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PYZABAD DISTRICT ARTICLE.

ABSTRACT OF CHAPTERS. I.

—Agriculture crops rents —LAND TENURES FAMINES PRICES TRADE TOWNS. DIVISION OF PROPERTY. IV. — ADMINISTRATION.

Natural features.



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Religion: History..

CHAPTER

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NATUEAL FEATURES. — —

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Situation, boundaries, area The old diatrict, ateii, population The change Tabular statement Appearance of the country— Communications by river, railway, road Rivers, lakes R^nfall Fauna Flora.

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Fyzabad, whiclt takes its name from that of its chief town, situated in the north-western corner of the collectorate, is the most easterly of the twelve deputy commissionerships into which the province is divided.

The

district o£

Situation

With an average Boundaries

elevation of 350 feet above the level of the sea, and in shape an irregular parallelogram, it runs from west to east, with a slight tendency southwards, for a length

of eighty-five miles along the right bank of the- Gogra, until it is met by the frontier of the Azamgarh district, in the North- Western Provinces, on the east. On the south it is bounded throughout by the Oudh district of Sultanpur, its frontier line here being sixty-four miles in length ; and on the west it marches with zila Bara Banki. It lies between 26° 11' and 26° 49' north latitude, and between 81° 44' and 83° 9' east longitude. Its average

width

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But these

from twenty to twenty-five miles, and its area 1,686 square miles, of which -947 are cultivated and 285 are culturable. The population is 1,025,038. is

figures are for the district as it is

now

constituted, and do

not apply to the older arrangement which existed to the new district. down to seven years ago. And as many important' and interesting reports regarding the original district have been published, and are being constantly referred to, it seems advisable here to note briefly These figures apply