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BADALONA (anc. Baetulo)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 183 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BADALONA (anc. Baetulo) , a See also:town of See also:north-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Barcelona; 6 m. N.E. of the See also:city of Barcelona, on the See also:left See also:bank of the small See also:river Bes6s, and on theMediterranean See also:Sea. Pop. (190o) 19,24o. Badalona has a station on the See also:coast railway from Barcelona to See also:Perpignan in See also:France, and a small See also:harbour, chiefly important for its fishing and See also:boat-See also:building trades. There are See also:gas, chemical and See also:mineral-oil See also:works in the town, which also manufactures woollen and See also:cotton goods, See also:glass, biscuits, See also:sugar and See also:brandy; while the surrounding fertile plains produce an abundance of See also:grain, See also:wine and See also:fruit. Badalona thus largely contributes to the export See also:trade of Barcelona, and may, in fact, be regarded as its See also:industrial suburb.

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