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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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Condensed statistics of Greece's population and divisions, communicated by the President to Congress. Covers Continental Greece (1,336,000 total, mostly Christians), Peloponnesus (880,000), and islands. Notes on free provinces, insurrections, and exclusions of other regions.
Merged-components note: Tables of provinces and islands combined with accompanying text form a single statistical summary on Greece; relabeled tables to foreign_news as they are integral to the news content.
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| Provinces of Continental Greece. | Inhabitants. |
| Epirus, | 875,000 |
| Macedonia, | 436,000 |
| Thessaly, | 275,000 |
| Acarania, | 8,685 |
| Etolia, | 83,455 |
| Locris, | |
| Phocis, including | |
| Livadia and | |
| Attica. | 140,000 |
The following is a condensed summary of the Statistics of Greece, as communicated by the President to Congress:
Divisions of Greece—Continental Greece, the Isthmus of Peloponnesus, and the Islands.
Total, 1,336,000
Of these there are 1,100,000 Christians, in one Mahometan.
Peloponnesus or the Morea—240,000 Christian inhabitants
Christians, 770,000
Mahometans, 110,000
Total, 880,000
Several of the provinces of Continental Greece are free, the others are in insurrection,
The Morea is free, and so are nearly all the Islands.
In the above mentioned statement of the population, the Greeks in Thrace, Bulgaria, Smyrna, and Constantinople are not included.
| Candia, Melos, Santorin, Sissphanto, Jos, Paros, Naxos, Serpho, Thermia, Egyne, Salamine, Zea, Syra, Deios, uninhabited. Mygene, Time, Carpathos, Rhesdes, Cyprus, | Islands of Greece: 240,000) Andros, 7,000) Negropont 12,000) Skiros, 7,000) Scopelos, 2,700) Thassos, 2,000) Samothrace, 10,000) Imbros, 2,000) Temnos, 4,000) Tenedos, 5,000) Mytilene, 8,000) Scio, 6,000) Samos, 5,000) Nicari, 4,000) Cos, 9,000) Stimpalic, 4,000) Idra, 150,000) Spezza, and 83,000) Ispara. | 12,000 25,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 2,000 3,000 20,000 5,000 18,000 60,000 12,000 2,000 3,000 5,000 6,000 |
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several provinces of continental greece free, others in insurrection; morea and nearly all islands free.
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Condensed summary of Greece statistics: Divisions include Continental Greece (total 1,336,000; 1,100,000 Christians, 1 Mahometan), Peloponnesus/Morea (880,000 total; 770,000 Christians, 110,000 Mahometans), and Islands. Population table for Continental provinces: Epirus 875,000, Macedonia 436,000, Thessaly 275,000, Acarania 8,685, Etolia 83,455, Phocis/Livadia/Attica 140,000. Excludes Greeks in Thrace, Bulgaria, Smyrna, Constantinople. Lists various islands with populations, some uninhabited.