See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)  , an inland See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, bounded on the N.E. by See also:

• CIUDAD

Ciudad Real, E. by See also:

• JAEN

Jaen, S.E. by See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada, S. by See also:

• MALAGA

Malaga, S.W. and W. by See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville, and N.W. by See also:

• BADAJOZ
• BADAJOZ (formerly sometimes written Badajos)

Badajoz . Pop . (1900) 455,859; See also:

• AREA

area, 5299 sq. m . The See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• GUADALQUIVIR (ancient Baetis, Moorish Wadi al Kebir, "the Great River ")

Guadalquivir divides the province into two very dissimilar portions . On the right See also:

• BANK

bank is the mountainous region of the Sierra Morena, less peopled and fertile than the See also:

• LEFT

left bank, with its See also:

• GREAT

great plains (La Campina) and slightly undulating See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country towards the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, where the See also:

• SURFACE

surface again becomes mountainous with the outlying ridges of the Sierra See also:

• NEVADA
• NEVADA (a Spanish word meaning " snow-clad " or " snowy land," originally applied to a snow-capped mountain range on the Pacific slope)

Nevada . The Guadalquivir, flowing from E.N.E. to W.S.W., See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters the richest districts of See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

Cordova, and has many tributaries, notably the Bembezar, Guadiato and Guadamellato, on the right, and the Genii and Guadajoz on the left . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern districts (Los Pedroches) are drained by several small tributaries of the See also:

• GUADIANA (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana)

Guadiana . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is much varied . See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

Snow is to be found for months on the highest peaks of the mountains; mild temperature in the plains, except in the few torrid summer months, when See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain seldom falls . The peasantry are chiefly occupied in various branches of husbandry; See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep-farming and the culture of the See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive employ large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers . The agricultural See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of Cordova is, however, not fully exploited, owing to the conservatism and backward See also:

• EDUCATION

education of the peasantry . There are no great manufacturing towns, but See also:

• MINING

mining is an See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of some importance .

In 1903 See also:

• COAL

coal was obtained in considerable quantities in the Belmez See also:

• DISTRICT

district; argentiferous See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead and See also:

• ZINC

zinc near See also:

• POZOBLANCO

Pozoblanco and elsewhere; See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore at Luque, near See also:

• BAENA

Baena . A small amount of See also:

• BISMUTH

bismuth is also obtained . Mining is facilitated by a fairly See also:

• COMPLETE

complete and well-kept See also:

• SYSTEM

system of communication by road and railway . The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line See also:

• MADRID

Madrid-See also:

• LINARES

Linares-Seville follows the Guadalquivir valley throughout the province, passing through the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, Cordova . Here it meets the line from Almorchen, on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, to Malaga, on the south, which has three important branches—Belmez-Fuente del Arco, Cordova-See also:

• UTRERA

Utrera, and Puente Genii-Jaen . After the capital, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns are See also:

• AGUILAR, GRACE (1816-1847)
• AGUILAR, or AGUILAR DE LA FRONTERA

Aguilar de la Frontera (13,236), Baena (14539), See also:

• CABRA

Cabra (13,127), Fuente Ovejuna (11,777), See also:

• LUCENA

Lucena (21,179), See also:

• MONTILLA

Montilla (13,603), See also:

• MONTORO

Montoro (14,581), Pozoblanco (12,792), Priego de See also:

• CORDOBA
• CORDOBA, GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE (1453–15.15)

Cordoba (16,904) and Puente Genii (12,956) . These are described under See also:

• SEPARATE

separate headings . Other towns of less importance are Adamuz (6974), Belalcazar (7682), Belmez (8978), Bujalance (10,756), See also:

• CASTRO, INEZ DE (d. 1355)
• CASTRO, JOAO DE (1500-1548)

Castro del Rio (11,821), Hinojosa del Duque (10,673), See also:

• PALMA, JACOPO (c. 1480-1528)
• PALMA, or PALMA DE MALLORCA
• PALMA, or SAN MIGUEL DE LA PALMA

Palma del Rio (7914), Rute (101740) and Villafranca de Cordoba (9771) .