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VILLALBA

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 73 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VILLALBA  , a

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town of north-western Spain, in the province of
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Lugo; on the
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left
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bank of the
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river Ladra, one of the head-streams of the Mino, and at the junction of the main roads from Ferrol and Mondonedo to the city of Lugo . Pop . (1900) 13,J72 . Villalba is the chief town of the
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district watered by the Ladra, Tamboga and other small streams--a fertile plateau 1500 ft. above sea-level .
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Cloth and pottery are manufactured, and there is some trade in grain and live stock . The nearest railway station is Otero, 15 m . S. by E., on the Lugo-Corunna
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line .

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