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 | | North-west of Sinj rise the Svilaja and Mosec Planinas; the ridges of Mosor and Biokovo, with Sveto Juraj (5781 ft), follow the windings of the coast from Spalato to Macarsca; Orjen marks the meeting-place of the Herzegovinian, Montenegrin and Dalmatian frontiers, and the Sutorman range appears in the extreme south. |
 | | Chief Towns,---The chief towns are Zara, the capital, with 32,506i inhabitants in 1900, Spalato (27,198), Sebenico (24,751), Trail (17,064), Ragusa (13,174), Macarsca (11,016), and Cattaro (5418). |
 | | The Church was involved in the general confusion; for the synod of Spalato, in 1059, had forbidden the use of any but Greek or Latin liturgies, and so had accentuated the differences between Latin and Slav. |
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