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Birmingham (USA),
City
in north-central Alabama,
situated in the Jones
Valley, at the southern
end of the Appalachian
Mountains; seat of Jefferson
County; population (2000
est) 242,800. It is
the largest city in
Alabama and is an industrial
centre. Birmingham
was once the steelmaking
centre of the South,
and although some former
iron and steel plants
are now museums, steel
is still made here.
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