La Roda de Andalucía
La Roda de Andalucía is a municipality o the Province o Seville, Andalusie, Spain. In 2005 it haes a population o 4,322 inhabitants an a aurie o 77 square kilometres. The density is 56.1 ihhab/km². It is locatit at a altitude o 405 metres an is 123 kilometres frae Seville.
La Roda de Andalucía | |
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  La Roda de Andalucía Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 37°12′38″N 4°46′13″W / 37.21056°N 4.77028°W | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  Andalusie |
| Province | Seville |
| Comarca | Estepa |
| Govrenment | |
| • Alcaldesa | Milagros Prieto Prieto (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 76.68 km2 (29.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 4,419 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Rodense/ Rodeños |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41590 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
History
eeditHistorians record events in the aurie datin back tae auncient Roman times, whaur batterin rams an utensils hae been foond datin back tae the ceevil war atween Julius Caesar an Pompey durin the Battle o Munda. Wi the Christian reconquest o Ferdinand III o Castile, the border toun became the Nazari Kinrick o Granada. La Roda, as the whole region o Estepa, will efter the Reconquest tae the domains o the Order o Santiago. In 1559 Philip II o Spain establishes the Marquess o Estepa, tae which the toun belangs till the early nineteent century. It is in this century that unnergoes a significant chynge wi the arrival o the railwey (lines Córdoba-Málaga and La Roda-Utrera). Syne 1916 La Roda is cried "DE ANDALUCIA" tae distinguish it frae ither La Rodas in Spain.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — Sister ceeties
eeditLa Roda de Andalucía is twinned wi:
Castel Madama, Italy, syne 2002
References
eedit- La Roda de Andalucía - Multiterritorial Information System of Andalusia (in Spaingie)
- La Roda de Andalucia Cultural Heritage of La Roda de Andalucía.IAPH Cultural Heritage (in Spaingie)