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Geography: Spain: Population, Land, Trade, etc. Circa 1790s
Extent in square miles ... 148,000
Number of inhabitants ... 11,000,000
Number of persons to a square mile .74..
Extent in English acres ... 94,000,000
Number of acres to one person ... 8 ½
Revenue in pounds sterling ... 14,000,000
Amount of public debt ... 48,000,000
Land forces in time of peace ... 104,000
Ditto, in time of war ... 250,000
Seamen in time of peace ... 40,000
Ditto, in time of war ... 104,000
Ships of the line ... 74
Frigates, sloops, &c. ... 56
Leagues of sea coat ... 466
Number of inhabitants in the capital ... 140,000
Number of cultivated acres, about ... 40,000,000
Number of parishes ... 19,600
Exports to England
on an average last ten years ... 600,000
Imports from England
, ditto, ditto ... 1,400,000
Revenues of the clergy, of whom there are above 300,000, not known
Great Divisions of the country ... 15
Chief towns,
Madrid,
Cadiz, Valencia
, and
Seville
Longitude of central point of the country, 4º 11' west
Latitude of ditto, 39º 50' north
Longitude of the capital, 3º 25' 15" west
Latitude of ditto, 40º 26' north
Amount of taxes on each individual, £1 5s 5d
Source: Playfair, William. Statistical Breviary.
London: T. Bensley, 1801.
Provided by Tom Holmberg
Placed on the Napoleon Series: March 2007
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