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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Andalusia
- Province
- Huelva
- Comarca
- Huelva
- Mayor
- Gonzalo Rodriguez Nevado
- Total
- 38 km (15 sq mi)
- Density
- 430/km (1,100/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Punta Umbría is a town and municipality in the province of Huelva, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is a fishing village located on the banks of the Rio Odiel river and across the water from the capital, Huelva. It is surrounded by extensive salt marshes and faces Isla Saltes.
The Punta in its name comes from the long point going out to the sea from the beach. During World War II, it was the location where the body of a supposed British Major carrying false top secret documents was washed up. This was part of a disinformation exercise by the British secret service known as Operation Mincemeat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Punta Umbría” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.