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TOTANA

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 79 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOTANA  , a

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town of eastern Spain, in the province of
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Murcia, on the
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Lorca-Murcia railway . Pop . (190o), 13,703 . The town, which consists of two parts, the Barrio de Sevilla and Barrio de Triana, contains several handsome public buildings, among them the church of Santiago, with its three naves .
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Water is conveyed to Totana from the Sierra de Espuna by an aqueduct 7 M. long . Saltpetre is obtained among the hills, and there is a thriving trade in wheat, oranges, olives, almonds, and wine from the Sangonera valley . Other
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industries are•the manufacture of
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linen, leather and the earthenware jars called tinajas, which are used for the storage of oil and wine .

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