Vejer de la Frontera
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| Municipality | Cádiz | ||
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| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Antonio Jesús Verdú Tello | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 58 km² (22.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 58 km² (22.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 0.00 km² (0 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - City | 12,776 | ||
| - Density | 48.4/km² (125.4/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website: http://www.vejerdelafrontera.es/ | |||
Vejer de la Frontera, a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate and on the Cadiz-Tarifa railway. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves. It contains several ancient churches and convents, and the architecture of many of its houses recalls the period of Moorish rule, which lasted from 711 until the town was captured by Saint Ferdinand of Castile in 1248. Agriculture and fruit-farming are the chief industries; fighting bulls are also bred in the neighborhood.
[edit] Demographics
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
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12,731 |
12,674 | 12,729 | 12,727 | 12,690 | 12,685 | 12,776 |
Source: INE (Spain)
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
[edit] External links
- Learn Spanish in Vejer de la Frontera
- Little travelguide with uptodate informations about the Costa de la Luz and the Cape Trafalgar
- YasHan Gallery More photos of Vejer
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