Ojos Negros, Teruel

Ojos Negros
municipality

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Ojos Negros
Coordinates: 40°44′N 1°30′W / 40.733°N 1.500°W / 40.733; -1.500Coordinates: 40°44′N 1°30′W / 40.733°N 1.500°W / 40.733; -1.500
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Teruel
Comarca Jiloca
Area
  Total 90 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation 1,151 m (3,776 ft)
Population (2004)
  Total 531
  Density 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
A windmill in Ojos Negros

Ojos Negros is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 531 inhabitants.

It is a mining town located close to Sierra Menera, a range much scarred by open-pit mining, part of the mountainous Iberian System area.[1]

Unemployment hit Ojos Negros hard when mining activity in the nearby mountains ceased. Its population went from 3000 in the 20th century to 560 in 2010. During the Sierra Menera company mining times, between 1900 and 1987, most of the population lived in the Barrio Minero town closer to the mines. Now only about 40 people live there.[2]

See also

References

  1. La Compañía Minera de Sierra Menera. Breve historia Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Luis Diego Arribas, Contemporary Art and Opencast Mining, Revista de Humanidades, University of Zaragoza. 2009


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