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VASA, or NIKOLAISTAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 925 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VASA, or NIKOLAISTAD  , in the
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grand duchy of
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Finland,
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capital of the
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province of
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Vasa, on the
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east
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coast of the Gulf of
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Bothnia, 327 M. by
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rail
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north-
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west of
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Helsingfors . Pop . (1904) 18,028 . It has two classical lyceums for boys and three for girls, a school of
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navigation, and a large number of
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primary
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schools . There is a shipyard and a considerable export
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trade . Vasa was founded on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia in 16o6, but after the
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great
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fire of 1852, as the
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sea had already receded for a considerable distance, the
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town was rebuilt nearer to the
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shore and received the
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official name of Nikolaistad . The
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population of the province (1904) was 295,187 .

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