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LALIN

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 95 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LALIN , a See also:

town of See also:north-western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Pontevedra. Pop. (1900) 16,238. Latin is the centre of the the Deza and Arnego See also:rivers. The See also:local See also:industries are tanning and the manufacture of See also:paper. Near Lalin are the ruins of the See also:Gothic See also:abbey of Carboeiro. LA LINEA, or LA LINEA DE LA See also:CONCEPCION, a town of Spain, in the province of See also:Cadiz, between See also:Gibraltar and See also:San Roque. Pop. (1900) 31,802. La Linea, which derives its name from the See also:line or boundary dividing See also:Spanish territory from the See also:district of Gibraltar, is a town of comparatively See also:modern date and was formerly looked upon as a suburb of San Roque. It is now a distinct frontier See also:post and headquarters of the Spanish commandant of the lines of Gibraltar. The fortifications erected here in the 16th See also:century were dismantled by the See also:British in ,8ro, to prevent the landing of See also:French invaders, and all the existing buildings are modern.

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barracks, casinos, a See also:theatre and a See also:bull-See also:ring, much frequented by the inhabitants and See also:garrison of Gibraltar. La Linea has some See also:trade in cereals, See also:fruit and vegetables; it is the See also:residence of large See also:numbers of labourers employed in Gibraltar.

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