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Huelva (Province) Spain

Huelva is a province in the south of Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders Portugal, the provinces of Badajoz, Seville and Cádiz, and the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital city is Huelva. The province covers an area of 10,148 km². Its population is 483,792 (2005), with around 30% living in the capital, and a population density of 47.67 people per km². There are 79 municipalities in the province. The local economy is based on agriculture and mining. The famous Rio Tinto mines have been worked since before 1000 BC and were a major source of copper for the Roman Empire. To give an idea of the scale of ancient mining, around sixteen million tonnes of Roman slag have been identified at the site. British companies restarted large-scale mining in 1873, and the area later gave its name to the Rio Tinto Group. The province includes Palos de la Frontera and Moguer, from where Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage in 1492, and it shares the Doñana National Park (Parque Nacional de Doñana).

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Huelva (Province), Spain

Huelva (Province) Spain