a town and partido in the province of Cordova in Spain. The town, 8 leagues S.E. of Cordova, is picturesquely situated on the slope of a hill crowned with a castle, near the river Marbello. It has four parish churches and three schools, one of which, a female college, with an attendance of 167 pupils (1847), has a high reputation in the province. The education, which is conducted by Sisters of Charity, does not go beyond reading, writing, arithmetic, and religious instruction. Grain and oil are the principal articles of commerce. Pop. 12,944. The site of the Roman town (Baniaca or Biniana) can still be traced, and various antiquities are to be met with. A subterranean vault was discovered in 1833, containing twelve cinerary urns with inscriptions commemorating various members of the Pompeian family.