An Observer in the Near East

Name: An Observer in the Near East
Author: Le Queux, William

Le Queux, William

Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel; Eastern question (Balkan)

south-east of the kingdom. There is an
                             arrondissement of the same name in the
                             department of Rudnik, with 38 communes.
 MORAWITZA                 Tributary of the Morawa which gives its name
                             to two arrondissements, one of 31 communes,
                             the chief town of which is Bania, in
                             Alexinatz, and the other, of which Yvanitza
                             is the chief town, in Oujitza, with 149
                             communes.
 NEGOTIN                   A town of 6000 inhabitants, in Kraina, East
                             Servia. Noted for its wines.
 NISCHAVA                  Tributary of the Morawa, which gives its name
                             to the arrondissement of which Pirot is the
                             chief town. 65 communes.
 NOVI HAN                  Chief town of the arrondissement of Timok, in
                             the Tchiprovatz Mountains, on the Bulgarian
                             frontier.
 OBRENOVATZ                Chief town of the arrondissement of Possava,
                             department of Valievo, on the Tamnava, near
                             its confluence with the Danube. 3000
                             inhabitants.
 OMOLJE                    Mountains. Highest, 3500 metres, in the
                             department of Pojarevatz.
 ORATSCHA                  A town in Semendria, upon the small river
                             Rallya. Also the name of an arrondissement
                             of 14 communes.
 OROPSI                    Mineral springs near Belgrade.
 OUB                       Chief town of the arrondissement of Tamnava,
                             in Valievo.
 OUJITZE                   Town of 8000 inhabitants in the department of
                             the same name. Wine and school of commerce.
 OVTSCHAR                  Mountains near Tchatchak. Sulphur  baths.
 PARATCHIN                 Chief town of an arrondissement of that name
                             on the Zanitza, department of Tchoupria.
                             The monastery of  S. Pelka is not far
                             distant.
 PETCHENIKOTZA             Town at the confluence of the Jablonitza and
                             the Morawa.
 PETROVATZ                 Chief town of the arrondissement of Mlava, in
                             Pojarewatz.
 PIROT                     Chief town of the department of that name in
                             the south-east of Servia. 14,000
                             inhabitants.
 PODGORATZ                 Mines of iron, copper, and lead, in Valievo.
                             Lithographic stone is quarried.
 PODGORIE                  Arrondissement of 29 communes in Valievo.
 PODRINYE                  A department in the west of Servia. Chief

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An Observer in the Near East

Le Queux, William

Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel; Eastern question (Balkan)

south-east of the kingdom. There is an
                             arrondissement of the same name in the
                             department of Rudnik, with 38 communes.
 MORAWITZA                 Tributary of the Morawa which gives its name
                             to two arrondissements, one of 31 communes,
                             the chief town of which is Bania, in
                             Alexinatz, and the other, of which Yvanitza
                             is the chief town, in Oujitza, with 149
                             communes.
 NEGOTIN                   A town of 6000 inhabitants, in Kraina, East
                             Servia. Noted for its wines.
 NISCHAVA                  Tributary of the Morawa, which gives its name
                             to the arrondissement of which Pirot is the
                             chief town. 65 communes.
 NOVI HAN                  Chief town of the arrondissement of Timok, in
                             the Tchiprovatz Mountains, on the Bulgarian
                             frontier.
 OBRENOVATZ                Chief town of the arrondissement of Possava,
                             department of Valievo, on the Tamnava, near
                             its confluence with the Danube. 3000
                             inhabitants.
 OMOLJE                    Mountains. Highest, 3500 metres, in the
                             department of Pojarevatz.
 ORATSCHA                  A town in Semendria, upon the small river
                             Rallya. Also the name of an arrondissement
                             of 14 communes.
 OROPSI                    Mineral springs near Belgrade.
 OUB                       Chief town of the arrondissement of Tamnava,
                             in Valievo.
 OUJITZE                   Town of 8000 inhabitants in the department of
                             the same name. Wine and school of commerce.
 OVTSCHAR                  Mountains near Tchatchak. Sulphur  baths.
 PARATCHIN                 Chief town of an arrondissement of that name
                             on the Zanitza, department of Tchoupria.
                             The monastery of  S. Pelka is not far
                             distant.
 PETCHENIKOTZA             Town at the confluence of the Jablonitza and
                             the Morawa.
 PETROVATZ                 Chief town of the arrondissement of Mlava, in
                             Pojarewatz.
 PIROT                     Chief town of the department of that name in
                             the south-east of Servia. 14,000
                             inhabitants.
 PODGORATZ                 Mines of iron, copper, and lead, in Valievo.
                             Lithographic stone is quarried.
 PODGORIE                  Arrondissement of 29 communes in Valievo.
 PODRINYE                  A department in the west of Servia. Chief

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