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BERAT (Slay. Byelgorod; Turk. Arnaut-...

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BERAT (Slay. See also:Byelgorod; Turk. Arnaut-Beligradi)  , the See also:capital of a sanjak in the vilayet of See also:Iannina, See also:southern See also:Albania, See also:Turkey; on the See also:river Ergene, Ergeni or Osum, a See also:left-See also:hand tributary of the Semeni . Pop . (1900) about 15,00o . See also:Berat is a fortified See also:town, situated in a fertile valley, which produces See also:wine, See also:olive-oil, See also:fruit and See also:grain . It is the see of an Orthodox See also:metropolitan, and the inhabitants, of whom two-thirds are Albanian and the See also:remainder principally See also:Greek, are equally divided in See also:religion between See also:Christianity and See also:Islam .

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