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Medina Sidonia
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Medina Sidonia is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, southern Spain. Considered by some to be the oldest city in Europe, it is used as a military defence location because of its elevation.
Key facts
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- Medina Sidonia
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- MedinaSidonia-Vista carretera.JPG
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- Bandera de Medina.PNG
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- Coat of Arms of Medina-Sidonia.svg
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- Spain
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- Location of Medina-Sidonia in Spain
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- Country
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- Spain
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- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Andalusia
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cádiz
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Manuel Fernando Macías Herrera (Izquierda Unida)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 493
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 337
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Part of
- La Janda
- Official name
- Medina-Sidonia
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Cádiz Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 11838
- Area
- 493
- Elevation
- 337
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Puerto Real
- Official website
- www.medinasidonia.com
- Image
- Medina sidonia1.jpg
- Licence plate code
- CA
- Patron saint
- St. James the Elder
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- P12749
- Thomas Huber
- Commons category
- Medina Sidonia
- postal code
- 11170
- P8168
- TXT
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Medina Sidonia
- male population
- 5950
- female population
- 5758
- native label
- Medina-Sidonia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Demographics
- Sights
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Medina Sidonia is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, southern Spain. Considered by some to be the oldest city in Europe, it is used as a military defence location because of its elevation.
Medina-Sidonia, one of Spain's most important ducal seats in the 15th century, produced an admiral, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, who led the Spanish Armada against England in 1588. The title of Duque de Medina Sidonia was bestowed upon the family of Guzmán El Bueno for his valiant role in taking the town. The line continues and was led until March 2008 by the controversial socialist Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia (born 1936).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medina Sidonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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