a town of Spain, province of Granada, in an elevated plain, between two mountain chains, 70 miles N.E. of Granada. It contains three convents, an hospital, and three churches. Its chief manufactures are cloth, linens, woollen coverlets, and damasks. Pop. 5640. At a short distance from Huescar are the ruins of a very ancient city said to have been founded by the Carthaginians, and now called Huescar la Vieja or Old Huescar.