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...consists of fifty villages The text uses the term "luo," which can mean a tribe, a village, or a gathered settlement, and they follow Protestantism Poluoteshidun jiao: a phonetic rendering of Protestantism. The local products include wine and coal.
The Department of Upper Narumi likely a phonetic rendering of a Hungarian administrative region such as the Trans-Danubian districts is bordered on the east by Upper Tisza, on the west by Lower Narumi, on the south by Styria original: Sigena, referring to the Austrian duchy, and on the north by Galicia original: Yalixia. It governs sixty-eight sub-districts. The people follow Protestantism. The land produces gold and copper.
The Department of Upper Tisza original: Shang Disi, referring to the region of the Tisza River is bordered on the east by Lower Tisza, on the west by Upper Narumi, on the south by Lower Narumi, and on the north by Galicia. It governs thirty-one sub-districts. The people follow the Greek religion E-li jiao: referring to the Eastern Orthodox Church. The land produces "Hobil" stones possibly a phonetic rendering of Opal (Opals were a famous export of the Hungarian region) or Cobalt, various fruits, and wine.
The Department of Lower Tisza original: Xia Disi is bordered on the east by Transylvania original: Telanse, on the south by Maramureș original: Manla, on the west by Upper Tisza, and on the north by Galicia. It governs forty-three sub-districts. The people follow the Greek religion. The land produces timber, tobacco, tusks original: ya; likely referring to animal bones or a specific mineral in this context, saltpeter, and mian? original: 靦; the meaning of this character in 19th-century geography is obscure, perhaps a mistranscription for a type of lead or mineral ore.
The Department of Maramureș original: Manla; likely referring to the Maramureș region or the Maros River area is bordered on the east by Transylvania, on the south by Turkey original: Tuluji, referring to the Ottoman Empire, and on the northwest by Hungary original: Hanyali. It governs twenty-eight sub-districts. The people follow the Greek religion.