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Tíjola
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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.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tíjola, Spain
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista_Tíjola.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Tíjola
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tijola Spain.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Tijola.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous Community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Andalusia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Almería
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Part of
- Valle del Almanzora
- Official name
- Tíjola
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Almería Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 3573
- Area
- 70
- Elevation
- 693
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Q559300
- Official website
- www.tijola.es
- Image
- Vista Tíjola.jpg
- Licence plate code
- AL
- Patron saint
- Saint Sebastian
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- postal code
- 04880
- Commons category
- Tíjola
- female population
- 1778
- male population
- 1763
- P8168
- Canby
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tíjola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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