Vejer de la Frontera

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Vejer de la Frontera
Flag of Vejer de la Frontera
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Official seal of Vejer de la Frontera
Seal
Location of Vejer de la Frontera
Location of Vejer de la Frontera
Municipality Cádiz
Government
 - Mayor Antonio Jesús Verdú Tello
Area
 - Total 58 km² (22.4 sq mi)
 - Land 58 km² (22.4 sq mi)
 - Water 0.00 km² (0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 - Total 12,776
 - Density 48.4/km² (125.4/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website: http://www.vejerdelafrontera.es/

Vejer de la Frontera, a Spanish hilltop town and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves. It contains several ancient churches and convents, and the architecture of many of its houses recalls the period of Moorish rule, which lasted from 711 until the town was captured by Saint Ferdinand of Castile in 1248. Agriculture and fruit-farming are the chief industries; fighting bulls are also bred in the neighborhood and a running of the bulls is held annually.

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[edit] Demographics

Demographic evolution of Vejer de la Frontera between 1999 and 2005

1999

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

12,731

12,674 12,729 12,727 12,690 12,685 12,776

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Vejer is a classic Andalusian Pueblo Blanco
Vejer is a classic Andalusian Pueblo Blanco

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Source: INE (Spain)
  2. ^ Chaouen está hermanada con Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), que a su vez estuvo bajo el dominio musulmán durante cinco siglos.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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Coordinates: 36°15′N, 5°58′W