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CHICLANA, or CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHICLANA, or CHICLANA DE LA FRONTERA  , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Cadiz, 12 M. by See also:rail S.E. of Cadiz . Pop . (1900) Io,868 . See also:Chiclana occupies a fertile valley, watered by the See also:river Lirio, and sheltered, on the See also:north and See also:south, by See also:low hills covered with vines and plantations . It faces the gulf of Cadiz, 3 M . W., and, from its mild See also:climate and pleasant surroundings, is the favourite summer See also:residence of the richer Cadiz merchants; its hot See also:mineral springs also attract many visitors . In the neighbourhood are the See also:Roman ruins of Chiclana la Vieja, the town of See also:Medina Sidonia (q.v.), and, about 5 M . 5.,,, the battlefield of Barrosa, where the See also:British under See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Graham (See also:Lord See also:Lynedoch) defeated the See also:French under See also:Marshal See also:Victor, on the 5th of See also:March 1811 .

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