Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Also known as San Lucar, Sanlucar, Sanlucar de Barrameda, San Lúcar, Sanlúcar
municipality of Spain
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Sanlúcar de Barrameda is a municipality located in Spain, situated in the province of Cádiz in the southwestern region of Andalusia. It is historically significant as the departure point for Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation expedition in 1519 and is known for its wine production, particularly the fortified wine Manzanilla.
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- Official website
- www.aytosanlucar.org
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- Sanlucar de Barrameda Beach.jpg
- Licence plate code
- CA
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Sanlúcar de Barrameda ( Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈlukaɾ ðe βaraˈmeða]), or simply Sanlúcar, is a city in the northwest of Cádiz province, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in southern Spain. Sanlúcar is located on the left bank at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River opposite the Doñana National Park, 52 km from the provincial capital Cádiz and 119 km from Sevilla , capital of the autonomous region Andalucía. Its population is 68,656 inhabitants (National Institute of Statistics 2019).
Sanlúcar has been inhabited since ancient times, and is assumed to have belonged to the realm of the Tartessian civilization. The town of San Lucar was granted to the Spanish nobleman Alonso Pérez de Guzmán in 1297.