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Kassimov

capital of the district of Kassimov, Russia, located on the Oka river.

A fair, which is held annually in July, attracts considerable trade to the town. The only manufactures of any importance are 1400 to 1485 this city was the residence of the Tartar Khan Kassim. Pop. about 17,500 . the tanneries. From KASTAMUNI (käs-tä-mö'nuh), capital of the vilayet of Kastamuni (area, 19,184 square miles; pop. about 1,000,000), in Asia Minor, 76 miles S.

W. of Sinope. Manufactures cotton goods, leather, etc. Here is the ancestral castle of the Comneni. Pop. about 16,000.

KATAHDIN (-tä'-), the highest mountain in Maine, about 80 miles N. by W. of Bangor, and 6 miles N. E. of Penobscot river.

Altitude 5,200 feet.

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