GUMULJINA

gumuljina, or gumurdjina, a town of european turkey, in the vilayet of adrianople. pop. (1905), about 8000, of whom three-fourths are turks and the remainder greeks, jews or armenians. gumuljina is situated on the river karaja-su, south of the eastern extremity of the rhodope range of mountains and 13 m. inland from the aegean sea. it has a station on the railway between salonica and dedeagatch. the district produces wheat, maize, barley and tobacco; sericulture and viticulture are both practised on a limited scale. a cattle fair is held annually on greek palm sunday. copper and antimony are found in the neighbourhood.