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ADRA (anc. Abdera)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 215 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADRA (anc. See also:Abdera) , a seaport of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Almeria; at the mouth of the Rio Grande de Adra, and on the Mediterranean See also:Sea. Pop. (1900) 11,188. Adra is the See also:port of shipment for the See also:lead obtained near See also:Berja, 10 m. See also:north-See also:east; but its commercial development is retarded by the lack of a railway. Besides lead, the .exports include grapes,- See also:sugar and See also:esparto. See also:Fuel is imported, chiefly from the See also:United See also:Kingdom.

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