Puertode Santa Maria

Puerto de Santa Maria, or El Puerto, a port of Spain in the province of Cadiz, seven miles N.E. of that city, close to the mouth of the Guadalete. It is a well-built town with fine public promenades. As a place for the storing and exporting of Spanish wine it ranks next to Xeres, and it carries on a considerable trade in other produce, possessing also a few local industries.