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BEKESCSABA

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 661 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEKESCSABA , a See also:

market-See also:town of See also:Hungary, 123 M. S.E. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 37,108, mostly See also:Slovaks and See also:Lutherans, who See also:form the largest Lutheran community in Hungary. The town is situated near the See also:White Koros, with which it is connected by a See also:canal, and is an important railway-junction in central Hungary. Bekescsaba possesses several large milling establishments, while the See also:weaving of See also:hemp and the See also:production of hemp-See also:linen is largely pursued as a See also:home See also:industry. The town carries on an active See also:trade in cereals, wines and See also:cattle.

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