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Arévalo

Total population

7,869

Elevation820 m

Land area80 km²

Coordinates41.06°, -4.72°

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City facts

Elevation

820 m

Area

80 km²

head of government

Esther González López

Official website

www.ayuntamientoarevalo.es

Sister cities

Autun

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Overview

Arévalo is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Ávila in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Lying on the northern Meseta at the confluence of the Adaja and the Arevalillo rivers, it is the most populous settlement of La Moraña.

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History & geography

History

In medieval times, Arévalo was the head of the of the same name. The town boasted of a sizeable mudéjar community in the late middle ages. Having its own Faqīh and constituting an Aljama, the morería was among those that contributed the most to the Crown of Castile from a fiscal standpoint. It also had a Jewish community before the expulsion of Jews from the Crown of Castile in 1492.

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Geography

Latitude

41.0633

Longitude

-4.7199

Water area

—

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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)

41,878

Distinct species (top 10)

10

Most-observed species

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
1,130
Spotless Starling
Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 · Aves
1,111
Common Wood-Pigeon
Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
1,048
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
1,014
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
1,007
Red Kite
Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
972
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
946
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
935

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)

1

Largest magnitude

2.6

Largest event

2008-06-21

Most recent

M 2.6 — 2008-06-21
7 km SW of Guadalix de la Sierra, Spain

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Notable people from here

Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa

Spanish military officer, Captain-General of the Philippines

Juan Carlos Arribas Gallego

Spanish cyclist

Alfonso Díaz de Montalvo

Antonio de Arévalo

Spanish mathematician and military engineer active in Colombia

Eulogio Florentino Sanz

Eulogio Florentino Sanz

Spanish diplomat, writer and politician (1822-1881)

Juan Gil

Félix Ignacio de Tejada

Félix Ignacio de Tejada

Jesús María Ruiz-Ayúcar

Spanish poet, writer and politician

Rodrigo Ronquillo

Spanish military officer and poliician. (1471-1552)

Emilio Romero Gómez

Spanish writer (1917-2003)

Felisa Herrero

Mancebo de Arévalo

Spanish crypto-Muslim author

Pedro de Mercado

16th-century Spanish military officer and governor

José Manuel Vázquez Palomo

Spanish cyclist

Béatrix de la Conception

Spanish nun (1569-1646)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

4.57

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,667

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

653

Avg daily Wikipedia views

22

Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Sources

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata
• USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
• GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
• Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
• Wikipedia Pageviews API