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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 243 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BORAS  , a

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town of
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Sweden, in the
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district (l¢n) of Elfsborg, 45 M . E. of
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Gothenburg by
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rail, on the
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river Viske . Pop . (188o) 4723; (1900) 15,837 . It ranks among the first twelve towns in Sweden both in
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population and in the value of its manufacturing
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industries . These are principally textile, as there are numerous
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cotton
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spinning and
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weaving
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mills, together with a technical weaving school . The town was founded in 1632 by
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King Gustavus
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Adolphus .

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