Note 10 — Chapter XLII · THE MIDDLE AMUR.
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It has an area of 173,000 square miles, and is about the size of Spain, its population amounting to only 22,000 persons. In this last respect it contrasts favourably with the neighbouring province of Yakutsk, which is eight times as large, but has only about 1,200 more inhabitants. The one town of the province is Blagovestchensk, where the Governor resides. The other habitations form mere villages situated on the banks of the river.