Abanilla

Organisation – Autonomous community – Province – Comarca	Murcia Murcia Comarca Oriental
Location – Latitude – Longitude	38° 12' N 1° 3' W
Elevation – Mean – Highest – Lowest	201 m --- ---
Area	236. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty Provinces. A comarca (meaning Shire or County, Spanish and Portuguese plural comarcas, Catalan plural The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (Spanish Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia) is one of Spain 's seventeen autonomous communities Murcia ( is the capital city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, located at the river Segura in south-eastern Spain. Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement 6 km²
Founded	11th-12th Century
Population – Total – Density	6,265 (as of 2005) 26. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 48 persons/km²
Resident	Abanillero
Mayor	Fernando Molina Parra (Partido Popular)
Post code	30640 (Abanilla Town), 30648 (Barinas)
Telephone area code	968 and 868
Twinned with	Villeurbanne (France)
Patron saint	San José and la Santísima Cruz. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The People's Party ( Spanish: Partido Popular, PP) is the main right Political party in Spain. A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Villeurbanne is a commune in east-central France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second largest Conurbation This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members Joseph "of the House of David " ( Hebrew יוֹסֵף also known as Saint Joseph, Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth Barinas : Virgen del Rosario.
Website	www.abanilla.es

Abanilla is a Spanish municipality located in the Comarca Oriental (composed by Fortuna and Abanilla) in the Autonomous Community of Murcia. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or In Roman mythology, Fortuna (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) goddess of fortune was the Personification of Luck; The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (Spanish Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia) is one of Spain 's seventeen autonomous communities It lies close to the border of the province of Alicante in the Autonomous Community of Valencia. Alicante in Spanish or Alacant (in Valencian) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian The Valencian Community ( Valencian and official Comunitat Valenciana; Comunidad Valenciana is an Autonomous community located in central to

Geography

Abanilla occupies a surface area of 236. 6 km² and is situated 222 metres above sea level. It lies on a natural foundation which has been degraded by a number of aggregate and marble quarries. Construction aggregate, or simply " aggregate " is a broad category of coarse particulate Material used in Construction, including Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or Minerals are extracted

The remarkable Quibas paleontological site lies within the limits of the municipality. Palaeontology redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Palaeontology (journal.

Points of interest

Points of interest in Abanilla include the Old Town (containing the monument to the Corazón de Jesús), the Fuente de Algarrobo (Fountain of the Carob Tree), the Santuario de Mahoya (Sanctuary of Mahoya), and the Iglesia Parroquial de San José (Parochial Church of St. The Carob tree (from Arabic: خروب "kharūb" and Hebrew: חרוב Charuv) Ceratonia siliqua, is a Leguminous Joseph). Other sights worth visiting include the source of the River Chícamo and the mountains of Abanilla and Quibas.

Monuments

Buildings of monumental significance in Abanilla include the La Iglesia de San José (the Church of San José) (18th Century), El Sagrado Corazón (Sacred Heart) in Abanilla Town and Barinas, La Casa de la Encomienda, La Casa Cabrera, La Casa Pintada, El Monumento a las Fiestas de Moros y Cristianos (the Monument to the Festivals of the Moors and Christians) and La casa del francés (the French's house). The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus ' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity

There is a destroyed medieval enceinte in Abanilla. Enceinte ( Lat. in, within cinctus, girdled to be distinguished from the word meaning pregnant, from in, not and cinctus

Local communities

An abandoned quarry in Barinas

Local communities within the Abanilla municipality include the following. A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or Minerals are extracted

• Barinas, a rural town located 11 km from Abanilla town, at an elevation of 379 m.
• Macisvenda, located 10 km from Abanilla town, a crossroads of the roads to La Algueña, El Cantón, Hondón de los Frailes and Hondón de las Nieves. El Fondó de les Neus ( Valencian: Fondó de les Neus; Spanish: Hondón de las Nieves) is a municipality in the ''comarca''
• Other communities include Mahoya, El Cantón, Cañada de la Leña, El Partidor, El Tollé, Los Baños de Fortuna, Casa Cabrera, Casa Pintada, Los Carrillos, La Umbría, Collado de los Gabrieles, Ricabacica, El Algarrobo, Campules, Balonga, Mafraque and El Olivar.

Barinas´ Sacred Heart

Politics

The mayor of Abanilla was Álvaro Gaona (Partido Independiente) from 1979 to 1983 and José Luís Cutillas Rivera (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) from 1983 to 1987. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, commonly abbreviated by its Spanish initials PSOE ( P artido S ocialista O brero E spañol is Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The last five terms (1987-1991, 1991-1995, 1995-1999, 1999-2003 and 2003-2007) have been presided by Fernando Molina Parra of the Partido Popular. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The People's Party ( Spanish: Partido Popular, PP) is the main right Political party in Spain.

Demographics

Population levels from 1900-2005 in comparison with the comarca as a whole

The population of Abanilla is 6,256 (INE, 2005), with a population density of 26. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar A comarca (meaning Shire or County, Spanish and Portuguese plural comarcas, Catalan plural The National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estadística is the official organisation in Spain that collects Statistics about demography Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 48 persons/km².

Culture

Gastronomy

Typical local dishes include home-made sausages, paella with rabbit and snails, gachasmigas. Paella (pa'eʎa is an internationally famous dish consisting of White rice, Meat, Seafood, Beans and Vegetables (depending on In particular, desserts include fruit from the fertile orchards, such as the region's renowned Damascus apricots. Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. Traditional confectionery includes doughnuts, sweetbreads, muffins and typical Christmas sweets. All this is enhanced by the high quality oil pressed in local mills in the ancient custom.

Festivals

The International Folklore Festival is an important event which takes place in the first week of August. Between 23 April and 9 May, the festivals of Santa Cruz take place, featuring parades of Moors and Christians. Moros y Cristianos (in Spanish) or Moros i Cristians (in Valencian) literally means Moors and Christians, and In addition, from June through to the middle of September, the various communities celebrate their own individual festivals.

External links

• Official website of Abanilla
• Discussion forum for Abanilla
• Unofficial website for Abanilla
• Information on Abanilla
• International Folklore Festival in Abanilla
• Knights and Damsels of Calatrava
• Association of the Knights and Damels of Cid in the Town of Abanilla
• Cabila Al'Bayada
• Viva Murcia Photos & Information for the Murcia Province