Torquemada
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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Castile and León
- Province
- Palencia
- Municipality
- Torquemada
- Total
- 83.63 km (32.29 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 741 m (2,431 ft)
- Density
- 11.5/km (29.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Torquemada
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Palencia Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 964
- Area
- 83.63
- Elevation
- 741
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Villaviudas
- Image
- Torquemada - 011 (38683858371).jpg
- Licence plate code
- P
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- postal code
- 34230
- Commons category
- Torquemada
- male population
- 526
- female population
- 428
- P8168
- chemical photography
- P12749
- Ella Trebe
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Torquemada is a municipality in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 1098 inhabitants. It is the namesake and believed to be the birthplace of famed Grand Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada.
The village is known for its peppers, an important crop for the local economy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torquemada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.