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SIEDLCE (Russian Syedlets)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 47 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIEDLCE (See also:Russian Syedlets) , a See also:government of Russian See also:Poland, between the See also:Vistula and the See also:Bug, having the governments of See also:Warsaw on the W., See also:Lomza on the N., See also:Grodno and See also:Volhynia on the E., See also:Lublin on the S., and See also:Radom on the S.W. Its See also:area is 5533 sq. m. The See also:surface is mostly See also:flat, only a few hilly tracts appearing in the See also:middle, around Biala, and in the See also:east on the See also:banks of the Bug. Extensive marshes occur in the See also:north and in the See also:south-east. Cretaceous, See also:Jurassic and See also:Tertiary strata See also:cover the surface, and are overlain by widely spread Glacial deposits. The valley of the Vistula is mostly wide, with several terraces covered with See also:sand-See also:dunes or See also:peat-bogs. Siedlce is drained by the Vistula, which See also:borders it for 5o m. on the See also:west; by the Bug, which is navigable from Opalin in Volhynia and flows for 170 M. on the east and north-east borders; by the Wieprz, a tributary of the Vistula, which is also navigable, and flows for 25 M. along the See also:southern boundary; and by the Liwiec, a tributary of the Bug, which is navigable for some 30 M. below Wegrow. Of the See also:total area only 5.2% is unproductive; 48.1% is under crops and 17.2 under meadows and pasture See also:land. The estimated See also:population in Igo() was 907,700. The inhabitants consist of Little Russians (40%), Poles (43%), See also:Jews (152%) and Germans (12 %). The government is divided into nine districts, the See also:chief towns of which are the See also:capital Siedlce, Biala, Konstantinow, Garwolin, Lukow, Radzyn, Sokolow, Wegrow, Wlodawa, The See also:main occupation is See also:agriculture, the See also:principal crops being See also:rye, See also:wheat, oats, See also:barley and potatoes. The area under forests amounts to 19.6% of the total.

Live-stock breeding is second in importance to agriculture. Manufactures and See also:

trade are in-significant.

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