Montoro
Municipality
View of Montoro and the Guadalquivir
View of Montoro and the Guadalquivir
Flag of Montoro
Flag
Official seal of Montoro
Seal
Montoro is located in Spain
Montoro
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 38°02′N 4°22′W / 38.033°N 4.367°W / 38.033; -4.367
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAndalusia
ProvinceCórdoba
Government
 • MayorAntonio Sánchez Villaverde (PSOE)
Area
 • Total586.12 km2 (226.30 sq mi)
Elevation
195 m (640 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total9,436
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
DemonymMontoreños/as
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteOfficial website

Montoro is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Córdoba, Andalusia. Housing lies on a bend of the river Guadalquivir, which envelopes from West, North, and East.[2]

Overview

It is located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east-northeast of the capital of the province, Córdoba. In 2008, the city had an estimated population of 9,895, with 4,897 men and 4,998 women.[3]

Montoro is identified with Roman Epora, a civitas foederata belonging to the Conventus Cordubensis in the early Republican era, which became a municipium in the time of Augustus.[4] It is mentioned as the seat of an Islamic fortress (Ḥiṣn Muntur) belonging to the Kūra of Córdoba in the 10th century.[5]

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Martín de la Cruz, José Clemente (1978–1979). "Montoro, un nuevo yacimiento arqueológico en el Guadalquivir". Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Madrid: UAM Ediciones. 5–6: 105. doi:10.15366/cupauam1979.6.007. hdl:10486/648. ISSN 0211-1608.
  3. ^ "Cifras de población referidas al 01/01/2008 Real Decreto 2124/2008, de 26 de diciembre". pp. 3.1 Poblaciones referidas al 1 de enero de 2008 por comunidades autónomas y sexo. > Córdoba: Población por municipios y sexo. > Montoro. Archived from the original on 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  4. ^ Rosas Alcántara, Esperanza (2003). "El capitel jónico del Museo Histórico Municipal de Montoro (Córdoba)" (PDF). Boletín de la Asociación Provincial de Museos Locales de Córdoba (4): 237. ISSN 1576-8910.
  5. ^ Arjona Castro, Antonio (1991). "Diccionario toponímimico e histórico de la provincia de Córdoba" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Academia de Córdoba de Ciencias, Bellas Artes y Nobles Artes. 62 (120): 91. ISBN 84-606-0493-4. ISSN 0034-060X.

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38°01′N 4°23′W / 38.017°N 4.383°W / 38.017; -4.383



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