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See also:KRISTIANSTAD (CHRISTIANSTAD)
, a See also:port of See also:Sweden, See also:chief See also:town of the See also:district (lan) of See also:Kristianstad, on a See also:peninsula in See also:Lake Sjovik, an expansion of the See also:river Helge, to m. from the Baltic
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Pop
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(1000), 10,318
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Its See also:harbour, See also:custom-See also:house, &c., are at Ahus at the mouth of the river
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It is among the first twelve manufacturing towns of Sweden as regards value of output, having See also:engineering See also:works, See also:flour-See also:mills, distilleries, See also:weaving mills and See also:sugar factories
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See also:Granite and See also:wood-pulp are exported, and See also:coal and See also:grain imported
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The town is the seat of the See also:court of See also:appeal for the provinces of Skane and Blekinge
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It was foundedand fortified in 1614 by See also:Christian IV. of See also:Denmark, who built the See also:fine ornate See also: |
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