Los Barrios
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| Los Barrios, Spain | |||
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| Location of Los Barrios | |||
| Municipality | Cádiz | ||
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| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Alonso Rojas Ocaña | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 332 km² (128.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 332 km² (128.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 0.00 km² (0 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 20,119 | ||
| - Density | 60.6/km² (157/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website: http://www.losbarrios.es/ | |||
Los Barrios is a small town and municipality in the south of Spain. It is part of the province of Cádiz, which in turn is part of the Andalusia region. It belongs to the Campo de Gibraltar comarca. The municipality has a total surface of 332 km² and a population of 20,119 as of 2006. The inhabitants are known as "Barreños"; the town's name means "the districts" in English and bears no relation to the district of Los Angeles or New York City.
Although the area is known to have been inhabited since prehistoric times, the town is of relatively recent provenance, having been founded in 1704 by refugees from Gibraltar. After abandoning their homes following Gibraltar's capture by Anglo-Dutch forces during the War of the Spanish Succession, some of the inhabitants of Gibraltar took refuge around the existing hermitage of San Isidro at the confluence of the rivers Guadarranque, Guadacorte and Cañas.
The temporary encampment eventually became a permanent settlement. In 1717 the settlers were ordered to concentrate themselves at Los Barrios and the neighbouring communities of Algeciras and San Roque. The three communities had a single administration until undergoing a three-way split in 1756.
Los Barrios was principally an agricultural and fishing district until the Francisco Franco era; it is now heavily industrialised.
[edit] Demographics
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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16,511 | 16,825 | 17,283 | 17,915 | 18,599 | 19,260 | 20,119 |
Source: INE (Spain)
[edit] External links
- Los Barrios City Council (in Spanish)
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