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RIBEIRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 284 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RIBEIRA , a See also:

town of See also:north-western See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Corunna, on the extreme See also:south-See also:west of the See also:peninsula formed between the See also:river of Muros y Noya and Arosa See also:Bay. Pop. (1900) 12,218. Ribeira is in a hilly See also:country, abounding in See also:wheat, See also:wine, See also:fruit, See also:fish and See also:game. Its See also:port is See also:Santa Eugenia de Ribeira, on Arosa Bay. The See also:population is chiefly occupied in See also:agriculture, See also:cattle-breeding and See also:fisheries.

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