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ADRA (anc. Abdera)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 215 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADRA (anc.
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Abdera)
  , a seaport of
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southern Spain, in the province of
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Almeria; at the mouth of the Rio Grande de Adra, and on the Mediterranean Sea . Pop . (1900) 11,188 . Adra is the
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port of shipment for the lead obtained near
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Berja, 10 m. north-east; but its commercial development is retarded by the lack of a railway . Besides lead, the .exports include grapes,-
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sugar and esparto . Fuel is imported, chiefly from the
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United
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Kingdom .

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