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

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

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