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| - The following places were named for their main products:
* Açailândia, Brazil (from the açaí palm)
* Alumínio, Brazil
* Apatity, Russia
* Asbest, Russia
* Asbestos, Canada
* Batu Arang, Selangor, Malaysia (from Batu Arang, "coal" in Malay)
* Birżebbuġa, Malta (from żebbuġ, "olives")
* Brazil, from brazilwood.
* Carbon County, Utah from the coal mined there.
* Coal Center, Pennsylvania
* Coal City, Illinois
* Copperton, Utah named for the copper processing plants build there
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Diamantina, Brazil
* El Nido, Palawan, Philippines (Spanish for nest, or edible bird's nest)
* Elektrėnai, Lithuania
* Elektrostal, Russia (from the plant of the same name, stal meaning "steel")
* Fermont, Canada (French contraction of "Fer Mont", meaning "Iron Mountain" named for exp (en)
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| - The following places were named for their main products:
* Açailândia, Brazil (from the açaí palm)
* Alumínio, Brazil
* Apatity, Russia
* Asbest, Russia
* Asbestos, Canada
* Batu Arang, Selangor, Malaysia (from Batu Arang, "coal" in Malay)
* Birżebbuġa, Malta (from żebbuġ, "olives")
* Brazil, from brazilwood.
* Carbon County, Utah from the coal mined there.
* Coal Center, Pennsylvania
* Coal City, Illinois
* Copperton, Utah named for the copper processing plants build there
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Diamantina, Brazil
* El Nido, Palawan, Philippines (Spanish for nest, or edible bird's nest)
* Elektrėnai, Lithuania
* Elektrostal, Russia (from the plant of the same name, stal meaning "steel")
* Fermont, Canada (French contraction of "Fer Mont", meaning "Iron Mountain" named for exploited iron ore deposits in Mont Wright)
* Gangcheng, Shandong, China (钢城, literally "the town of steel", gang 钢 meaning "steel" and cheng 城 meaning "city" or "town")
* Gas, Kansas
* Glassport, Pennsylvania
* Gloversville, New York
* Irondale Township, Minnesota and Ironton, Minnesota
* Iron City, Tennessee
* Iron County, Utah named for the iron mines operating there
* Iron Mountain, Michigan
* Kant, Kyrgyzstan (from kant, "sugar")
* Kappara, Malta (Maltese for "caper")
* Lime Ridge, Pennsylvania, a supplier of limestone.
* Mastichochoria, Greece, from the mastic tree and resin.
* Mellieħa, Malta (from melħ, "salt")
* Mountain Iron, Minnesota, named after Mountain Iron Mine
* Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (from нефть or neft, "oil") (destroyed in 1995)
* Neftegorsk, Samara Oblast, Russia (from нефть or neft, "oil")
* Nefteyugansk, Russia (from нефть or neft, "oil" and Yugan River)
* Nikel, Russia
* Nitro, West Virginia
* Oil City, Pennsylvania
* Oildale, California
* Ouro Preto, Brazil (Portuguese for "black gold")
* Saffron Walden, Essex, UK
* Salzburg, Austria, and many other German-speaking places beginning with Salz- (salt)
* Silverton, New South Wales, Australia
* Steelton, Pennsylvania
* Tabaco, Philippines (Spanish for tobacco, the city's traditional product)
* Tongling, Anhui, China (铜陵, literally "copper hills", tong 铜 meaning "copper" and ling 陵 meaning "hills")
* Uglegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (from ugol, "coal")
* Vale do Aço, Brazil (Portuguese for "steel valley")
* Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine (from вугіль, or vuhil, "coal")
* Żebbuġ, Malta and Żebbuġ, Gozo (Maltese for "olives")
* Żejtun, Malta (Siculo-Arabic for "olives")
* Zernograd, Russia (from зерно, or zerno, "grain" or "corn") (en)
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