Gijon

Gijon, a seaport of Spain, stands on a peninsula and bay of the Atlantic, 20 miles by rail NE. of Oviedo. It manufactures tobacco, glass, and earthenware; exports butter, cheese, and fruits, and to Great Britain hazel-nuts and copper ore; and imports grain, flour, sugar, oil, iron, machinery, spirits, chemicals, and woven goods. Exports, about £100,000 a year; imports £360,000. Here Jovellanos, a native of Gijon, founded the collegiate Asturian Institute. Pop. 35,170.