Toledo (USA) - Places, People, Other

41°39N 83°33W, pop (2000e) 313 600. Seat of Lucas Co, NW Ohio, USA; port at the mouth of the Maumee R, at the W end of L Erie; formed by the union of two settlements, 1833; involved in the ‘Toledo War’ (1835–6), a boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan; railway; university (1872); vehicles, glass and fabricated metal products, machinery, oil products; trade in coal and grain; one of the country's largest rail centres; Museum of Art, Zoological Gardens, Crosby Gardens, Fort Meigs State Memorial, Bluebird Passenger Train.

Most notably, it refers to two cities of the world:

Toledo, Spain, the original city named Toledo, World Heritage Site, capital of Castile-La Mancha and one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire Toledo, Ohio, United States, the largest city named Toledo in the U.S.

Places

Belize: Toledo District Toledo Settlement Brazil: Pedro de Toledo, São Paulo Toledo, Paraná Philippines: Toledo City, Cebu Spain: Toledo (province) United States: Toledo, Illinois Toledo, Iowa Toledo, Ohio Toledo, Oregon Toledo, Washington

People

Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa (1515–1584), 16th-century Spanish viceroy of Peru Alejandro Toledo (b. 1940), contemporary Mexican artist

Other

Mettler Toledo, a manufacturer of scales and instruments Toledo, a version of the AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU SEAT Toledo, a compact automobile Triumph Toledo, a (defunct) compact automobile USS Toledo (SSN-769), a U.S. Navy submarine USS Toledo (CA-133), a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser Toledo (K.U.