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Huelva province
Huelva province

Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by Portugal, the provinces of Bajadoz, Sevilla, and Cádiz, and the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Huelva. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Provmap-huelva. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70... Badajoz is a province of western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. ... Sevilla province Sevilla is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Cádiz province Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, being the southernmost point of continental Western Europe. ... Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. ...


Its area is 10,148 km². Its population is 464,934 (2002), of whom about 30% live in the capital, and its population density is 45.82/km². It contains 79 municipalities. To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...


See a list of municipalities in Huelva. This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. ...


The economy is based on agriculture and mining. The province contains Palos de la Frontera, and Moguer, where Christopher Columbus sailed out of on his first voyage in 1492, and shares the Parque Nacional de Doñana with Sevilla province. Jump to: navigation, search The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... Jump to: navigation, search Palos de la Frontera or Palos (formerly also called Palos de Moguer, although this was a misnomer) is a town located in the Spanish province of Huelva, 13 km away from the province capital. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christopher Columbus (conjectural image) Christopher Columbus (1451more – 20 May 1506more) (Cristóbal Colón in Spanish, Cristoforo Colombo in Italian) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. ... Doñana National Park (Parque Nacional de Doñana), also called Coto de Doñana, is a national park and wildlife refuge in southwestern Spain. ...



 
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Huelva (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (194 words)
Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
It is bordered by Portugal, the provinces of Bajadoz, Sevilla, and Cádiz, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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