UTRERA (the ancient Iturbe) a town of Spain, Andalusia, province of Seville, and 16 miles S.S.E. of the city of that name. The streets are wide, and kept clean by running streams, and the houses are generally well built. It was once very flourishing, and subsequently fell
into decay; but within the last few years it has been much improved. Many of its inhabitants are landed proprietors and rich farmers, who cultivate the valuable estates around. Utrera is also a military point of importance, being on the high road between Madrid and Cadiz, and possesses a ruined castle of the Moors. It possesses numerous churches and convents, some of the former being remarkable edifices, and one of the latter being long frequented by numerous devotees during a festival which lasted for eight days from 8th September, but which has now very much fallen off. There are also a town-hall, prison, cavalry-barracks, and various hospitals. The chief manufactures are soap, leather, and starch. The country around is very fertile, and here the famous Andalusian bulls are reared in great numbers. Not far from the town are the rich salt marshes of the Guadalquivir. A considerable trade in horses, cattle, and grain is carried on. Pop. about 15,000.