In Alma 56:13-14 we find mention of "the cities of which the Lamanites have obtained by the shedding of blood." These are recorded as, "the land of Manti, or the city of Manti, and the city of Zeezrom, and the city of Cumeni, and the city of Antiparah."
Alma 22:27 implies that the first mentioned location, the land of Manti, was near or "by the head of the river Sidon." In Alma 56:31 we find that one could go from the city of Antiparah to a "city beyond, in the borders by the seashore." According to John Sorenson, it is possible that these two (first and last mentioned) locations, plus the two cities in the middle (Zeezrom and Cumeni) lay in a line parallel to the narrow strip of wilderness or the southern border of the general land of Zarahemla. If so, then the lack of mention of "lands" [Manti excepted] could mean that they were only garrison cities with little agricultural land about them. (Source Book, p. 275) Alma 57:8-11,17 implies that the armies were dependant on imported provisions.