The New International Encyclopædia/Ortigueira

ORTIGUEIRA, or'tḗ-gā'ḗ-rȧ. A town in the Province of Coruña, Spain, picturesquely situated in a beautiful valley at the head of a land-locked bay 23 miles northeast of Ferrol. The harbor is well sheltered, but shallow, and has no wharves; the town is chiefly noted for its romantic surroundings and for the good sea-bathing afforded. Population (commune), in 1887, 17,563; in 1900, 18,975.