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Alquife
Sign in to savethumb|280px|right| Alquife (2009) Alquife is a town located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the town has a population of 780 inhabitants. It is famous due to its iron mines that since Ancient Roman times gave prosperity to the area. In February 1997, Compañía Andaluza de Minas fired its 264 workers and closed the operation. Along with the mines, the mining community of Alquife was built. It is currently abandoned, though there are plans to reopen the mines as at August 2020. ==See also== List of municipalities in Granada
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Alquife, Spain
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Alquife (Granada).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- LocationAlquife.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Alquife
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Granada
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Alquife
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1195
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Part of
- Comarca de Guadix
- Official name
- Alquife
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Province of Granada
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 557
- Area
- 12
- Elevation
- 1195
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Jérez del Marquesado
- Official website
- www.alquife.es
- Image
- Alquife.jpg
- Licence plate code
- GR
- Patron saint
- Saint Barbara
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- Commons category
- Alquife
- postal code
- 18518
- male population
- 304
- female population
- 297
- P8168
- Fontaines
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Encyclopedic overview
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- See also
- References
thumb|280px|right| Alquife (2009) Alquife is a town located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the town has a population of 780 inhabitants. It is famous due to its iron mines that since Ancient Roman times gave prosperity to the area. In February 1997, Compañía Andaluza de Minas fired its 264 workers and closed the operation. Along with the mines, the mining community of Alquife was built. It is currently abandoned, though there are plans to reopen the mines as at August 2020. ==See also== List of municipalities in Granada
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alquife” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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