Almodóvar del Campo

Almodóvar del Campo
Almodóvar del Campo
	Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Almodóvar del Campo Almodóvar del Campo
	Coordinates: 38°43′7″N 4°10′0″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile-La Mancha
Province	Ciudad Real
Comarca	Campo de Calatrava
Government
• Mayor	José Lozano Garcia
Area
• Total	1,208.27 km2 (466.52 sq mi)
Elevation	656 m (2,152 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	6,139
• Density	5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Almodoveños
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Almodóvar del Campo is a town and municipality of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, most specifically in the province of Ciudad Real, some 14 km S.S.W. of the provincial capital, on the northern side of the Sierra de Alcúdia. The etymological origin of Almodóvar is the Arabic: المدوّر‎, al-mudawwar, "round, circular (place)".

Palaeolithic rock art in Almodóvar del Campo

"Sisaso" was a Roman city inside that now the municipality of Almodóvar del Campo.

History

Almodóvar was a Moorish fortress in the Middle Ages. By the early 20th century it owed its prosperity to the nearness of the valuable Puertollano coal-field. Its manufactures included lace and linen and it had a trade in livestock, oil and wine. South of the Sierra lies the Alcúdia Valley, which was used as pasture for immense flocks of sheep.[2]

References

Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Almodóvar del Campo". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 714.

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[1] Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

[EB1911-2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Almodóvar del Campo". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 714.