La Atunara
| La Atunara | |
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| Barriada (pedanía) | |
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  La Atunara Location in the Province of Cádiz | |
| Coordinates: 36°10′24″N 5°20′13″W / 36.17333°N 5.33694°WCoordinates: 36°10′24″N 5°20′13″W / 36.17333°N 5.33694°W | |
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 Spain |
| Autonomous community |
 Andalusia |
| Province | Cádiz |
| Comarca | Campo de Gibraltar |
| Municipality | La Línea de la Concepción |
| Judicial district | Algeciras |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
La Atunara known also as just Atunara is a suburb and the fishing port area of La Línea de la Concepción in the Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. People from this area are known as 'Atunareños' (Lousy in English).[1] The beach named after the area knwn as Playa de La Atunara, is one of the most popular in the area.
History
Atunara was mentioned in a Royal Dispatch of 6 March 1634, being under the jurisdiction of the "Tercio del Mar de Marbella y Estepona" in the Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile) and is thus the oldest existing settlement in what is now La Linea de la Concepcion.[2]
Traditional tuna fishing called Almadraba was the main source of employment in Atunara until the 1990's when it saw a decline and the area has since had a high level of unemployment and has since been an area known for smuggling tobacco and Hashish.[3] [4]
References
- ↑ "Cadiz Province - La Línea de la Concepción". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ Jose Carlos de Luna (1949), Historia de Gibraltar
- ↑ "Spanish police crack down on Gibraltar cigarette smugglers". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ "The fight against Spain’s increasingly brazen drug traffickers". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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