Fuente Obejuna
Fuente Obejuna | ||
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Municipality | ||
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Fuente Obejuna Location in Spain | ||
Coordinates: 38°16′N 5°25′W / 38.267°N 5.417°W | ||
Country | Spain | |
Province | Córdoba | |
Municipality | Fuente Obejuna | |
Area | ||
• Total | 592 km2 (229 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 625 m (2,051 ft) | |
Population (2006) | ||
• Total | 4,961 | |
• Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Fuente Obejuna is a town in the province of Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. In the 2014 census,[1] the municipality had a population of 4961 inhabitants. Fuente Obejuna is located 98 km from the capital of the province, Cordoba. It was made famous by Lope de Vega's play Fuenteovejuna about the uprising that took place there in 1476. Local people are known as 'Mellarienses'.
Etymology
Although Fuente Obejuna is the official name, the town is also known as Fuente Ovejuna and Fuenteovejuna. Before the creation of the “Real Academia Española”, the use of “b” and “v” was different from what it is today, and because of that fact Fuente Obejuna can be written in several ways, all of them correct. Some people have related the name of this town to the Roman villa “Fons Mellaria” (honey fountain) that was situated in the municipality of Fuente Obejuna, 5 km from the urban area, at Masatrigos hill, a place where Roman remains have been found. From this name “Fuente Abejuna” was derived and then “Fuente Obejuna”.
Demography
There are 14 villages that belong to Fuente Obejuna`s municipality:
- Alcornocal
- Argallón
- Cañada del Gamo
- La Cardenchosa
- La Coronada
- Cuenca
- Los Morenos
- Navalcuervo
- Ojuelos Altos
- Ojuelos Bajos
- Los Pánchez
- Piconcillo
- El Porvenir
- Posadilla
Number of residents in 1996-2006:
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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6.711 | 6.695 | 6.032 | 5.890 | 5.817 | 5.743 | 5.615 | 5.530 | 5.434 | 5.409 |
See also
References
External links
Media related to Fuente Obejuna at Wikimedia Commons - Fuente Obejuna - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía