city of Spain, the capital of a department of the same name, lying between La Mancha and Granada, in the province of Murcia. Near to it rises the river Segura, which traverses the whole province, and falls into the Mediterranean Sea about sixteen miles to the south-west of Alicante. The town is surrounded with walls, and is an episcopal see. It contains 820 houses, and 4000 inhabitants, who are mostly occupied in agriculture, producing wine, fruit, especially figs, and oil. Another town bears the same name in the province of Zaragoza, and department of Dároca. It stands on the river Xiloca, and contains 1800 inhabitants. There is also a Segura in the province of Guipúzcoa, and department of St. Sebastian, on the banks of the river Oria. It was once fortified, but its works have gone to decay.

Segwin, a small territory in Northern Hindustan, situated between Nepaul and Bootan, about the 28th degree of north latitude, and extending along the banks of the river Teesta, which bounds it to the west. In 1792, when the Chinese invaded Nepaul, the rajah of Segwin submitted to become a subject of China; and here accordingly the Chinese established a military post immediately adjoining the dominions of the East India Company in Bengal.