sentences:  The city was a prosperous center of rice production.According to the 1881/82-1893 Ottoman General Census, the kaza of Veria (Karaferiye) had a total population of 25.034, consisting of 15.103 Greeks, 7.325 Muslims, 2.174 Bulgarians, 393 Jews, and 39 foreign citizens.Veria was an important regional center of Greek commerce and learning, and counted many important Greek scholars as its natives (e.g.