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CASTELLON DE LA PLANA

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CASTELLON DE LA PLANA , a maritime See also:

province of eastern See also:Spain, formed in 1833 of districts formerly included in See also:Valencia, and bounded on the N. by See also:Teruel -and See also:Tarragona, E. by the Mediterranean See also:Sea, S. by Valencia, and W. by Teruel. Pop. (1900) 310,828; See also:area, 2495 sq. m. The See also:surface of the province is almost everywhere mountainous, and See also:flat only near the See also:coast and along some of the See also:river valleys. Even on the coast the Atalayas de See also:Alcala and the Desierto de See also:las Palmas See also:form two well-defined though not lofty ridges. The Mijares or Millares is the See also:principal river, flowing See also:east-See also:south-east from the See also:highlands of Teruel, between the Sierras of Espina and Espadan towards the south, and the See also:peak called Pena Golosa (5945 ft.) towards the See also:north, until it reaches the sea a little south of the See also:capital, also called Castellon de la Plana. The Monlleo, a See also:left-See also:hand tributary of the Mijares; the Bergantes, which flows inland to join the Guadalope in Teruel; the Cenia, which divides Castellon from Tarragona; and a variety of lesser streams, render the province abundantly fertile. No considerable inlet breaks the regularity of the coast-See also:line, and there is no first-class See also:harbour. The See also:climate is See also:cold and variable in the hilly districts, temperate in See also:winter and very warm in summer in the lowlands. See also:Agriculture, See also:fruit-growing, and especially the cultivation of the See also:vine and See also:olive, employ the See also:majority of the peasantry ; stock-farming and sea-fishing are also of importance. See also:Lead, See also:zinc, See also:iron and other ores have been discovered in the province; but in 1903, out of 129 See also:mining concessions registered, only two were worked, and their output, lead and zinc, was quite insignificant. The See also:local See also:industries are mainly connected with See also:fish-curing, See also:paper, See also:porcelain, woollens, See also:cotton, See also:silk, See also:esparto, See also:brandy and See also:oils.

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Wine, oranges and oil are exported to See also:foreign countries and other parts of Spain. The important See also:Barcelona-Valencia railway skirts the coast, passing through the capital; and the See also:Calatayud-Sagunto line crosses the See also:southern extremity of the province. Elsewhere the roads, which are generally indifferent, form the See also:sole means of communication. Castellon (29,904), See also:Villarreal (,6,o68), the See also:port of See also:Burriana (12,962), and Peniscola (3142), a See also:town of some See also:historical See also:interest, are described in See also:separate articles. The other See also:chief towns are Alcala de Chisbert (6293), Almazora (7076), Benicarlo (7251), Maella (7335), Onda (6J95), Segorbe (7045), Vail de Uxo (8643), Villafames (6708) and Vinaroz (8625). CASTELLbN DE LA PLANA, the capital of the province described above, on the Barcelona-Valencia railway, 4 M. from the Mediterranean Sea. Pop. (Igloo) 29,904. The broad and fertile See also:plain in which Castellon is built is watered artificially by a Moorish See also:aqueduct, largely cut through the solid See also:rock, and supplied by the See also:estuary of the Mijares, 5 M. south-east. The town is partly encircled by See also:ancient walls; and, although most of its public buildings are See also:modern, it contains several convents of See also:early See also:foundation, a curious old See also:bell-See also:tower, 150 ft. high, and a See also:parish See also:church chiefly noteworthy for a See also:painting in the interior by Francisco Ribalta, who was See also:born here in the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century. Castellon has a brisk See also:trade, its manufactures comprising porcelain, See also:leather, silk, See also:linen, brandy and See also:cork goods. Its harbour, El Grao de Castellon, about 4 M. east, is annually entered by some 200 small vessels.

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light railway, which traverses the numerous and profitable See also:orange plantations on the south-See also:west, connects it with the towns of Almazora, Villarreal, Burriana and Onda.

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