Alpuente

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Alpuente
Location
Coordinates : 39°52′40″N, 1°0′50″W
Time zone : CET (GMT +1)
- summer : CEST (GMT +2)
General information
Native name Alpuente (Spanish)
Spanish name Alpuente
Administration
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Valencian Community
Province Valencia
Comarca Los Serranos
Geography
Land Area 138.33 km²
Altitude 1000 m AMSL
Population
Population 852 (2006)
Density 6.16 hab./km² (2006)

Alpuente is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, part of Valencia (autonomous community), Spain.

It was the capital of a Iberia Muslim taifa or kingdom in the 11th century, ruled by the dynasty of Beni Kasim, an offshoot of the more famous group that ruled the Ebro Valley as the Banu Qasi some centuries before.

[edit] List of rulers

  • Abdallah I Ben Kasim c. 1020
  • Muhammad Yomm ed Dawlah c. 1050
  • Ahmed Adad ed Dawlah ?-1092
  • Abdallah II Chanah ed Dawlah 1092-1103

In 1103, Alpuente fell under the Almoravid dynasty. In 1145, it became part of the emirate of Valencia and was occupied, along with the rest of the emirate, by the Almohads in 1172, then passing as Almohad rule in Iberia collapsed to the emirate of Murcia in 1229. Alpuente was conquered by the king of Aragon in 1229. After the province was created Alpuente became a very common name throughout all of Spain, but mainly in valencia.

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