What is the population of Albox, Andalusia?

Albox has a population of approximately 9,292 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Albox, Andalusia located?

Albox is located in Andalusia, Spain, at approximate coordinates 37.3880°, -2.1456°.

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Albox

Total population

9,292

Elevation420 m

Land area168 km²

Coordinates37.39°, -2.15°

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Elevation

420 m

Area

168 km²

Official website

www.albox.es

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Overview

Albox is a Spanish municipality in the province of Almería in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated in the north eastern part of Valle del Almanzora and 120 km from the provincial capital, Almería. In 2024 it had 12,408 inhabitants. Its area is 168.42 km2 and it has a population density of 74 inhabitants/km2.

History & geography

History

Due to its geographical position it has seen the passage of many cultures, vestiges of which can be seen to this day in various archaeological sites. Albox owes its foundation and settlement to the Arabs (its name means 'tower' in Arabic) with a history widely linked to the medieval splendour of the Kingdom of Granada from the 13th century. In the midst of the Christian Reconquest, in the 15th century, Albox was taken from the Arabs by the troops of the Military Governor of the Kingdom of Murcia (Crown of Castilla), Alonso Yáñez Fajardo, and later incorporated into his title holdings as Marquess of los Vélez. Around 1500 a strong earthquake hit Albox destroying a large part of the town, making it necessary to demolish the ancient castle and the damaged homes were repaired with its stone. Albox took part in the continuous and persistent Moorish uprisings that occurred in the Kingdom of Granada throughout the 15th century. It was King Felipe II who, after defeating the Moors, decreed the expulsion of the Arabs from the Comarca and the re-population of the town with Christians from Valencia and La Mancha, constituting a municipal council or town hall in 1563, under the hand of its first Mayor, Anton de Andrano. Although the Barrio Alto of San Antonio - with an irregular layout of steep streets converging on a small central square - was the original nucleus of the town of Albox, it is however in la Loma de San Francisco - named after an ancient settlement of the Franciscan Third Order - that most expansion and development took place in the 17th and 18th centuries. This is due to the connection of Albox with tragic floods and earthquakes which have plagued this area periodically. The most momentous event for Albox occurred in 1716 when the venerated image of Nuestra…

Geography

{| class="wikitable" width ="60%" border = 2 style="margin: 1em auto;" |----- | width ="35%" align="center" | Northwest: Oria y Chirivel | width ="30%" align="center" | North: Vélez-Rubio | width ="35%" align="center" | Northeast: Vélez-Rubio |----- | width ="10%" align="center" | West: Oria y Partaloa | width ="35%" align="center" | | width ="30%" align="center" | East: Taberno y Arboleas |----- | width ="35%" align="center" | Southwest: Cantoria | width ="30%" align="center" | South: Cantoria | width ="35%" align="center" | Southeast: Arboleas y Cantoria |} Situated in the basin of the Almanzora river. It has a superficial area of 168 km2 delimited to the north by Chirivel and Vélez-Rubio, to the south by Cantoria, to the east by Taberno and Arboleas, and to the west by Oria and Partaloa. Albox has a hot subtropical semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification 'BSh').

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