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BERAT (Slay. 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
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(1900) about 15,00o
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Berat is a fortified See also: town, situated in a fertile valley, which produces See also: wine, See also: olive-oil, fruit and grain
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It is the see of an Orthodox 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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