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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 873 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISKELIB , the See also:

chief See also:town of a Caza (governed by a kaimakam) in the vilayet of See also:Angora in See also:Asia See also:Minor, See also:altitude 2460 ft., near the See also:left See also:bank of the Kizil Irmak (anc. •Halys), too m. in an See also:air-See also:line N.E. of Angora and 6o S.E. of See also:Kastamuni (to which vilayet it belonged till 1894). Pop. 10,600 (Cuinet, La Turquie d' Asie, 1894). It lies several See also:miles off the road, now abandoned by wheeled See also:traffic, between See also:Changra and See also:Amasia in a picturesque cul de See also:sac amongst wooded hills, at the See also:foot of a See also:limestone See also:rock crowned by the ruins of an See also:ancient fortress now filled with houses (photograph in See also:Anderson, Studia Pontica, p. 4). Its ancient name is uncertain. Near the town (on S.) are saline springs, whence See also:salt is extracted.

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