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CARCAGENTE

Volume 6 · 61 words · 1860 Edition

a town in the province of Valencia, Spain. N. Lat. 39.4°, W. Long. 0.31°. It contains about 1500 houses, which are well built, and is inhabited chiefly by an agricultural population, but has a considerable manufacture of linen and woollen stuffs, and silk thread from the silk produced in the neighbourhood. Roman remains have been found in the vicinity. Pop. 7280.