SEVILLE  , an inland

province of southern Spain, one of the eight provinces into which Andalusia was divided in 1833; bounded on the N. by Badajoz, N.E. by Cordova, S. by Malaga and Cadiz and W. by Huelva . Pop . (1900) 555,256; area J428 sq. m . The province is bisected by the navigable river Guadalquivir (q.v.), which here receives the Genil and Guadaira on the left, and the Guadalimar on the right . West of the Guadalquivir the surface is broken by low mountain ranges forming part of the Sierra Morena; the eastern districts are comparatively flat and very fertile, except along the frontiers of Cadiz and Malaga, where rise the Sierras of Gibalbin and Algodonales; and there are extensive marshes near the Guadalquivir estuary . Coal, copper, iron ore, silicate of alumina, marble and chalk are the chief mineral products; the province is famous for its oranges, and also exports wheat, barley, oats, maize, olives, oil, wine and chick-peas . Iron-founding and the manufacture of gunpowder and ordnance are carried on by the state, and a great expansion of the other manufactures—leather, pottery, soap, flour, cork products, &c.—took place after 1875 owing to the construction of railways between all the larger towns . Cattle-breeding is an important industry in the plains and marshes . Seville (q.v.) is the capital and chief river-port . Other towns described in separate articles are Ecija (pop . 1900, 24,372), Osuna (17,826), Carmona (17,215), Utrera (15,138), Moron de la Frontera (14,190), Marchena (12,468), Lebrija (10,997) .