Tíjola
Sign in to saveTíjola is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It borders the municipalities of Lúcar, Armuña de Almanzora, Bayarque and Serón.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tíjola, Spain
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista_Tíjola.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Tíjola
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- Flag of Tijola Spain.svg
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- Escudo de Tijola.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
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- Country
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- Spain
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- Autonomous Community
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- Andalusia
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Almería
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- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Almanzora
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 70
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Tíjola is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It borders the municipalities of Lúcar, Armuña de Almanzora, Bayarque and Serón.
==History== Tíjola has been settled since prehistoric times, noted by found remains in the area. In antiquity, Tíjola was the Phoenician colony of Tagilit (, , or , ). Later, the Carthaginians colonized the territory attracted by the silver minerals in the region. The Romans came after, calling the area "Tagili", of which there are three Roman villas around the region.