Los Barrios

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Los Barrios


	Coat of Arms

Location

Location of Los Barrios

Coordinates : 36º28' N -6º12' W
Time zone : CEST

General information

Native name

Los Barrios (Spanish)

Spanish name

Los Barrios

Demonym

barreño/a
barriopeño/a

Postal code

11370

Website

http://www.losbarrios.es/

Administration

Country

Spain

Autonomous Community

Andalusia

Province

Cádiz

Comarca

Campo de Gibraltar

Neighborhoods

Los Barrios, Palmones, Los Cortijillos,
Guadacorte, Ciudad Jardín, Puente Romano

Mayor

Alonso Rojas Ocaña (PSOE)

Geography

Land Area

332 km²

Altitude

m AMSL

Population

Population

21,358 (2007)

Density

64.33 hab./km² (2007)

Los Barrios is a small town and municipality in the south of Spain. It is part of the province of Cádiz, which in turn is part of the Andalusia region. It belongs to the Campo de Gibraltar comarca. The municipality has a total surface of 332 km² and a population of 20,119 as of 2006. The inhabitants are known as "Barreños"; the town's name means "the districts" in English and bears no relation to the district of Los Angeles or New York City.

Although the area is known to have been inhabited since prehistoric times, the town is of relatively recent provenance, having been founded in 1704 by refugees from Gibraltar. After abandoning their homes following Gibraltar's capture by Anglo-Dutch forces during the War of the Spanish Succession, some of the inhabitants of Gibraltar took refuge around the existing hermitage of San Isidro at the confluence of the rivers Guadarranque, Guadacorte and Cañas.

The temporary encampment eventually became a permanent settlement. In 1717 the settlers were ordered to concentrate themselves at Los Barrios and the neighbouring communities of Algeciras and San Roque. The three communities had a single administration until undergoing a three-way split in 1756.

Los Barrios was principally an agricultural and fishing district until the Francisco Franco era; it is now heavily industrialised.

[edit] Demographics

Demographic evolution of Los Barrios between 1999 and 2005
1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
16,511	16,825	17,283	17,915	18,599	19,260	20,119

Source: INE (Spain)

[edit] External links

Los Barrios City Council (in Spanish)

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