Vejer de la Frontera
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| Vejer de la Frontera | |||
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| Location of Vejer de la Frontera | |||
| Municipality | Cádiz | ||
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| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Antonio Jesús Verdú Tello | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 58 km² (22.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 58 km² (22.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 0.00 km² (0 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 12,776 | ||
| - Density | 48.4/km² (125.4/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website: http://www.vejerdelafrontera.es/ | |||
Vejer de la Frontera, a Spanish hilltop town and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves. It contains several ancient churches and convents, and the architecture of many of its houses recalls the period of Moorish rule, which lasted from 711 until the town was captured by Saint Ferdinand of Castile in 1248. Agriculture and fruit-farming are the chief industries; fighting bulls are also bred in the neighborhood and a running of the bulls is held annually.
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[edit] Demographics
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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12,731 | 12,674 | 12,729 | 12,727 | 12,690 | 12,685 | 12,776 |
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[edit] References
- ^ Source: INE (Spain)
- ^ Chaouen está hermanada con Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), que a su vez estuvo bajo el dominio musulmán durante cinco siglos.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Vejer de la Frontera
Municipalities of Cádiz | |
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| Alcalá de los Gazules · Alcalá del Valle · Algar · Algeciras · Algodonales · Arcos de la Frontera · Barbate · Benalup-Casas Viejas · Benaocaz · Bornos · Castellar de la Frontera · Chiclana de la Frontera · Chipiona · Conil de la Frontera · Cádiz · El Bosque · El Gastor · El Puerto de Santa María · Espera · Grazalema · Jerez de la Frontera · Jimena de la Frontera · La Línea de la Concepción · Los Barrios · Medina-Sidonia · Olvera · Paterna de Rivera · Prado del Rey · Puerto Real · Puerto Serrano · Rota · San Fernando · San José del Valle · San Roque · Sanlúcar de Barrameda · Setenil de las Bodegas · Tarifa · Torre Alháquime · Trebujena · Ubrique · Vejer de la Frontera · Villaluenga del Rosario · Villamartín · Zahara de la Sierra | Image:Bandera de la provincia de Cádiz.gif |
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