Province of Cadiz

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Cadiz
Andalusia ,  Spain
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Capital : Cadiz
Official language : Spanish
Area : 7,436 km²
Residents : 1,240,155 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 166.78 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : ES-CA
Website : dipucadiz.es
Location of the province of Cadiz
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The province of Cádiz ( Spanish Provincia de Cádiz , via Arabicقَادِس / qādis , Latin Gādēs and ancient Greek Γᾱ́δειρᾰ from Phoenician גדר "wall, fortress") is one of the eight provinces in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain . The capital is Cádiz , the largest city is Jerez de la Frontera . The inhabitants of the province call themselves Gaditanos.

Geographical location

The province of Cadiz is located in southwest Andalusia and has an area of ​​7,435.88 km². It borders the provinces of Huelva and Seville to the north, the province of Málaga to the east and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar to the south, as well as the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean .

Cádiz is the southernmost province on the Spanish mainland, its southern tip - the Punta de Tarifa - is the southernmost point of the European mainland. Due to its location by the sea, the province has a temperate climate compared to other parts of Andalusia (annual average temperature approx. 17.6 ° C with 3200 hours of sunshine). The coast has a total length of about 260 km. Of this, 138 km are beaches , the sand is fine and light, the water is clear.

population

1,240,155 people live in the province of Cádiz (as of 2019). The population density is 167 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Comarcas in the province of Cadiz

Comarcas of the province of Cadiz

Like all the provinces of Andalusia, the province of Cádiz was divided into comarcas with effect from March 28, 2003 .

List of comarcas inhabitants: as of January 1st, 2013

Comarca Residents Communities
Bahia de Cádiz 432,242 Cádiz, Chiclana de la Frontera, El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Real, San Fernando
Campiña de Jerez 216.130 Jerez de la Frontera, San José del Valle
Campo de Gibraltar 261.078 Algeciras, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Tarifa
Costa Noroeste de Cádiz 122,456 Chipiona, Rota, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Trebujena
La Janda 87,797 Alcalá de los Gazules, Barbate, Benalup-Casas Viejas, Conil de la Frontera, Medina-Sidonia, Paterna de Rivera, Vejer de la Frontera
Sierra de Cadiz 118,789 Alcalá del Valle, Algar, Algodonales, Arcos de la Frontera, Benaocaz, Bornos, El Bosque, Espera, El Gastor, Grazalema, Olvera, Prado del Rey, Puerto Serrano, Setenil de las Bodegas, Torre Alháquime, Ubrique, Villaluenga del Rosario, Villamartín, Zahara

Biggest places

(As of January 1, 2019)

City Hall of Cádiz , the capital of the province of the same name and one of the oldest cities in Europe

The following 22 municipalities had more than 10,000 inhabitants on January 1, 2013.

local community Residents
Jerez de la Frontera 212,749
Algeciras 121,957
Cadiz 116.027
San Fernando 94,979
El Puerto de Santa María 88,405
Chiclana de la Frontera 84,489
Sanlúcar de Barrameda 68,684
La Línea de la Concepción 63.147
Puerto Real 41,627
Arcos de la Frontera 30,700
San Roque 31,218
rota 29,109
Los Barrios 23,642
Barbate 22,518
Conil de la Frontera 22,529
Chipiona 19.123
Tarifa 18,162
Ubrique 16,597
Vejer de la Frontera 12,624
Villamartín 12,150
Medina-Sidonia 11,708
Jimena de la Frontera 6,951

In addition, on January 1, 2013 there were ten municipalities with 5,001 to 10,000 inhabitants, nine municipalities with 1,001 to 5,000 inhabitants and three municipalities with up to 1,000 inhabitants. The smallest municipality is Villaluenga del Rosario with 455 inhabitants.

See also

Population development of the province

Web links

Commons : Province of Cádiz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ Orden de 14 de March 2003, por la que se aprueba el mapa de comarcas de Andalucía a efectos de la planificación de la oferta turística y deportiva, Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (Official Gazette of the Government of Andalusia), No. 59 of March 27, 2003, p. 6248