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XANTHI (Turkish Eskije)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 881 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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XANTHI (See also:Turkish Eskije) , a See also:town of See also:European See also:Turkey in the vilayet of See also:Adrianople; situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Eskije and at the S. See also:foot of the Rhodope Mountains, 29 M. W. of See also:Gumuljina by the See also:Constantinople-See also:Salonica railway. Pop. (1905) about 14,000, of whom the bulk are See also:Turks and Greeks in about equal proportions, and the See also:remainder (about 4000) Armenians, See also:Roman Catholics or See also:Jews. There are re-mains of a See also:medieval citadel, and on the See also:plain to the S. the ruins of an See also:ancient See also:Greek town. Xanthi is built in the See also:form of an See also:amphitheatre and possesses several mosques, churches and monasteries, a See also:theatre with a public See also:garden, and a municipal garden. A preparatory school for boys and girls was founded and endowed by Mazzini. The town is chiefly notable for the famous Yenidje See also:tobacco.

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