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CASTRO URDIALES

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 484 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASTRO URDIALES , a seaport of See also:northern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Santander, situated on the See also:bay of See also:Biscay and at the See also:head of a See also:branch railway connected with the See also:Bilbao-Santander See also:line. Pop. (1870) about 3500; (1900) 14,191. Castro Urdiales is a See also:modern See also:town, although its See also:castle and See also:parish See also:church date from the See also:middle ages. It was destroyed by the See also:French in 1813, but speedily rebuilt and fortified. Its rapid rise in See also:population and prosperity See also:dates from the increased development of See also:iron-See also:mining and railway communication which took See also:place after 1879. Its See also:chief See also:industries are iron-mining, fishing, and the preservation of See also:fish, especially sardines, in oil. Between 1894 and 1904 the exports of iron ore See also:rose from 277,200 tons to 516,574 tons.

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