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ESTRADA, LA

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ESTRADA, LA , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Pontevedra, 15 M. S. by E. of See also:Santiago de Compostela. Pop. (1900) 23,916. La Estrada is the See also:chief town of a densely-populated mountainous See also:district; its See also:industries are See also:agriculture, stock-breeding, and the manufacture of See also:linen and woollen See also:cloth. See also:Timber from the See also:mountain forests is conveyed from La Estrada to the See also:river Ulla, 4 M. N., and thence floated down to the See also:sea-ports on Arosa See also:Bay. The nearest railway-station is Requeijo, 7 M. W., on the Pontevedra-Santiago railway. There are See also:mineral springs at La Estrada and at Caldas de Reyes, 11 m. W.S.W.

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