Laujar de Andarax
Laujar de Andarax is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
Laujar de Andarax
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Key facts
• Official Name — Laujar de Andarax, Spain • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Community • Subdivision Name1 — Andalusia • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Almería • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Emilio Romero • Leader Party — PSA • Area Total Km2 — 92 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Elevation M — 918
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Laujar de Andarax appears in the authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Laujar de Andarax as an inhabited place.
History
History
The people of Laujar de Andarax took part in the rebellion of the Alpujarras in 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.
Location and geography
Location and geography
Its surface area is 92 km 2 and it has a density of 20.0 inhabitants / km 2. Its geographic coordinates are 36º 59 ', N, 2º 53', O. It is located in the Alpujarra of Almeria at an altitude of 918 meters and 69 kilometers from the provincial capital, Almería.
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The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Almería as the administrative unit of Laujar de Andarax.
Demographics
Demographics
With a more than 1500 inhabitants, the town has the largest population of that region.
Notable people
Notable people
• Pedro Murillo Velarde y Bravo: jurist, geographer and missionary to the Philippines; was born in Laujar in 1696. • Francisco Villaespesa Martín: modernist poet born in Laujar in 1877. • Florentino Castañeda y Muñoz: historian born in Laujar in 1905.
Fragment 1043c2 of the National Topographic Map of Spain in 2014 at a scale of 1:25000 printed and scanned with a resolution of 250 ppi. It shows Laujar de Andarax.
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Fragment 1043c2 of the National Topographic Map of Spain in 2002 at a scale of 1:25000 printed and scanned with a resolution of 250 ppi. It shows Laujar de Andarax.
Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica · Instituto Geográfico Nacional (archived version)
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.MÁRMOL CARVAJAL, Luis del: Historia del [sic] Rebelión y Castigo de los Moriscos de Reino de Granada IV-xxvii;
- 2.Lea, Henry Charles. The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion. Lea Brothers & Company. 38–39. 1901.
- 3.Carr, Matthew. Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain. New Press. 63–64. 2009. 978-1-59558-361-1.
- 4.Junta de Andalucía. Láujar de Andarax - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía. Instituto de Estadística.
- 5.Láujar de Andarax. Diputación Provincial de Almería.
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