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Port Arthur

Port Ar·thur [ pàwrt rthər ] 

1. 
city and deep-water port in southeastern Texas, on the Sabine Lake. Linked to the Gulf of Mexico by the Sabine-Neches Canal, it is the largest gasoline-refining center in the United States.
Population: 55,745 (2006).


2. 
town in Australia, in southern Tasmania. It was the site of a major penal settlement between 1830 and 1837.
Population: 190 (1994).


3. 

Former name for  Lushun
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