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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 364 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CIEZA , a See also:

town of See also:south-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Murcia, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Segura, and on the See also:Madrid-See also:Cartagena railway. Pop. (1900) 13,626. Cieza is built in a narrow See also:bend of the Segura valley, which is enclosed on the See also:north by mountains; and on the south broadens into a fertile See also:plain, producing See also:grain, See also:wine, See also:olives, raisins, oranges and See also:esparto grass. In the town itself there are See also:flour and See also:paper See also:mills, sawmills and See also:brandy distilleries. Between 187o and 1900 See also:local See also:trade and See also:population increased rapidly, owing partly to improved means of communication; and the See also:appearance of Cieza is thoroughly See also:modern.

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