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MONCHIQUE

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 693 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONCHIQUE  , a

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town of
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southern
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Portugal, in the
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district of
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Faro (formerly the
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province of
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Algarve) ; 13 M . S. of Saboia station on the
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Lisbon-Faro railway, and 12 M . N. of
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Villa Nova on the
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Atlantic . Pop . (1900), 7345 . Monchique is one of the
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principal Portuguese
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health-resorts, finely situated among the wooded heights of the Serra de Monchique, which rise on the
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west to 2963 ft . There are hot
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sulphur springs, with
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baths and a
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sanatorium 4 M.
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south .
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Wheat,
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millet,
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rye, beans, oranges,
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wine,
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olive oil and chestnuts are the
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chief products, and there is a woollen factory .

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