BOLI

boli, the chief town of a sanjak of the kastamuni vilayet in asia minor, altitude 2500 ft., situated in a rich plain watered by the boli su, a tributary of the filiyas chai (_billaeus_). pop. (1894) 10,796 (moslems, 9642; greeks, 758; armenians, 396). cotton and leather are manufactured; the country around is fertile, and in the neighbourhood are large forests of oak, beech, elm, chestnut and pine, the timber of which is partly used locally and partly exported to constantinople. three miles east of boli, at eskihissar, are the ruins of _bithynium_, the birthplace of antinous, also called _antinoopolis_, and in byzantine times _claudiopolis_. in and around boli are numerous marbles with greek inscriptions, chiefly sepulchral, and architectural fragments. at ilija, south of the town, are warm springs much prized for their medicinal properties.