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USEDOM
, an See also:island of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Pomerania, lying off the Baltic See also:coast, and separated by the See also:Swine from the island of See also:Wollin, which together with it divides the Stettiner Haff from the open See also:sea
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It is 31 in. in length
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T3 broad and 16o sq. m. in See also:area
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The See also:surface is generally See also:flat (only a few See also:sand-hills rising to any height) and is diversified by See also:moor, fen, lakes and See also:forest
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See also:Agriculture, See also:cattle-rearing, fishing and other maritime pursuits are the See also:chief occupations of the inhabitants
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See also:Swinemunde and Usedom (pop
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1700) are the chief towns, and See also:Heringsdorf, Ahlbeck and Zinnowitz are frequented watering-places
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Pop
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(1900) 33,000
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See Gadebusch, Chronik der Insel Usedom (See also:Anklam, 1863), and C
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