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SPA
Provinces.
Subdivi/ions.
Extent in
fquo re miles.
Population.
Chief Towns.
Province of Catalonia.
Kingdom of Valencia.
Province of Estremadura.
Province of Andalusia.
Kingdom of Murcia.
Kingdom of Aragon.
Kingdom of Navarre.
Province of Biscay.
Principality of the Asturias.
Kingdom of Gallicia.
Kingdom of Leon.
Kingdom of Old Castile.
Kingdom of New Castile.
Kingdom of Majorca.
Wand of Minorca.
County of Rouffillon 7
CerdagneJ
Kingdom of Seville
■ Granada
Cordova
Jaen
Bifcay Proper
Alava
Guipuzcoa
Oviedo
Santillana
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Leon
Palencia
Zamora
Salamanca
Burgos
Avila
Segovia
Toledo
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Cuenca
Lamanca
Iflands of Majorca
Cabrera
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10.400
7,800
16,000
12,600
1,080
2.400
8,812
16,500
2,287
4,000
3>375l
1,200j
11,500
10,750
10,800
22,000
1,440 7
100 j
360
814,412
93 V 5°
416,922
754,293
661,661
236,016
177,j36
337,686
623,308
287,382
116,042
74,000
12,076
350,000
1,350,000
665,432
1,190,180
1,146,809
136,000
27,000
10,308,505
Barcelona, Tarragon a, Urgel, Lerida, Ge-
rona, Salfona, Vich, Tortofa, Figueras, &c.
Valencia, Alicant, Elche, Orihuela, Caf-
tellan, Alzira, Carcaxente, Gandia, Xaci
va, Otiniente, Alcoy, Segorbe, &c.
Badajoz, Placencia, Coria, Merida, Trux-
illo, Xera de los Cavalleros, Llerina,
Almatona, Zafra, &c.
Seville, Xeres de la Frontera, Arcos, Ca¬
diz, Real Ejo, Ayamonte, Nivela, &c.
Granada, Malaga, Loxa, Santa Fe, Anti-
quera, Ronda, Guadix, Baza, &c.
Cordova, and Archiduna, &c.
Jaen, Ubeda, Baeza, Anduxar, &c.
Murcia, Carthagena, Lorca, Chinchilla,
Alba Cete, Villena, Almanza, &c.
Zaragoza, laca, Barbaftro, Huefca, Tara-
zona, Albarrazin, Teruel, &c.
Pampeluna, Tudela, &c.
Bilboa, Vermijo, &c.
Vittoria, Trevino, Onate, &c.
St Sebastian, Fuenaraba, Tolofa, Placen¬
tia, &c.
Oviedo, Aviles, Luarca, Gijon, &c.
Santillana, San Vincente, Riva de Sella,
&.C.
San Jago de Compostella, Bayona, Lu¬
go, Orenfe, Mondonedo, Corunna, Vigo,
&c.
Leon, Duero, Allorga, Salamanca, Zamora,
&c.
Burgos, Ofma, Siguenza, Avila, Vallado¬
lid, Segovia, Calahorra, Soria, &c.
Madrid, Toledo, Aranjuez, Talavera della
Reyna, &c.
Cuenca, Guete, Alacon, &c.
Ocana, Hucles, Laguardia, Tarrazona, &.c.
Palma, Alcudia, &c.
Ivi^a.
Mahon, Cittadella.
Some account of thefe provinces will be found under
the articles Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Bis¬
cay, Castile, Catalonia, Estremadura, Galli¬
cia, Granada, Leon, Murcia, Navarre, Valen¬
cia, Ivica, Majorca, and Minorca ; but, for the
Deft view of their prefent ftate, we muft refer our read¬
ers to De Laborde’s View of Spain, vols i. ii. and iii. or
to Playfair’s Geography, vol. i.
In its general appearance, Spain prefents a pleafing
variety of hill and dale, mountain and valley. It muft 4
be regarded as a mountainous country, its plains being Face °f the
few in number and of fmall extent. The moft remark- country*
able of thefe occupies the centre of the kingdom, efpeci-
ally New Caftile, which forms the moft elevated tratt
of level country to be found in Europe, having a mean
elevation of more than 300 fathoms above the level of
the fea. The country is well wooded, and abounds with
rivers j but thefe are often very deficient in water, and
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