Province o Huelva

Huelva (pronoonced: [ˈwelβa]) is a province o soothern Spain, in the wastren pairt o the autonomous commonty o Andalusie. It is bordered bi Portugal, the provinces o Badajoz, Seville, an Cádiz, an the Atlantic Ocean. Its caipital is Huelva.

Its aurie is 10,148 km². Its population is 483,792 (2005), o whom aboot 30% live in the caipital, an its population densitie is 47.67/km². It contains 79 municipalities.

The economie is based on agricultur an minin. The famous Rio Tinto mines hae been wirkit syne afore 1000 BC, an wur the major source o copper for the Roman Empire. As an indication o the scope o auncient minin, saxteen million tons o Roman slag hae been identifee'd at the Roman mines. Breetish companies resumit lairge-scale mining in 1873; the destrict is the namesake o the Rio Tinto Group.^[1]

The province contains Palos de la Frontera, an Moguer, whaur Christopher Columbus sailed oot o on his first voyage in 1492, an shares the Parque Nacional de Doñana.

1. ↑ Famous mineral localities: The Rio Tinto mines, Huelva, Spain | Mineralogical Record | Find Articles at BNET Archived 2007-09-09 at the Wayback Machine