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Rouyn-Noranda
 
 
(r´n nrn´d, Fr. rN´) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 26,448), extreme SW Que., Canada. Created (1986) by an amalgamation of Rouyn and Noranda, it is the center of a gold-, copper-, and zinc-mining region. Noranda is the site of a large smelter.
 
 
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