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See also:SEMLIN (Hungarian, Zimony; Servian, Zemun)
, a See also:town of Croatia-Slavonia, in the See also:county of Syrmia, situated beside the See also:south See also:bank of the See also:Danube, on a See also:tongue of See also:land between that See also:river and the See also:Save
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Pop
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(1goo) about 15,079; the See also:majority being Serbs, the See also:remainder Croats, See also:Jews, Germans, See also:Magyars and See also:Gipsies
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See also:Semlin is the seat of an Orthodox See also:archbishop; but most of the inhabitants are See also:Roman See also:Catholic
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Apart from numerous churches, its See also:chief buildings are the See also:law-courts, See also:prison, See also:theatre, See also:synagogue, a higher grade school or real-gymnasium, and two technical See also:schools, one being for girls
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Much of the town is See also:modern, but its suburb Franzenthal near the Danube consists partly of mud huts thatched with reeds
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See also:Standing at the confluence of two navigable See also:rivers, and on the See also:main See also:line from Buda-Pest to See also:Constantinople and See also:Salonica, Semlin is the See also:principal customs and See also:quarantine station for travellers between See also:Austria-See also:Hungary and the See also:Balkan states
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It communicates with See also:Vienna and the See also:Black See also:Sea, by the Danube; with See also:Sissek, by the Save; and with See also:Belgrade by a See also:steam-See also:ferry and a See also:bridge over the Save
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There are a few factories, but far more important is the transit See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:fruit, livestock and See also:timber
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Various Roman remains have been discovered near Semlin
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On the See also:top of Zigeunerberg, a See also:
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