Bujalance
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Andalusia | |
Province : | Cordoba | |
Comarca : | Alto Guadalquivir | |
Coordinates | 37 ° 32 ′ N , 4 ° 13 ′ W | |
Height : | 357 msnm | |
Area : | 124.81 km² | |
Residents : | 7,417 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 59.43 inhabitants / km² | |
Founding: | 935 | |
Postal code : | 14650 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 14012 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | Elena Alba Castro ( Partido Popular ) | |
Website : | www.bujalance.es |
Bujalance is a municipality , Spanish municipio , in the Andalusian province of Córdoba , in the Comarca Alto Guadalquivir in the midst of extensive olive fields .
The name comes from Arabic برج حَنَش, DMG Burǧ al-Ḥanaš , 'Adder Tower'. In Latin and Castilian sources of the 13th century , the -r- from burǧ , which is originally related to the Germanic castle via the Latin burgus , is still preserved: "Burialhanc" or "Burjalhance".
Bujalance Castle from the 10th century is a typical example of Californian defense architecture.
The artist Antonio Palomino , author of art theoretical writings and designer of numerous sacred works of art and painter of church frescoes , was born in Bujalance in 1653 , where he spent the first ten years of his life.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).