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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 411 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DON BENfTO, a See also:

town of western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Badajoz; near the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Guadiana, on the See also:Madrid-Badajoz-See also:Lisbon railway. Pop. (1goo) 16,565. Don Benito is a thriving and comparatively See also:modern town; for it See also:dates only from the 15th See also:century, when it was founded by refugees from Don See also:Llorente, who deserted their own town owing to the danger of floods from the Guadiana. Besides manufactures of See also:brandy, See also:flour, oil, See also:soap, See also:linen and See also:cloth, it has an active See also:trade in See also:wheat, See also:wine and See also:fruit, especially melons.

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