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LINARES
, a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Jaen, among the southern foothills of the Sierra Morena, 1375 ft. above See also:sea-level and 3 M
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N.W. of the See also:river Guadalimar
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Pop
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(1900) 38,245
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It is connected by four See also:branch See also:railways with the important argentiferous See also:lead mines on the See also:north-See also:west, and with the See also:main railways from See also:Madrid to See also:Seville, See also:Granada and the See also:principal ports on the See also:south See also:coast
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The town was greatly improved in the second See also:half of the 19th See also:century, when the town See also: The ancient mines some 5 M . N., which are now known as Los Pozos de Anibal, may possibly date from the 3rd century B.C., when this See also:part of Spain was ruled by the Carthaginians . |
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