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Huercal Overa

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A town of south-eastern Spain, in the province of Almeria, on the Lorca-Baza railway, and between two branches of the river Almanzora. Pop. (1900) 15,763. Huercal Overa is the chief town of a thriving agricultural district, largely dependent for its prosperity on the lead mining carried on among the surrounding highlands.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Huercal Overa'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/huercal-overa.html. 1910.
 
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