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The oil reserves of Spain have been little exploited [1] but major inshore and offshore deposits were discovered in the late 20th century [2] and early 21st century. [3] There are oil deposits in Burgos ( Ayoluengo oil field ), Córdoba, the south shore, Cádiz, Sevilla, Jaén, Asturias, Tarragona, Valencia and Canarias.
Spanish meat production in 1986 totalled 2,497,000 tons. [2] The country's farmers produced 137,000 tons of lamb and mutton, 435,000 tons of beef and veal, 765,000 tons of poultry, and 1,160,000 tons of pork. [2] With some fluctuations, these figures were representative of Spain's meat production during the 1980s. [2]
Spain produced 44% of world production. The next largest producers were Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Turkey and Morocco. [49] Villacarrillo, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain is a center of olive oil production. Spain's olive oil production derives 75% from the region of Andalucía, particularly within Jaén province which produces 70% of the olive oil in ...
Coca is any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. Coca is known worldwide for its psychoactive alkaloid , cocaine . Different early- Holocene peoples in different areas of South America independently transformed Erythroxylum gracilipes plants into quotidian stimulant and medicinal crops ...
Betic amphora for transporting olive oil, 2nd century CE. Underwater site of Escombreras. National Museum of Underwater Archaeology, Cartagena (Spain). The binomial pottery-oil is documented to have originated in the ancient Assyrian empire towards the end of the 3rd millennium BCE, [3] in the archaeological digs of the Ebla palace, where thousands of containers capable of storing 120,000 kg ...
It is also used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps, and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps, and has additional uses in some religions. Spain accounts for almost half of global olive oil production; other major producers are Portugal, Italy, Tunisia, Greece and Turkey. [102]
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This category includes the endemic and native plants of Spain. According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions , this excludes the Balearic Islands , Canary Islands , and the Spanish North African Territories, but includes Andorra and Gibraltar .