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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 731 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SEVILLE , an inland See also:

province of See also:southern See also:Spain, one of the eight provinces into which See also:Andalusia was divided in 1833; bounded on the N. by See also:Badajoz, N.E. by See also:Cordova, S. by See also:Malaga and See also:Cadiz and W. by See also:Huelva. Pop. (1900) 555,256; See also:area J428 sq. m. The province is bisected by the navigable See also:river See also:Guadalquivir (q.v.), which here receives the Genil and Guadaira on the See also:left, and the Guadalimar on the right. See also:West of the Guadalquivir the See also:surface is broken by See also:low See also:mountain ranges forming See also:part of the Sierra Morena; the eastern districts are comparatively See also:flat and very fertile, except along the frontiers of Cadiz and Malaga, where rise the Sierras of Gibalbin and Algodonales; and there are extensive marshes near the Guadalquivir See also:estuary. See also:Coal, See also:copper, See also:iron ore, silicate of alumina, See also:marble and See also:chalk are the See also:chief See also:mineral products; the province is famous for its oranges, and also exports See also:wheat, See also:barley, oats, See also:maize, See also:olives, oil, See also:wine and chick-peas. Iron-See also:founding and the manufacture of See also:gunpowder and See also:ordnance are carried on by the See also:state, and a See also:great expansion of the other manufactures—See also:leather, pottery, See also:soap, See also:flour, See also:cork products, &c.—took See also:place after 1875 owing to the construction of See also:railways between all the larger towns. See also:Cattle-breeding is an important See also:industry in the plains and marshes. Seville (q.v.) is the See also:capital and chief river-See also:port. Other towns described in See also:separate articles are See also:Ecija (pop. 1900, 24,372), See also:Osuna (17,826), See also:Carmona (17,215), See also:Utrera (15,138), Moron de la Frontera (14,190), See also:Marchena (12,468), See also:Lebrija (10,997).

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