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ISHTIB, or ISTIB (anc. Astibon, Slay....

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 871 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISHTIB, or ISTIB (anc. Astibon, Slay. Shtipliye or Shtip)  , a See also:town of See also:Macedonia, See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Kossovo; 45 M . E.S.E. of See also:Uskub . Pop . (1905) about Io,000 . See also:Ishtib is built on a See also:hill at the confluence of the small See also:river Ishtib with the Bregalnitza, a tributary of the Vardar . It has a thriving agricultural See also:trade, and possesses several See also:fine mosques, a number of fountains and a large See also:bazaar . A hill on the See also:north-See also:west is crowned by the ruins of an old See also:castle .

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