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TORREVIEJA , a seaport of See also:south-eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Alicante, 3 m . S.W. of Cape See also:Cervera, and at the See also:terminus of a railway to Albatera on the Alicante-See also:Murcia See also:line . Pop . (1900), 9706 . The See also:district is famous for its See also:salt beds, which are owned and worked by the See also:state, the See also:Laguna Grande alone yielding more than 1oo,000 tons a See also:year . The other See also:industries are chiefly fishing, See also:shipbuilding and the manufacture of See also:ropes and sails . The roadstead affords safe anchorage . There is an active See also:trade in See also:fruit and agricultural products . |
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