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Coordinates: 37°03′N 2°23′W / 37.050°N 2.383°W / 37.050; -2.383
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'''Tabernas''' is a [[municipality]] of [[Almería (province)|Almería province]], in the autonomous community of [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]].
'''Tabernas''' is a [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] of [[Almería (province)|Almería province]], in the [[autonomous community]] of [[Andalusia]], Spain, as well as the name of the principal town of the municipality. It is located on the edge of the famous [[Tabernas Desert]], the filming location of many feature films and TV series. The three film sets in the area: [[Texas Hollywood|Fort Bravo]], [[Western Leone]], [[Mini Hollywood]] attract a modest number of tourists.
It is also the name of the principal town of the municipality. Tabernas is on the edge of the famous [[desert]] named after it, in which many feature films and TV series have been made. There is a modest tourist industry due to the presence of three film sets, Mini Hollywood, Decorados, and Rancho Leone. It is the site of Moorish castle ruins, an old church, and a splendidly-refurbished Teatro Municipal.
It is the site of Moorish castle ruins, an old church, and a refurbished Teatro Municipal.


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
{{Demography 7col|400px|
| align = center
[[1999]]|[[2000]]|[[2001]]|[[2002]]|[[2003]]|[[2004]]|[[2005]]|
| 1996| 3457
3,241|3,210|3,204|3,217|3,110|3,180|3,410}}
| 2001| 3204
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<small>Source: [http://www.ine.es INE (Spain)]</small>
| 2006| 3494
| 2017| 3679
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| source = [http://www.ine.es INE (Spain)]
}}

== Cinema ==
[[File:Almeria Yucca City bei Tabernas.jpg|thumb|"Wild West" cemetery in "Yucca City" in the desert of Tabernas]]
The Tabernas Desert, because of its similarities to North American deserts as seen in western movies, to northern Africa and to the Arabian deserts, and because of its lunar landscape, served from the 1950s onwards for the shooting of many films needing such landscapes (e.g. the [[Spaghetti Western]]s), making the area world-renowned.

{{see also|List of films shot in Almería}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Es icon}} [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadistica/sima/htm/sm04088.htm Tabernas] - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
* [http://www.fort-bravo.com/ Cinema Studios Fort Bravo Texas Hollywood]
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadistica/sima/htm/sm04088.htm Tabernas] - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
* {{Es icon}} [http://i1.dipalme.org/Servicios/Municipios/pueblos.nsf/tabernas.html Tabernas] - Diputación Provincial de Almería
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091525/http://i1.dipalme.org/Servicios/Municipios/pueblos.nsf/tabernas.html Tabernas] - [[Diputación Provincial de Almería]]


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Latest revision as of 17:55, 15 August 2023

Tabernas, Spain
Flag of Tabernas, Spain
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Official seal of Tabernas, Spain
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Coordinates: 37°03′N 2°23′W / 37.050°N 2.383°W / 37.050; -2.383
CountrySpain
CommunityAndalusia
MunicipalityAlmería
Government
 • MayorJose Diaz Ibanez (PSOE)
Area
 • Total281 km2 (108 sq mi)
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total3,704
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateBWk

Tabernas is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, as well as the name of the principal town of the municipality. It is located on the edge of the famous Tabernas Desert, the filming location of many feature films and TV series. The three film sets in the area: Fort Bravo, Western Leone, Mini Hollywood attract a modest number of tourists. It is the site of Moorish castle ruins, an old church, and a refurbished Teatro Municipal.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19963,457—    
20013,204−7.3%
20063,494+9.1%
20173,679+5.3%
Source: INE (Spain)

Cinema[edit]

"Wild West" cemetery in "Yucca City" in the desert of Tabernas

The Tabernas Desert, because of its similarities to North American deserts as seen in western movies, to northern Africa and to the Arabian deserts, and because of its lunar landscape, served from the 1950s onwards for the shooting of many films needing such landscapes (e.g. the Spaghetti Westerns), making the area world-renowned.

See also: List of films shot in Almería

References[edit]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links[edit]

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