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 AREA AND POPULATION. Turkey in Europe.

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Pop. of

Pop. of

Eyalets

Chief towns

chief towns

Eyalets

Chief towns

chief towns

1. Edirne, or

8. Syrp, or Ser-

Thrace

Adrianople

100,000

via. ..

Belgrade.

50,000

2. Silistria. .

Silistria.

20,000

9. Bosnia

Serajevo.

60,000

3. Boghdan, or

10. Roumelia

Monastir.

15,000-

Moldavia

Jassy. .

50,000

,11. Yania

Janina

30,000

4. Eflak,orWal-

12. Selanik,or Sa-

!

lachia

Bucharest

80,000

lonica

Salonica.

80,000

5. Widdin. .

Widdin.

25,000

13. Djizair, or The

6. Niseh. ..

Nissa.

10,000

Islands.

Rhodes.

30,000

7. Uskup,orSco-

14. Kyrt, or Crete

Candia

20,000

pia

Uskup

10,000

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The Eyalets of Silistria, Widdin, and Nisch are formed out of the ancient kingdom of Bulgaria ; and those of Yania and Selanik comprise the ancient Epirus and Macedonia. The Eyalets of Uskup and Roumelia are formed from Albania. The Eyalet of Bosnia is composed of Bosnia, a part of Croatia, and of the Herzegovina. The Eyalet of Djizair, or The Islands, comprises all the isles of the Otto- man Archipelago, of which the principal are Rhodes, Cyprus, Cos, Tenedos, Lemnos, Mitylene, Scio, and Patmos.

Turkey in Asia.

Pop. of

Pop. of

Eyalets

Chief towns

chief

Eyalets

Chief towns

chief

towns

towns

1. Kastamuni.

Kastamun

12,000


 * 11. Khabrout.

Kharput.

50,000

2. Khowdavend-

12. Mossul. .

Mossul.

65,000

guiar

Brussa

100,000

13. Baghdad. .

Baghdad.

105,000

3. Aidin. ..

Smyrna.

160,000

1 14. Haleb, or

4. Karaman.

Koniyeh.

30.000

Aleppo. .

Aleppo

100,000

5. Adana. .

Adana

6.000

15. Sai'da. ..

Beyrout.

50,000

6. Bozok. ..

Angora.

60.000

16. Scham

Damascus

180,000

7. Sivas. ..

Sivas. .

30.000

17. Habesh.

Djedda.

18,000

8. Trabezouu.

Trebizond

50,000

18. Haremi-Na-

9. Erz-rum.

Erz-rum.

100,000

hevi.

Medina.

19,000

10. Kurdistan.

Diarbekhr

60,000

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The Eyalet of Kastamuni comprises the ancient Paphlagonia; that of Khowdavendguiar part of the ancient Bithynia, Phrygia, and Mysia. The Eyalet of Aidin is formed from part of Isauria, Lydia, Ionia, Caria, and Pisidia ; the Eyalet of Karaman contains part of Isauria, Lydia, Pamphylia, Cilicia, Lycaonia, and Cappa-

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