glass and purple dyes. It changed hands several times during the Crusades, and fell to the Muslims in 1291. It flourished for a while under Turkish rule after 1517. It is now the Mediterranean terminal for a Saudi Arabian oil pipeline.
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