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TOKAJ (or TOKAY)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1047 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOKAJ (or TOKAY) , a See also:town of See also:Hungary, in the See also:county of Zemplen, 148 m. E.N.E. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 5104. It is situated at the confluence of the Bodrog with the See also:Theiss, and gives its name to the famous Tokay See also:wine. Tokaj lies at the See also:foot of the Hegyalja Mountains, which stretch to the See also:north and north-See also:west of the town, between the See also:rivers Hernad and Bodrog, for a distance of about 6o m. as far north as See also:Eperjes. The See also:northern See also:part of the range is also called SSvar Mountains. These mountains, which have in the northern part an See also:altitude of 2700 ft., slope down towards the See also:south-See also:east near Tokaj in a hilly See also:plateau of about 1500 ft. altitude, where the vineyard region is situated. This vineyard region covers an See also:area of about 135 sq. m., and belongs to 21 adjoining communities. The See also:soil is of volcanic origin (See also:trachyte). The See also:principal places where the wine is produced are Tarczal, Talya, Mad, Liszka, Tokaj, Tolcsva, Sar6spatak, Keresztur, and Zsadan. The yearly See also:production averages 5,000,000 gallons.

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vine was introduced into this region by colonists from See also:Italy and Morea in 1241.

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