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BABATAG

Volume 4 · 72 words · 1860 Edition

or Baradag, a city in the government of Bulgaria and sanjak of Silistra, in Turkey in Europe. It stands on the lake or estuary Rasein, which communicates with the Black Sea, and is surrounded by mountains covered with woods. Pop. 10,000, amongst whom are many Jews and Greeks. It used to be the winter headquarters of the Turkish army during their wars with Russia. Long. 28° 32' E., Lat. 44° 55' N.