Estremadura, a coast province of Portugal, between Beira and Alemtejo, watered by the Tagus; richly fertile in many parts, but sparely cultivated; silk is an important industry, and an increasing; Lisbon is the chief city, and with Setubal monopolises the trade; salt, fruits, wine, and oil are exported; also name of a district in Spain between Portugal and New Castile, now divided into the provinces of Badajoz and Cácéres.
Population (circa 1900) given as 1,111,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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