Arándiga

Arándiga, Spain

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Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Zaragoza
Comarca Comunidad de Calatayud
Area
  Total 50 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation 462 m (1,516 ft)
Population (2004)
  Total 472
  Density 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Arándiga is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 472 inhabitants.

History

Possibly ancient Aratikos or Aratis, an ancient Iberian settlement of which little is known, but was located somewhere to the SW of the Roman colony of Caesaraugusta the Modern day city of Zaragoza. It issued coins in the Late 2nd century BC with the Iberian inscription aratikos and these present a Male head, right on the obverse, and a horseman carrying a spear, right, on the reverse. The Barrington Atlas of the ancient world equates this site with modern Arándiga.[1]

See also

References

  1. [Richard J. A. Talbert et al (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World Princeton University Press. Map 25, D4.]
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Coordinates: 41°31′N 1°30′W / 41.517°N 1.500°W / 41.517; -1.500


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