trading center

Known for its large ethnic Chinese population and colorful Buddhist and Taoist temples, Singkawang now serves as a trading center where businessmen buy nests and ship them 500 miles south to the capital, Jakarta, for export.

In France, a big focus of the farmers’ anger was the massive Rungis trading center, Europe’s biggest food market.

The epicenter of the quake was about 25 miles northwest of Herat City, an ancient trading center and cultural hub that borders Iran, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The district police office compound is located in downtown Myawaddy, a key trading center in southeastern Kayin state on the border with Thailand.

Myawaddy is a key trading center on the border with Thailand and state-run media reported it would take a month before traffic could resume.