A Estrada
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Municipality
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of the Pontevedra province
Pontevedra (province)
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in Galicia in northwestern Spain
Spain
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. It is located some 15 miles southeast of Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...
. A Estrada is the chief town of a densely-populated mountainous district; its industries are agriculture
Agriculture
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, stockbreeding, and the manufacture of linen
Linen
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and woollen cloth. Timber
Timber
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from the mountain forests is conveyed from Estrada to the Ulla River, 4 miles north, and thence floated down to the sea ports on Arosa Bay. There are mineral spring
Mineral spring
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s at A Estrada and at Caldas de Reis, 11 miles west-southwest.
Coordinates: 42°42′N 8°29′W