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| Year |
Number of Jews |
Per Cent of Total Population |
| 1764 |
715 |
- |
| 1808 |
1,817 |
46% |
| 1827 |
2,133 |
45% |
| 1857 |
4,166 |
42% |
| 1865 |
5,400 |
- |
| 1897 |
9,370 |
33.14% |
| 1917 |
14,890 |
- |
| 1921 |
11,630 |
28% |
| 1939 |
(estimated) 18,000 |
(estimated) 33% |
| 1953 |
(for a brief period) 200 |
0.4% |
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Source
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Encyclopaedia Judaica. Jerusalem: Keter, 1971. |
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