Huelva

American

[wel-vah] / ˈwɛl vɑ /

noun

a seaport in SW Spain, near the Gulf of Cádiz.

Huelva British

/ ˈuɛlβa /

noun

a port in SW Spain, between the estuaries of the Odiel and Tinto Rivers: exports copper and other ores. Pop: 144 831 (2003 est)

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People in the southern Spanish towns of Huelva and Adamuz held ceremonies Sunday a week on from the rail disaster that killed 45 people, many of them from the area.

From Barron's

Last Sunday's crash between two high-speed trains happened near the village of Adamuz in the southern region of Andalusia, but most of the victims came from Huelva.

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The ceremony in Huelva began with a minute's silence, at 7:43 pm, the time of the accident.

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It was from Huelva that one of the trains in the disaster started its journey, and it accounted for 36 of the dead.

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Because of a last-minute change in travel plans, Jamilet's brother-in law, Victor Luis Terán, took an earlier train and became caught up in the crash as he travelled south from Madrid to Huelva.

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