BROUSSA, or BRUSA, a city of Turkish Anatolia, capital of the Sanjak of Khodavendikar, is situated in a fertile plain at the northern foot of Mount Olympus, 57 miles S.S.E.
Broussais of Constantinople. Pop. estimated at 60,000. The houses are built of wood, and the numerous minarets give the town a very magnificent appearance from a distance, but the streets are narrow and dark. It is abundantly supplied with water, and has many beautiful fountains. It has a castle, numerous mosques, bazars, khans, colleges, and several churches and synagogues. Its hot and cold mineral springs have been long celebrated. They vary in temperature up to 184° Fahr. Broussa is one of the first commercial cities of Turkey, and has also extensive manufactures of satins, silks, cottons, carpets, tapestry, &c. The celebrated Arab chief Abd-el-Kader, is now living there (1854) in retirement.