SORIA, the capital of the above province, on a hill on the right bank of the Douro, 113 miles N.E. of Madrid. It is an ancient town, and still surrounded by walls which were built in the thirteenth century. This dull, though well-built town, contains several squares, in one of which stand the court-house and prisons, and in another the spacious palace of the Dukes of Gomara. There are also numerous churches, monasteries, and nunneries; a theatre, college, and several hospitals. The population is chiefly agricultural; but there are also flour-mills, tanneries, potteries, &c.; and some trade in timber, wool, and fruit is carried on. Near Soria is supposed to be the site of the ancient Numantia, of which no traces remain. Pop. 5400.