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Dos Hermanas: Alquería del Pilar Alquería del Pilar, a 19th-century manor house, now part of a municipal park in Dos Hermanas, Spain.

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Dos Hermanas, city, Sevilla provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain. It lies southeast of Sevilla city between the Guadaira and Guadalquivir rivers. The city was founded by Ferdinand III of Castile at the time of his conquest of Sevilla (1248) and named Dos Hermanas (“two sisters”) for the sisters of his lieutenant, Gonzalo Nazareno. Olives are the main agricultural product of the region, which also has a hemp industry and limestone quarries. Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 117,564.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.