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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 910 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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YECLA  , a See also:

town of E . See also:Spain, in the extreme N. of the See also:province of See also:Murcia, on the Yecla-See also:Villena railway; it is situated on the W. slope of See also:Monte See also:Castillo, which rises above the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Arroyo del Jua . Pop . (19oo) 18,743 . The chiefbuildings are a See also:half-ruined citadel, a See also:modern See also:parish See also:church with a pillared Corinthian See also:facade, and a town See also:hall See also:standing in a See also:fine arcaded square . Yecla has a thriving See also:trade in the See also:grain, See also:wine, oil, See also:fruit and See also:esparto grass produced in the surrounding See also:country .

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