Mengíbar

Mengíbar is municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The municipality has a total area of 62.34 km2 and, as of 1 January 2022, it has a registered population of 9,965.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Mengíbar
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Mengíbar (Jaén).svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Mengíbar (Jaén).svg
Settlement.image_skyline: 270px
Settlement.image_caption: Guadalquivir river and the town of Mengíbar behind
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Jaén#Spain Andalusia#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_label: Mengíbar
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Province of Jaén
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomouscommunity
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Andalusia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jaén
Settlement.area_total_km2: 62.35
Settlement.elevation_m: 323
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Spain
Part of: Metropolitan comarca of Jaén
Official name: Mengíbar
Country: Spain
Located in: Jaén Province
Continent: Europe
Population: 10250
Area: 62.35
Elevation: 323
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Villatorres
Official website: aytomengibar.com
Image: Mengíbar, en Jaén (España).jpg
Licence plate code: J

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Commons category: Mengíbar
postal code: 23620
male population: 4946
female population: 4995

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== History == Lying on the point where the flows into the Guadalquivir river and also close to the Guadalimar, the nearby Iberian oppidum of Illiturgi (Cerro de la Muela) was besieged and destroyed by Scipio Africanus in 206 BCE during the Second Punic War.

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