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| Name | Estimated Population (January 1973) | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberec-Jablonec | 110,000 | 50°44'N., 15°06'E. | Liberec (74,000 population) and Jablonec (36,000 population) form a large contiguous industrial town complex in Severocesky Kraj (North Bohemian Region) near borders with Poland and East Germany. Nationally significant industrial products include diesel engines, transmissions, brake equipment, accessories and spare parts for heavy trucks and buses, a wide variety of plastic goods for civilian and military use, electronic and electrical equipment, textiles and textile machinery, costume jewelry. The uranium industry has a geological research plant in Liberec geared to investigations of and geological prospecting for radioactive raw materials; the largest single uranium deposit in the world today is located about 10 to 20 miles southwest of the city. Important rail and road junction; classification yard and workshops. Main gateway by road into Poland. |
| Litomerice-Lovosice-Terezin | 33,000 | 50°32'N., 14°08'E. | Important town complex on the navigable Elbe river in Severocesky Kraj (North Bohemian Region). Litomerice (20,000 population) and Terezin (3,000 population) are garrison towns with barrack capacities for more than 10,000 troops. Large underground facilities, used in World War II by the Germans for aircraft engine production, are today used for storing radioactive materials and/or waste (Figure 30). Lovosice (10,000 population) is the center of nationally significant production of fertilizers, sulfuric and nitric acid, and a variety of petrochemicals. Expanding production of Portland cement and lime. Pharmaceutical products including vaccines for prevention of animal diseases are produced in Terezin. Town complex is on important rail, highway, and waterway routes connecting the capital to East Germany. |
| Martin-Vrutky | 51,000 | 49°04'N., 18°56'E. | Military-industrial town complex in Stredoslovensky Kraj (Central Slovakian Region). Martin (45,000 population) is the only producer of tanks in the country. Output is about 500 tanks annually; capacity about 1,200. Other nationally significant products include diesel and diesel electric locomotives, industrial, especially mine locomotives, rolling stock, road and construction machinery, cranes, machine tools, forgings and castings, cellulose, and paper. Barracks for 5,000 troops. Vrutky (6,000 population) is an important railroad and highway center on the main east-west route; large classification yards and workshops. |
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