Begíjar

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Begíjar

Total population

2,833

Elevation565 m

Land area43 km²

Coordinates37.99°, -3.53°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Begíjar is a town located in the Andalusian province of Jaén, Spain. According to 2021 INE figures, the town had a population of 2,998.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Alphonsus Ciacconius

Spanish Dominican scholar (1530–1599)

Gaspar Becerra

Spanish artist (1520-1568)

D

Diego de Nicuesa

Spanish governor of Panama (1464-1511)

Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete

Spanish priest (1810–1895)

Luis Pacheco de Narváez

Spanish fencer

B

Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja

Spanish Renaissance composer

M

Manuel Acero Montoro

Spanish politician

G

Gaspar de Baeza

Spanish humanist, lawyer, translator and writer

Z

Zayd Abu Zayd

Spanish nobility

Imilce

Iberian wife of the Punic general Hannibal Barca

C

Cristóbal de Molina

16th century Spanish colonial clergy and chronicler

G

Gonzalo de Mendoza

Spanish conquistador

Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete

Spanish politician

Cristóbal de Rojas

Military engineer and architect

L

Luis de Carvajal

Catholic priest

P

Pedro de Castañeda Nájera

Spanish conquistador who wrote a chronicle of the expedition of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in New-Mexico; Arizona and Texas

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

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