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Encyclopedia Britannica



HUELVA

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 854 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HOR-I25
HUELVA , a maritime province of
south
 -western Spain, formed in 1833 of districts taken from Andalusia, and bounded on the N. by Badajoz, E. by Seville, S. by the Gulf of Cadiz and W. by Portugal. Pop. (1900) 260,880; area 3913 sq. m. With the exception of its
south
 -eastern
angle
 , where the province merges into the flat waste lands known as Las Marismas, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir, Huelva presents throughout its entire extent an agreeably varied surface. It is traversed in a south-westerly direction by the Sierra Morena, here known, in its main
ridge
 , as the Sierra de Aracena. The principal streams are the navigable lower reaches of the Guadalquivir and Guadiana, which respectively form for some distance the south-eastern and south-western boundaries; the Odiel and the Tinto, which both fall into the Atlantic by navigable rigs or estuaries; the Malagon, Chanza, Alcalaboza and Murtiga, which belong to the Guadiana system; and the Huelva, belonging to that of the Guadalquivir. Huelva has a mild and equable climate, with abundant moisture and a fertile soil. Among the mountains there are many valuable woodlands, in which oaks, pines, beeches, cork-trees and chestnuts predominate, while the lowlands afford excellent pasturage. But agriculture and stock-breeding are here less important than in most Spanish provinces, although the exports comprise large quantities of fruit, oil and wine, besides cork and esparto grass. The head-quarters of the fishing trades, which include the drying and salting of fish, are at Huelva, the
capital
 , and Ayamonte on the Guadiana. There are numerous brandy distilleries; and bricks, pottery, soap, candles and flour are also manufactured; but the
great
  local industry is mining. In 1903 no fewer than 470 mines were at
work
 ; and their output, consisting chiefly of copper with smaller quantities of manganese and iron, exceeded 1,500,000 in value. The celebrated Rio Tinto copper mines, near the sources of the Tinto, were, like those of Tharsis, 30 M. N.N.W. of Huelva, exploited long before the Christian era, probably bythe Carthaginians, and certainly by the Romans. They are still among the most important copper mines in the world (see Rio TINTO). Saline and other
mineral
  springs are common throughout the province. Huelva is the principal seaport, and is connected with Seville on the
east
  and Merida on the north by direct railways; while a network of narrow-gauge railways gives access to the
chief
  mining centres. The principal towns, besides Huelva (21,359) and Rio Tinto (11,603), which are described in
separate
  articles, are Alosno (8187), Ayamonte (7530), Bollullos (7922), Moguer (8455), Nerva (7908) and Zalamea la Real (7335) The state and municipal roads are better engineered and maintained than those of the neighbouring provinces. See also ANDALUSIA.


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