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Adalia, Or Sattalieh. (Anc. Attalia in Pam-phylia), a seaport and the largest town on the S. coast of Asia Minor, on the gulf of Adalia, 250 m. S. E. of Smyrna; pop. about 12,000, of whom 3,000 are Greeks. It is the capital of a pashalic. The town is built in the form of an amphitheatre, the ground rising to the height of about 70 feet above the sea, and is surrounded by a double wall with square towers about 50 yards apart. The chief trade is in wool, cotton, and opium. There are some important ancient remains.
 
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