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Manisa |
 | | City in western Turkey with 210,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate), situated on the northern slopes of Mount Manisa, in the river valley of Gediz river. |
 | | The main economic activity of Manisa is agriculture, producing wine grapes, olives, tobacco, sesame and cotton. |
 | | 1390: The principality of Manisa is conquered by the Ottomans. |
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