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Augustowo

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a city of Russian Poland, in the government of Suwalki, 20 m. S. of the town of that name, on a canal (65 m.) connecting the Vistula with the Niemen. It was founded in 1557 by Sigismund II. (Augustus), and is laid out in a very regular manner, with a spacious market-place. It carries on a large trade in cattle and horses, and manufactures _linen and huckaback. Pop. (1897) 12,746.

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