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PUENTE GENIL, or PUENTE JENIL

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 634 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR
PUENTE GENIL, or PUENTE JENIL , a town of southern Spain, in the province of
Cordova
 ; on the right bank of the river Genil or Jenil, a tributary of the Guadalquivir. Pop. (1900), 12,956. Puente Genil is on the
Cordova
 -Malaga railway, and is the starting-point of the line to
Linares
 . A
bridge
  across the Genil, from which the name of the town is derived, joins the
lower
 
part
  of Puente Genil with the higher, which is built on rising ground extending to the
olive
  groves above. There are several convents, schools for
primary
  and higher education, hospitals, a municipal library and a theatre. The
principal
  industry is the manufacture of
olive
  oil. There are also flour-mills and linen factories. The alhondiga or permanent market is always well stocked with
grain
 , vegetables and livestock.


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