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 GUADALUPE GTJAHAN jar, Villafranca, Cordova, and Seville, and falls into the Atlantic at San Lucar de Barrameda, 14 m. N. of Cadiz. It is more than 250 m. long, and is navigable for nearly 70 m. Its principal tributaries are the Guadalimar, Jan- dula, and Guadiato on the right, and the Gua- diana Menor, Guadajoz, and Jenil on the left. The Guadalquivir drains an area of about 20,- 000 sq. m. GUADALUPE, a river of Texas, rising in Ed- wards co., in the S. W. part of the state. It flows nearly E. until it enters the alluvial plain that stretches toward the gulf of Mexico, from which point it pursues a general S. course to its junction with the San Antonio, about 12 m. from its mouth in Espiritu Santo bay. Its length is about 250 m. On its banks are the towns of New Braunfels, Seguin, Gonzales, Clinton, and Victoria. The San Marcos, which enters the Guadalupe in Gonzales co. from the north, is the principal tributary. Steamers have occasionally ascended to Victoria. GUADALUPE, a central county of Texas, drained by the Guadalupe river ; area, 807 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 7,282, of 'whom 2,534 were colored. It has an undulating surface, covered with prairies and good timber. The chief pro- ductions in 1870 were 197,889 bushels of In- dian corn, 13,556 of sweet potatoes, and 2,874 bales of cotton. There were 6,859 horses, 6,061 milch cows, 51,454 other cattle, 3,262 sheep, and 11,748 swine. Capital, Seguin. GUADALUPE, or Gnadalnpe Hidalgo, a small town in the republic and federal district of Mexico, about 3 m. N. of the capital, with which it communicates by two beautiful paral- lel roads. It owes its importance to its church, situated at the foot of the Cerro de Tepeyac, and dedicated to Nuestra Sefiora de Guadalupe, the patron saint of the republic, who is there represented by a gorgeous image, and whose reputed power of working miracles attracts im- mense numbers of pilgrims from all parts of the country. Her feast is celebrated annually with great pomp. After the defeat of Santa Anna's troops by the American forces, the treaty of peace was signed at Guadalupe, Feb. 2, 1848. GUADELOUPE, one of the Leeward islands of the West Indies, and the most important of those which belong to France, between lat. 15 67' and 16 30' N., and Ion. 61 15' and 61 45' "W. ; area, including dependencies, 625 sq. m. ; pop. in 1868, 152,910, three fourths of whom are colored. It consists, properly speaking, of two islands, separated by a narrow channel, not more than from 30 to 100 yards broad, called Riviere Salee or Salt river, navigable for small vessels. The western island, styled Guadeloupe proper, is 85 m. long and 18 m. wide ; the eastern, called Grande-Terre, is of about the same length, but only 12 m. wide. Guadeloupe proper is of volcanic origin, and is traversed from N. to S. by a mountain range whose summit is a volcano called the Soufriere, about 5,000 ft. high. Grande-Terre is low, flat, and marshy, composed of coralline matter and marine detritus. The climate is hot, hu- mid, and unhealthy. Hurricanes are frequent and destructive. In 1843 there was a severe earthquake. The exports are sugar, molasses, rum, cotton, tobacco, coffee, dye woods, and copper. The imports are cotton goods, pot- tery, glassware, provisions, medicines, &c. In 1870 the exports to France amounted to 24,900,000 francs, the imports from France to 9,800,000 francs. The government of Guade- loupe consists of a governor, a privy council of 6, and a general council of 30 members. It has its seat at Basse-Terre, the capital, and ex- ercises jurisdiction over the islands of Guade- loupe, Marie Gal ante, D6sirade, Les Saintes, and St. Martin. Grande-Terre possesses two harbors, those of Moule and Pointe-a-Pitre. The latter, at the S. entrance of the Riviere Sal6e, is one of the best in the Antilles, and is the residence of a United States consul. Guadeloupe was discovered by Columbus in 1493. The French took possession of it in 1635, and after having been repeatedly taken from and by them in the next century and a half, it was ultimately restored to them in 1816. Slavery was abolished in 1848. Gl ADI AN A (anc. Anas), a river of Spain, ri- sing on the N. side of the Sierra Alcaraz, in La Mancha, and falling into the Atlantic between the Spanish town of Ayamonte and the Portu- guese town of Castro Marim. It flows first N. W., and after several windings enters Estrema- dura, which it traverses in a westerly direc- tion, passes Badajoz, and forms altogether 60 m. of the boundary between Spain and Portu- gal. In the Portuguese province of Alemtejo it forms a cataract called the Salto del Lobo (wolf's leap), a narrow passage between the Sierra Abeloeira and the Sierra de Caldeirao. It is navigable above the Chanza. Length about 380 m. GUADIX, an old city of Spain, in the prov- ince and 42 m. E. N. E. of the city of Gra- nada, on the N. declivity of the Sierra Ne-* vada ; pop. about 11,000. It was once a place of considerable strength, and is still surrounded with walls, and is said to be the oldest bishop- ric in Spain. It has manufactories of silk, sail cloth, cutlery, and earthenware. GUAHAN, Guam, or San Jnan, the largest and southernmost of the Ladrone islands, in lat. 13 N., Ion. 145 E. ; pop. about 5,000. It is about 100 m.in circumference, and surrounded by coral reefs. The coasts are broken by sev- eral bays, one of which, called Calderon de Apra, is a commodious haven. The S. part of the island is of volcanic formation, and there is also a small volcano in the N., but the shores on this side are high and coralline. The in- terior is well watered, wooded, and fertile, rice, maize, cacao, sugar cane, indigo, cotton, and fruits growing in profusion. The domes- tic animals of Europe were imported long ago, but most of them have become wild. The primitive possessors of the island were long