Laujar de Andarax

Laujar de Andarax, Spain

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Coordinates: 36°59′N 2°53′W / 36.983°N 2.883°W / 36.983; -2.883Coordinates: 36°59′N 2°53′W / 36.983°N 2.883°W / 36.983; -2.883
Country Spain
Community Andalusia
Municipality Almería
Government
 • Mayor Emilio Romero (PSA)
Area
 • Total 92 km2 (36 sq mi)
Elevation 918 m (3,012 ft)
Population (2005)
 • Total 1,836
 • Density 20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Laujar de Andarax is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

History

The people of Laujar de Andarax took part in the rebellion of 1500, triggered by the forced conversion of its Muslim population to Christianity. It was the scene of one of the most violent episodes during the suppression of the rebellion. Two hundred Muslims who had taken refuge in a local mosque were blown up with gunpowder under the order of Louis de Beaumont.[1][2][3]

Its surface area is 92 km² and it has a density of 20.0 inhabitants / km². Its geographic coordinates are 36º 59 ', N, 2º 53', O. It is located at an altitude of 918 meters and 69 kilometers from the provincial capital, Almería. It belongs to the Alpujarra of Almeria, being the town with the largest population of that region. Great historical legacy is the one that drags this municipality, since it is considered the oldest in Spain. Capital of the Alpujarra Almeriense in which the legend says that it was founded by Tubal, who is the grandson of Noah, after the Universal Flood. Quantity of architectural elements are witnesses of the weather in this town worth visiting. The Mudejar Town Hall, the Mudejar Church of the Encarnación and the Hermitage of Health stand out. [4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19991,855—    
20001,833−1.2%
20011,808−1.4%
20021,842+1.9%
20031,827−0.8%
20041,819−0.4%
20051,836+0.9%
Source: INE (Spain)

References

  1. ↑ MÁRMOL CARVAJAL, Luis del: Historia del [sic] Rebelión y Castigo de los Moriscos de Reino de Granada IV-xxvii;
  2. ↑ Lea, Henry Charles (1901). The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion. Lea Brothers & Company. pp. 38–39.
  3. ↑ Carr, Matthew (2009). Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain. New Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-1-59558-361-1.
  4. ↑ https://www.ayuntamiento.es/laujar-de-andarax


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