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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 784 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BERLAD , the See also:

capital of the See also:department of. Tutova, See also:Rumania, on the See also:river Berlad, which See also:waters the high plains of Eastern See also:Moldavia. Pop. (1900) 24,484, about one-See also:fourth of whom are See also:Jews. At Berlad the railway from See also:Jassy diverges, one See also:branch skirting the river Sereth, the other skirting the Pruth; both reunite at See also:Galatz. Among a See also:maze of narrow and winding streets Berlad possesses a few See also:good See also:modern buildings, including a See also:fine See also:hospital, administered by the St Spiridion See also:Foundation of Jassy. Berlad has manufactures of See also:soap and candles, and some See also:trade in See also:timber and See also:farm-produce, while the See also:annual See also:horse-fairs are visited by dealers from all parts of the See also:country. In the vicinity are traces of a See also:Roman See also:camp.

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