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AIVALI (Gr. Kydonia)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 448 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AIVALI (Gr. Kydonia) , a prosperous See also:town on the W. See also:coast of See also:Asia See also:Minor, opposite the See also:island of Mitylene. Pop. 21,000. It stands near the site of the Aeolian See also:Heraclea, on rising ground at the end of a See also:bay which is separated from the Gulf of Adramyttium, and protected from the prevailing winds by the Moschonisi Islands (Hecatonnesoi). In 1821 it was burned to the ground during a fight between the See also:Turks and the Greeks, and a large number of its See also:Greek See also:population killed or enslaved. It is one of the most thriving towns in the See also:Levant, with a purely Greek population distinguished for its commercial, See also:industrial and maritime enterprise. The exports are See also:olive oil, See also:grain and See also:wood, and a See also:fleet of fishing-boats supplies See also:Constantinople and See also:Smyrna with See also:fish; the exports in 1902 were valued at £987,070, and the imports at £336,693.

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