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FESSA

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 293 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FESSA  , a

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town and
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district of
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Persia in the province of Fars . The town is situated in a fertile plain in 29° N. and 90 m. from
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Shiraz, and has a population of about 5000 . The district has
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forty villages and extends about 40 M. north-south from Runiz to Nassirabad and 16 m. east-west from Vasilabad to Deh Dasteh (Dastajah); it produces much grain,
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dates,
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tobacco, opium and good fruit .

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