DENIZLEY, or DENIZLA, a town of Asia Minor, in the province of Natolia, pleasantly situated on a low hill, towards the southern part of a spacious plain, amidst vineyards, the produce of which is partly converted into raisins, and partly affords a syrup resembling treacle, which is substituted on all occasions for sugar. Lofty mountains appear in the horizon covered with snow. About the year 1715 it was visited by a dreadful earthquake, in which 12,000 of the inhabitants perished. It is 108 miles east-south-east from Smyrna. Long. 29. 18. E. Lat. 37. 51. N.
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