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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 See also:

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

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