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TRIKKALA (anc. Triha)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 282 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRIKKALA (anc. Triha) , a See also:town of See also:Greece, See also:capital of the See also:department of Trikkala, and the see of an See also:archbishop, 38 m. W. of See also:Larissa. In See also:winter, when See also:great See also:numbers of Vlach herds-men take up their quarters in the town, its See also:population exceeds that of Larissa. It has the See also:appearance of a Mussulman town on See also:account of its mosques (only two of which are in use) and it is a centre of See also:trade in See also:wheat, See also:maize, See also:tobacco and cocoons. The town was in See also:ancient times a celebrated seat of the See also:worship of See also:Aesculapius. Pop. (1889), 14,820; (1907) 17,809; of the department, 90,548.

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