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MOTRIL

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 930 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOTRIL , a See also:

town of See also:southern See also:Spain in the See also:province of See also:Granada, at the See also:foot of an offshoot of the Sierra See also:Nevada and on the edge of a See also:rich alluvial See also:plain, about i m. from the Mediterranean and 40 M. S.S.E. of Granada, with which it is connected by a See also:good See also:carriage road. Pop. (1900), 18,528. The See also:climate is semi-tropical, and the See also:vega or plain of Motril has been found peculiarly adapted for the culture of See also:sugar-See also:cane and sugar-See also:beet. In the See also:district, and esnecially at Salobrefia, 3 M. See also:west, there are numerous sugar-factories; See also:cotton is also grown and manufactured, and See also:alcohol, See also:flour, See also:soap, See also:iron goods and cotton stuffs are among the other See also:industrial products. The neighbourhood is rich in See also:zinc and See also:lead; and See also:copper is also found. Motril itself is a See also:port of the second class, but the anchorage at Calahonda, 41 M. See also:south-See also:east, is much better. Grapes, See also:barley, See also:esparto grass, dry See also:figs, almonds and zinc are exported.

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