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Like what areas could serve as equivalents to the Ruhr River in Europe and the great lakes and North East region in the US where manufacturing is or was heavily prominent thanks to various resources around the region. I don't mean for where an industrial revolution could take place, but in general if there were to be large manufacturing centers where large scale industrialization was to occur, where in Africa and Latin America would that be. I imagine for Africa , such a place would be the Nile River, where factories could gain lots of energy from the water, but that's the only place I can think of. Could anyone else tell me what other places would be natural centers of industry? There's no particular POD or scenario, so I guess any level of technology as long as its not ASB. I just want to know what areas of Africa/ Latin America are the best for setting factories and other things that are tied to industrialization and manufacturing.
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