GOTEBORG, ye'te-bar-y', GOTHENBURG, or GOTTENBURG. Capital of the Lan of Go teborg and Bohus, and, next to Stockholm, the most important city of Sweden, situated on the river Gota, four miles from its mouth (Map: Sweden, E 8). The town is semicircular in form, and lies in a plain surrounded by hills. The newer sections are built on the hills; the lower portion along the river has broad streets, partly formed by canals, and lined with trees. In the centre of the town are the Gustav Adolfs Torg„ or market-place, containing a statue of Gustavus Adolphus; the exchange; and the town hall. Other noteworthy buildings are the cathedral, the Governor's palace. and the arsenal. The edu cational facilities of the town comprise a gymna sium; technical, commercial, and nautical schools; a municipal library of 100,000 volumes; a mu seum with fine archreological, zoological, and industrial collections; and a scientific society, founded in 1778. The system of protection against fire, and the water-supply, are good; the streets are lighted by gas and electricity. Street
railways and omnibuses traverse town.
Cotton-spinning and ship-building, iron and steel milling are among the manufacturing in dustries. Other important products are sugar, porter, paper, sailcloth and leather; the town stands preeminent in Sweden on account of its commerce. Its harbor, recently enlarged, is rarely blocked by ice, and affords a shelter for a large number of vessels from all parts of the world. The largest exports are pig and wrought iron, steel, zinc, manganese, lumber, matches, oats, fish, and pork. Among the imports are sugar, coffee, grain, cotton and cotton goods, and coal. Goteborg receives about one-fourth of the total foreign commerce of Sweden. The United States is represented by a consul. Population, in 1840, 26,084; in 1890. 104.657; in 1900. 130, 619. Goteborg was founded on its present site in 1619 by Gustavus Adolphus.