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See also: town of See also: European See also: Turkey, in the vilayet of Adrianople; on the See also: southern See also: shore of the See also: river Maritza, where its estuary broadens to meet the See also: Aegean See also: Sea in the Gulf of See also: Enos
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Pop
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(1905) about 8000
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Enos occupies a See also: ridge of See also: rock surrounded by broad marshes
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It is the seat of a See also: Greek See also: bishop, and the population is mainly Greek
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It long possessed a valuable export See also: trade, owing to its position at the mouth of the Maritza, the See also: great natural waterway from Adrianople to the sea
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But its commerce has declined, owing to the unhealthiness of its See also: climate, to the accumulation of sandbanks in its harbour, which now only admits small coasters and fishing-vessels, and to the rivalry of See also: Dedeagatch, a neighbouring seaport connected with Adrianople by See also: rail
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