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Loja
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Loja is a town located in the province of Granada in southern Spain. It serves as a municipal center for the surrounding area in this region of Andalusia.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Part of
- Comarca de Loja
- Official name
- Loja
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Province of Granada
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 20951
- Area
- 447.53
- Elevation
- 448
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Comarca de Loja
- Shares border with
- Villanueva de Tapia
- Official website
- www.aytoloja.org
- Image
- Loja (Granada).jpg
- Licence plate code
- GR
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- twinned administrative body
- Loja
- Commons category
- Loja, Spain
- postal code
- 18300
- topic's main category
- Category:Loja, Spain
- category for people born here
- Category:Born in Loja, Spain
- male population
- 10117
- female population
- 10225
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Eshtaol
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Encyclopedic overview
Loja ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈloxa]; locally also [ˈlohɐ, ˈloɐ]), formerly Loxa, is a town in southern Spain, situated at the western limit of the province of Granada. It is in the valley of the River Genil, overlooked by the so-called Sierra de Loja, of which the highest peak, Sierra Gorda, stands 1,671 metres above sea-level.
History
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