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BEKESCSABA

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 661 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEKESCSABA  , a

market-
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town of Hungary, 123 M . S.E. of
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Budapest by
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rail . Pop . (1900) 37,108, mostly Slovaks and
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Lutherans, who form the largest Lutheran community in Hungary . The town is situated near the White Koros, with which it is connected by a canal, and is an important railway-junction in central Hungary . Bekescsaba possesses several large milling establishments, while the
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weaving of hemp and the production of hemp-
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linen is largely pursued as a home industry . The town carries on an active trade in cereals, wines and cattle .

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