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KASTORIA (Turkish Kesrie)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 695 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KASTORIA (See also:Turkish Kesrie) , a See also:city of See also:Macedonia, See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Monastir, 45 M. S. by W. of Monastir (Bitolia). Pop. (1905), about ro,000, one-third of whom are Greeks, one-third Slays, and the See also:remainder Albanians or See also:Turks. Kastoria occupies See also:part of a See also:peninsula on the western See also:shore of See also:Lake Kastoria, which here receives from the See also:north its affluent the Zhelova. The lake is formed in a deep hollow surrounded by See also:limestone mountains, and is drained on the See also:south by the Bistritza, a large See also:river which flows S.E. nearly to the See also:Greek frontier, then sharply turns N.E., and finally enters the Gulf of See also:Salonica. The lake has an See also:area of 20 sq. M., and is 2850 ft. above See also:sea-level. Kastoria is the seat of an Orthodox See also:archbishop. It is usually identified with the See also:ancient Celetrum, captured by the See also:Romans under Sulpicius, during the first Macedonian See also:campaign, 200 B.C., the Luba-Lunda See also:group of Bantus. It is a highly mineralized region, being specially See also:rich in See also:copper ore. See also:Gold, See also:iron and See also:tin are also See also:mined.

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Katanga is bounded S. and S.E. by See also:Northern See also:Rhodesia, and See also:British See also:capital is largely interested in the development of its resources, the See also:administration of the territory being entrusted to a See also:committee on which British members have seats. See also:Direct railway communication with Cape See also:Town and See also:Beira was established in 1909. There is also a See also:rail and river service via the See also:Congo to the See also:west See also:coast.

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