Palma del Río
City in Córdoba, Spain
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Palma del Río is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. According to the 2006 census by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the city has a population of 20,640.
Agriculture
The region was intensively developed agriculturally during Arab rule, with advanced irrigation and water wheels. Some of the orange groves contain trees over 200 years old.[2]
Notable people
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a famous explorer of North America, believed to have been born in this town in 1497.[3]
- Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, archbishop of Toledo.
- El Cordobés, matador.
- Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos, singer.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Oranges and Fruit Growers Palma de Rio Oranges sale online. Orange3". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ Kramer, Wendy (Summer–Fall 2016). "Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Citizen of Guatemala and native of Palma del Río: New sources from the Sixteenth Century". The Journal of San Diego History. 62 (3 & 4).
External links
- Palma del Río - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
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Municipalities in the province of Córdoba
- Adamuz
- Aguilar de la Frontera
- Alcaracejos
- Almedinilla
- Almodóvar del Río
- Añora
- Baena
- Belalcázar
- Bélmez
- Benamejí
- Bujalance
- Cabra
- Cañete de las Torres
- Carcabuey
- Cardeña
- Castro del Río
- Conquista
- Córdoba
- Doña Mencía
- Dos Torres
- El Carpio
- El Guijo
- El Viso
- Encinas Reales
- Espejo
- Espiel
- Fernán Núñez
- Fuente Carreteros
- Fuente Obejuna
- Fuente Palmera
- Fuente la Lancha
- Fuente-Tójar
- Guadalcázar
- Hinojosa del Duque
- Hornachuelos
- Iznájar
- La Carlota
- La Granjuela
- La Guijarrosa
- La Rambla
- La Victoria
- Los Blázquez
- Lucena
- Luque
- Montalbán de Córdoba
- Montemayor
- Montilla
- Montoro
- Monturque
- Moriles
- Nueva Carteya
- Obejo
- Palenciana
- Palma del Río
- Pedro Abad
- Pedroche
- Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo
- Posadas
- Pozoblanco
- Priego de Córdoba
- Puente Genil
- Rute
- San Sebastián de los Ballesteros
- Santa Eufemia
- Santaella
- Torrecampo
- Valenzuela
- Valsequillo
- Villa del Río
- Villafranca de Córdoba
- Villaharta
- Villanueva de Córdoba
- Villanueva del Duque
- Villanueva del Rey
- Villaralto
- Villaviciosa de Córdoba
- Zuheros
37°42′N 5°17′W / 37.700°N 5.283°W / 37.700; -5.283
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