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AGRAM

Volume 2 · 220 words · 1860 Edition

or ZAGRAH, a palatinate in the Austrian province of Croatia. Its extent is 768 square miles, or 491,520 English acres. Pop. in 1829, 392,190; all of the Catholic religion. It is subdivided into two circles, that of Agram and of St John; the latter of which comprehends no town. In the whole palatinate there are one city, two market towns, and 279 villages. The country is undulating, but with a range of hills towards the Warasdin frontier. It is watered by the Save and its tributary streams. The chief productions are corn, tobacco, wine, potashes, and cattle. It contains much wood and pasture land. Agram or Zagrab, the capital of Croatia, on the palatinate of the same name, is situate on a hill near the banks of the Save, in Lat. 45. 49. N. Long. 16. 1. E., 170 miles south of Vienna. It is the seat of the governor of Slavonia and Croatia, of a bishop, and of the courts of justice. Agram contains 20,000 inhabitants, and is divided into three parts, called the upper and lower town, and the town of the bishop. It has a lyceum, library, museum, gymnasium, an ancient cathedral with forty altars, and a large library. Some silk and porcelain are manufactured, and a brisk trade is carried on in grain, potash, and tobacco.