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POVOA DE VARZIM

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 223 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POVOA DE VARZIM  , a seaport of

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northern
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Portugal, in the
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district of
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Oporto; on a small and
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ill-sheltered
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bay, 18 m . N. of Oporto by the
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branch railway to
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Villa Nova de Familicao . Pop . (1900), 12,623 . In summer Povoa de Varzim is the most frequented
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sea-bathing resort in northern Portugal; it is also the headquarters of important sardine,
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hake, and sea-
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bream
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fisheries .

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