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Ishtib

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Istib (anc. Astibon, Sla y. Shtipliye or Shtip), a. town of Macedonia, European Turkey, in the vilayet of Kossovo; 45 m. E.S.E. of Uskub. Pop. (1905) about 10,000. Ishtib is built on a hill at the confluence of the small river Ishtib with the Bregalnitza, a tributary of the Vardar. It has a thriving agricultural trade, and possesses several fine mosques, a number of fountains and a large bazaar. A hill on the northwest is crowned by the ruins of an old castle.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ishtib'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​i/ishtib.html. 1910.
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