CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)

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CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba) , an inland province of southern Spain, bounded on the N.E. by Ciudad Real, E. by Jaen, S.E. by Granada, S. by Malaga, S.W. and W. by Seville, and N.W. by Badajoz. Pop. (1900) 455,859; area, 5299 sq. m. The river Guadalquivir divides the province into two very dissimilar portions. On the right bank is the mountainous region of the Sierra Morena, less peopled and fertile than the left bank, with its

great

GREAT

plains (La Campina) and slightly undulating country towards the

south

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SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

and

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, where the surface again becomes mountainous with the outlying ridges of the Sierra Nevada. The Guadalquivir, flowing from E.N.E. to W.S.W., waters the richest districts of

Cordova

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CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

, and has many tributaries, notably the Bembezar, Guadiato and Guadamellato, on the right, and the Genii and Guadajoz on the left. The northern districts (Los Pedroches) are drained by several small tributaries of the Guadiana. The climate is much varied. Snow is to be found
for months on the highest peaks of the mountains; mild temperature in the plains, except in the few torrid summer months, when rain seldom falls. The peasantry are chiefly occupied in various branches of husbandry; sheep-farming and the culture of the olive employ large numbers. The agricultural wealth of

Cordova

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CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

is, however, not fully exploited, owing to the conservatism and backward education of the peasantry. There are no

great

GREAT

manufacturing towns, but mining is an industry of some importance. In 1903 coal was obtained in considerable quantities in the Belmez

district

DISTRICT

; argentiferous lead and zinc near Pozoblanco and elsewhere; iron ore at Luque, near Baena. A small amount of bismuth is also obtained. Mining is facilitated by a fairly complete and well-kept system of communication by road and railway. The main line Madrid-Linares-Seville follows the Guadalquivir valley throughout the province, passing through the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

, Cordova. Here it meets the line from Almorchen, on the north, to Malaga, on the south, which has three important branchesBelmez-Fuente del Arco, Cordova-

Utrera

UTRERA

, and Puente Genii-Jaen. After the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

, the principal towns are Aguilar de la Frontera (13,236), Baena (14539), Cabra (13,127), Fuente Ovejuna (11,777), Lucena (21,179), Montilla (13,603),

Montoro

MONTORO

(14,581), Pozoblanco (12,792), Priego de Cordoba (16,904) and Puente Genii (12,956). These are described under

separate

SEPARATE

headings. Other towns of less importance are Adamuz (6974), Belalcazar (7682), Belmez (8978), Bujalance (10,756), Castro del Rio (11,821), Hinojosa del Duque (10,673), Palma del Rio (7914), Rute (101740) and Villafranca de Cordoba (9771).

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