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MORATALLA , a See also: town of eastern See also: Spain, in the province of See also: Murcia, 40 M
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W.N.W. of the city of Murcia
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Pop
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(1900), 12,689
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Moratalla is' built on a mountainous peninsula, almost surrounded by the Grande and Benamor, small See also: rivers which meet and flow eastward to join the See also: Segura
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The town is a labyrinth of narrow, crooked streets, and some of its houses are Moorish in character
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Its chief buildings are the See also: modern hospital and theatre, and the 17th-century See also: church
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It has manufactures of coarse
See also: cloth, See also: spirits and See also: soap
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The nearest railway station is Calasparra, 6 m. See also: east, on the Murcia-See also: Albacete railway
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