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, the See also:chief See also:town of a Caza (governed by a kaimakam) in the vilayet of See also:Angora in See also:Asia See also:Minor, See also:altitude 2460 ft., near the See also:left See also:bank of the Kizil Irmak (anc
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•Halys), too m. in an See also:air-See also:line N.E. of Angora and 6o S.E. of See also:Kastamuni (to which vilayet it belonged till 1894)
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10,600 (Cuinet, La Turquie d' Asie, 1894)
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It lies several See also:miles off the road, now abandoned by wheeled See also:traffic, between See also:Changra and See also:Amasia in a picturesque cul de See also:sac amongst wooded hills, at the See also:foot of a See also:limestone See also:rock crowned by the ruins of an See also:ancient fortress now filled with houses (photograph in See also: |
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