or HUELVAS, a province of Andalucia, Spain. It has ranked as a province only since 1833, and is bounded on the N. by Badajoz, S. by the ocean, E. by Sevilla, S.E. by Cadiz, and W. by Portugal, from which it is separated to some extent by the rivers Guadiana and the Chanza. Its area is 4130 square miles, which is intersected in a S.W. direction by the western part of the Sierra Morena, locally called the Sierra Arrocha. The Odiel and the Zinto are the principal streams that drain its surface, and both fall into the Atlantic, the one at the Puerto de Polos, whence Columbus set sail on his first voyage to the West. On the opposite slope of the mountains are the basins of the Guadiana and its tributaries, the Chauza, Malagon, and Albugarilla. The E. parts of the province of Huelva are composed to a large extent of vast sterile plains; but in other portions the surface presents a pleasing variety. The highest peak is San Cristobal, at whose base are the copper mines of Rio Zinto. The soil possesses great fertility, and produces excellent pasturage, as well as oranges, lemons, citrons, grain of various kinds, and wine. mountains are clothed with pine, oak, beech, holly, and chestnut forests, affording excellent timber. Pop. 153,462.

Huelva (ancient Onoba), a seaport-town of Spain, capital of the above province, on a bay formed by the mouth of the Odiel and Tinto, 50 miles W.S.W. of Seville. It carries on a considerable trade in fruit and floor-mattings, and some tunny fishing. The vestiges of a Roman aqueduct are fast disappearing. Huelva was the birthplace of José Isidoro Morales, and of Alonso Sanchez de Huelva, who discovered Española Island. Pop. 7173.