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Ricote is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 1,509 (2004) and an area of 87.7 km2.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Ricote
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Spanish
Settlement.translit_lang1_info
Ricote
Settlement.image_skyline
Ricote_(Murcia).jpg
Settlement.image_caption
View of Ricote
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Escudo de Ricote (Murcia).svg
Settlement.image_map
Localización de Ricote.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location in Murcia
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Spain Murcia#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Murcia##Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.area_total_km2
86.7
Settlement.elevation_footnotes
(AMSL)
Settlement.elevation_m
297
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Ricote is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 1,509 (2004) and an area of 87.7 km2.

Ricote had a community of Moriscos until their expulsion from Spain in 1609. Govert Westerveld and Francisco Márquez Villanueva believe that the name of the Morisco character Ricote in Don Quixote is derived from the village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ricote” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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