a handsome town of Spain, in the kingdom of Granada, divided into two parts, the upper and lower. The upper is seated on a hill, and has a castle; the lower stands in a fertile plain, and is watered with a great number of brooks. There is a large quantity of salt in the mountain; and five miles from the town, a spring famous for the cure of the gravel. W. Long. 4° 40'. N. Lat. 36° 51'.