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VARNA , a fortress, seaport, departmental capit'al and episcopal See also:city of See also:Bulgaria; on the See also:Bay of Varna, an inlet of the See also:Black See also:Sea, in 43° 12' N. and 27° 56' E . Pop . (1906) 37,155 . Varna is built on the hilly See also:north See also:shore of the bay, overlooking the See also:estuary of the See also:river Devna or Pravadi, which flows seaward through a magnificent valley surrounded by mountains . It is the eastern See also:terminus of the Varna-See also:Rustchuk railway, opened in 1867, and is connected with all parts of the See also:kingdom by branches of this See also:line . The so-called " Varna See also:quadrilateral," which has played an important See also:part in Bulgarian military See also:history, consists of the fortresses of Varna, See also:Shumla, Rustchuk and See also:Silistria (q.v.) . Varna is the third city of the kingdom in See also:population, after See also:Sofia and See also:Philippopolis, and ranks with See also:Burgas as one of the two See also:principal seaports . Its deep and capacious bay is sheltered from northerly and north-easterly winds, and the construction of See also:modern See also:harbour See also:works has greatly increased the facilities for See also:trade . The principal exports a e See also:cattle and See also:dairy produce, See also:grain, See also:lamb and See also:goat skins, and See also:cloth (shayak); the imports include See also:coal, See also:iron and machinery, textiles, See also:petroleum and chemicals . In 1907 the See also:port was entered by 869 See also:ships of 926,449 tons, the largest number of vessels being Bulgarian and the greatest See also:tonnage Austro-Hungarian . See also:Wine is largely produced in the See also:department, and in the city there are breweries, distilleries, tanneries and cloth factories; See also:cotton-See also:spinning was introduced by a See also:British See also:firm . There is a large and commercially important See also:colony of Greeks; the See also:Jews, See also:Turks and See also:gipsies are also numerous .
Much of the city has been constructed since 1878, and the See also:barracks, See also:post See also:office, See also:college for'girls and See also:National See also:Bank are handsome modernbuildings
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Near Varna is the summer See also:palace of the See also: |
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