Tous
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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Valencian Community
- Province
- Valencia
- Comarca
- Ribera Alta
- Judicial district
- Alzira
- Alcalde
- Cristóbal García Santafilomena ( People's Party )
- Total
- 127.50 km (49.23 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 64 m (210 ft)
- Density
- 10.60/km (27.46/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Togüero/a
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Official language s
- Spanish
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tous ( Valencian pronunciation: [ˈtɔws]) is a municipality in the Valencian Community, in the province of Valencia. The town is notable for the dam failure which occurred on 20 October 1982, when an unusually severe rainfall swelled the river Jucar, breaking the Tous Dam. The dam operator was unable to open the spillway gate, and the water overtopped the dam, which then failed, provoking a flood of 16,000 m/s and more than 30 casualties. The flood was called La Pantanada.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tous” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.