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ENOS (anc. Aenos)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 652 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ENOS (anc. Aenos)  , a
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town of
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European
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Turkey, in the vilayet of Adrianople; on the
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southern
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shore of the
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river Maritza, where its estuary broadens to meet the
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Aegean Sea in the Gulf of Enos . Pop . (1905) about 8000 . Enos occupies a ridge of rock surrounded by broad marshes . It is the seat of a Greek bishop, and the population is mainly Greek . It long possessed a valuable export trade, owing to its position at the mouth of the Maritza, the
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great natural waterway from Adrianople to the sea . But its commerce has declined, owing to the unhealthiness of its
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climate, to the accumulation of sandbanks in its harbour, which now only admits small coasters and fishing-vessels, and to the rivalry of
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Dedeagatch, a neighbouring seaport connected with Adrianople by
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rail .

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