Estremadura

Estremadura, a Portuguese province on the coast, having the province of Beira on the N. and E., Alemtejo on the S., and the Atlantic on the W. The Tagus flows through it, dividing it into almost equal parts, the northern of which has a mountain range reaching a height of over 2,000 feet, and containing the heights of Torres Vedras, and ending near the mouth of the Tagus. This ridge has a flat, sandy district on the west, but a fertile land to the south-east. Wine and olives are produced, and many fruits, and cork is obtained from the forests. Many swine are reared. There are minerals, but they are not worked; and there is some manufacture of woollen and linen. Most of the trade is seated in Lisbon, capital of the province and of the country, and at Setubal.