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DIBRA (Slay. Debra)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 176 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIBRA (Slay. Debra) , the See also:capital of a sanjak bearing the same name, in the vilayet of See also:Monastir, eastern See also:Albania, See also:Turkey. Pop. (1900) about 15,000. Dibra occupies a valley enclosed by mountains, and watered by the Tsrni Drin and Radika See also:rivers, which meet 3 m. S. It is a fortified See also:city, and the only episcopal see of the Bulgarian exarchate in Albania; most of the inhabit-ants are Albanians, but there is a strong Bulgarian See also:colony. The See also:local See also:trade is almost entirely agricultural.

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