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CULLERA, a port of east Spain, in the province of Valencia, on the Mediterranean sea, at the mouth of the river Jucar, and the terminus of the Valencia-Silla-Cullera railway. Pop. (193o) Cullera, at the foot of the Monte de las Zorras, which terminate eastward in Cape Cullera, and dominated by a ruined Moorish citadel, overlooks to the south a rich, irrigated plain producing cereals and fruit. The harbour consists of a roadstead from the mouth of the Jiicar to Cape Cullera, where ships anchor and discharge into lighters, which alone can ascend the shallow river to the port. In 1926, 31 vessels of about 14,00o tons entered the harbour. Cullera is a fishing port but is chiefly engaged in ex porting oranges, tomatoes and rice to Britain, and in importing artificial fertilizers, flour and timber.

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