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SIEDLCE (Russian Syedlets)

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 47 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SIEDLCE (Russian Syedlets) , a government of Russian Poland, between the Vistula and the Bug, having the governments of Warsaw on the W., Lomza on the N., Grodno and
Volhynia
  on the E.,
Lublin
  on the S., and Radom on the S.W. Its area is 5533 sq. m. The surface is mostly flat, only a few hilly tracts appearing in the middle, around Biala, and in the
east
  on the banks of the Bug. Extensive marshes occur in the north and in the
south
 -
east
 . Cretaceous, Jurassic and Tertiary strata cover the surface, and are overlain by widely spread Glacial deposits. The valley of the Vistula is mostly wide, with several terraces covered with sand-dunes or peat-bogs. Siedlce is drained by the Vistula, which borders it for 5o m. on the west; by the Bug, which is navigable from Opalin in
Volhynia
  and flows for 170 M. on the east and north-east borders; by the Wieprz, a tributary of the Vistula, which is also navigable, and flows for 25 M. along the southern boundary; and by the Liwiec, a tributary of the Bug, which is navigable for some 30 M. below Wegrow. Of the total area only 5.2% is unproductive; 48.1% is under crops and 17.2 under meadows and pasture land. The estimated
population in Igo() was 907,700. The inhabitants consist of Little Russians (40%), Poles (43%),
Jews
  (152%) and Germans (12 %). The government is divided into nine districts, the
chief
  towns of which are the
capital
  Siedlce, Biala, Konstantinow, Garwolin, Lukow, Radzyn, Sokolow, Wegrow, Wlodawa, The main occupation is
agriculture
 , the
principal
  crops being rye, wheat, oats, barley and potatoes. The area under forests amounts to 19.6% of the total. Live-stock breeding is second in importance to
agriculture
 . Manufactures and
trade
  are in-significant.


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