The following places were named for their main products: *

Açailândia Açailândia () is a Brazilian municipality in the western part of Maranhão State, at an elevation of . Its population in 2020 was estimated to be 113,121, making it the eighth largest city in the state. The name of the city means "land of the a ...

, Brazil (from the açaí palm) *

Alumínio Alumínio (Portuguese meaning aluminum) is a Brazilian municipality of the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 18,767 (2020 est.) in an area of 83.66 km². The elevation is 790 m. Alumín ...

, Brazil * Apatity, Russia *

Asbest Asbest (russian: Асбе́ст) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Reft River (right tributary of the Pyshma) on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: It was previously kn ...

, Russia *

Asbestos Asbestos () is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into the atmosphere b ...

, Canada * Batu Arang, Selangor, Malaysia (from ''Batu Arang'', "coal" in Malay) * Birżebbuġa, Malta (from ''żebbuġ'', "olives") * Brazil, from

brazilwood ''Paubrasilia echinata'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or brazilwood ( pt, pau-de-pernambuco, ; ...

. * Carbon County, Utah from the coal mined there. * Coal Center, Pennsylvania *

Coal City, Illinois Coal City is a village in Grundy and Will Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is considered a fringe town of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 5,587 at the 2010 census. Its school district serves an area with over 11,000 r ...

Copperton, Utah Copperton is a metro township in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, located at the mouth of Bingham Canyon, approximately southwest of Salt Lake City. The metro township boundaries include a smaller area than that of both the former CDP (de ...

named for the copper processing plants build there *

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

Diamantina Diamantina may refer to: Geography Australia * Diamantina Bowen (1833-1893), ''grande dame'' of Queensland and the wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland. * ''Diamantina Cocktail'', 1976 album by Little River Band * Diam ...

, Brazil * El Nido, Palawan, Philippines ( Spanish for ''nest'', or '' edible bird's nest'') * Elektrėnai, Lithuania *

Elektrostal Elektrostal (russian: Электроста́ль, from Russian Электро (Elektro), lit: Electricity, Electric and Сталь (Stal), lit: Steel) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Mo ...

, 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 Gas is a city in Allen County, Kansas, Allen County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 475. The city was named for the abundant natural gas that was found in the area. Histo ...

* Glassport, Pennsylvania * Gloversville, New York *

Irondale Township, Minnesota Irondale Township is a township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,113 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (10.45% ...

and

Ironton, Minnesota Ironton is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 572 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. Ironton is on the Cuyuna iron range, from which its name is derived. It is i ...

Iron City, Tennessee Iron City is a census-designated place and former city in Lawrence and Wayne counties, Tennessee. The population was 167 at the 2010 census. Iron City was incorporated as a city from 1887 to 1901, and again from 1962 until 2010, its residents v ...

* Iron County, Utah named for the iron mines operating there * Iron Mountain, Michigan *

Kant, Kyrgyzstan Kant ( ky, Кант) is a town in the Chüy Valley of northern Kyrgyzstan, some east of Bishkek. It is the administrative center of the Ysyk-Ata District (formerly Kant District). Its population was 22,617 in 2021. Kant was established in 1928 ...

(from ''kant'', "sugar") *

Kappara Il-Kappara is a hamlet in Malta, situated between San Ġwann, St. Julian's and Gżira. Kappara is mainly part of San Ġwann. Buildings in Kappara * Antonio Bosio Secondary School * Chiswick House School * Ta' Ċieda Tower * Ta' Xindi Farmhou ...

, Malta (

Maltese Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta * Maltese alphabet * Maltese cuisine * Maltese culture * Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people * Maltese people, people from Malta or of Malte ...

for "caper") *

Lime Ridge, Pennsylvania Lime Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 823 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area. Lime Rid ...

, a supplier of limestone. * Mastichochoria, Greece, from the mastic tree and resin. * Mellieħa, Malta (from ''melħ'', "salt") *

Mountain Iron, Minnesota Mountain Iron is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, in the heart of the Mesabi Range. The population was 2,878 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 169 serves as a main route in Mountain Iron. The city's motto is "Taconite ...

, named after

Mountain Iron Mine Mountain Iron Mine is a former mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 1892, it was the first mine on the Mesabi Range, which has proved to be the largest iron ore deposit ever discovered in the United States. Mining operat ...

* Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia (from нефть or , "oil") (destroyed in 1995) * Neftegorsk, Samara Oblast, Russia (from нефть or , "oil") * Nefteyugansk, Russia (from нефть or , "oil" and Yugan River) *

Nikel Nikel (russian: Ни́кель, lit. ''nickel''; fi, Nikkeli; Norwegian: ''Nikkel'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake K ...

, Russia * Nitro, West Virginia *

Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania known for its prominence in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry. It is located at a bend in the Allegheny River at the mouth of Oil Creek. Initial settlement of Oi ...

* Oildale, California *

Ouro Preto Ouro Preto (, ''Black Gold''), formerly Vila Rica (, ''Rich Village''), is a city in and former capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and designated a World Herita ...

, 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 Steelton is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Harrisburg. The population was 6,263 at the 2020 census. The borough is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. History After initi ...

* 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 Uglegorsk (russian: Углего́рск) is a coastal port town and the administrative center of Uglegorsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the west coast of Sakhalin Island, northwest of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the administrative ...

, Russia (from ''ugol'', "coal") *

Vale do Aço A vale is a type of valley. Vale may also refer to: Places Georgia * Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region Norway * Våle, a historic municipality Portugal * Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipal ...

, Brazil ( Portuguese for "steel valley") * Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine (from вугіль, or , "coal") * Żebbuġ, Malta and Żebbuġ, Gozo (

for "olives") * Żejtun, Malta ( Siculo-Arabic for "olives") *

Zernograd Zernograd (russian: Зерногра́д, literally "Grain town") is a town and the administrative center of Zernogradsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the oblast. Population ...

, Russia (from зерно, or , "grain" or "corn")

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