Chiclana
Encyclopedia Britannica
CHICLANA, a town of Spain in the province of Cadiz, 13 miles south-east from that city, divided by the River Tiro into the Banda and Lugor quarters. It contains the residences of many of the Cadiz merchants, possesses baths of great celebrity, and is a favourite resort of the lower classes. In the neighbourhood is Medina Sidonia, supposed by some to be the Phoenician Asidon ; and about 5 miles south is the field of Barossa, where the Anglo-Spanish army under Sir Thomas Graham (Lord Lynedoch) defeated the French under Marshal Victor, March 5,1811. Population about 8600.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 614
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