Andújar

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Andújar (the ancient Iliturgi), a town of southern Spain, in the province of Jaén; on the right bank of the river Guadalquivir and the Madrid-Córdoba railway. Pop. (1900) 16,302.

Andújar is widely known for its porous earthenware jars, called alcarrazas, which keep water cool in the hottest weather, and are manufactured from a whitish clay found in the neighbourhood.

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.