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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 689 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NIJAR , a See also:

town of See also:south-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Almeria; on the See also:southern slope of the Sierra Alhamilla, And on the small See also:river Artal, which flows into the Mediterranean See also:Sea 6 m. S.W. Pop. (1900) 12,497. Diespite the lack of railway communication, Nijar is a See also:place of some commercial importance. See also:Lead, See also:iron and See also:manganese are See also:mined in the neighbouring mountains; the fertile See also:plain watered by the Artal yields an abundance of See also:wheat, See also:fruit, See also:olives and See also:esparto grass; and See also:fine See also:porcelain and woollen and See also:cotton goods are manufactured in the town.

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