CULLERA  , a seaport of eastern

Spain, in the province of Valencia; on the Mediterranean Sea, at the mouth of the river Jucar, and at the southern terminus of the Valencia-Silla-Cullera railway . Pop . (1900) 11,947 . Cullera is a walled town, containing a ruined Moorish citadel, large barracks, several churches and convents and a hospital . It occupies the Jucar valley, south of the Sierra de Zorras, a low range of hills which terminates eastward in Cape Cullera, a conspicuous headland surmounted by a lighthouse . To the south and west extends a rich agricultural district, noted for its rice . Besides farming and fishing, the inhabitants carry on a coasting trade with various Mediterranean ports . In 1903 the harbour was entered by 66 vessels of about 25,000 tons, engaged in the exportation of grain, rice and fruit, and the importation of guano . The town of Sueca (q.v.) is 4 M . W.N.W. by rail .