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.
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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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