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| align=center width=148 | [[Coat of Arms of Andalusia|Coat of Arms]] |
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| align=center colspan=2 | <small>''[[Motto]]: Dominator Hercules Fundator |
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Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad<br />(Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind)''</small> |
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| [[Capital]] || [[Seville]] |
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| [[Area]]<br /> – Total<br /> – % of Spain |
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| [[List of Spanish autonomous communities by area|Ranked 2nd]]<br /> [[1 E10 m²|87 268]] [[square kilometre|km²]]<br /> 17,2% |
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| [[Population]]<br /> – Total (2005)<br /> – % of Spain<br /> – [[Density]] |
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| [[List of Spanish autonomous communities by population|Ranked 1st]]<br /> 7.849.799<br /> 17,9%<br /> 89,95/km² |
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| [[Demonym]]<br /> – [[English language|English]]<br /> – [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |
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|<br /> Andalusian<br /> ''andaluz, andaluza'' |
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| Statute of Autonomy || [[January 11]], [[1982]] |
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| [[Cortes Generales|Parliamentary<br />representation]]<br /> – [[Spanish Congress|Congress seats]]<br /> – [[Spanish Senate|Senate seats]] |
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| valign=bottom | 62<br /> 40 |
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| valign=top | [[List of Andalusian Presidents|President]] |
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| [[Manuel Chaves González]] ([[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]]) |
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| align=center colspan=2 | [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es Junta de Andalucía] |
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'''Andalusia''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Andalucía'') is an [[autonomous communities in Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Spain]]. Andalusia is the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Its capital is [[Seville]]. |
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Andalusia is bounded on the north by [[Extremadura]] and [[Castilla-La Mancha]]; on the east by [[Murcia]] and the [[Mediterranean Sea]]; on the west by [[Portugal]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] (south-west); on the south by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (south-east) and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] (south-west) linked by the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] at the very south which separates [[Spain]] from [[Morocco]]. The [[United Kingdom|British]] colony of [[Gibraltar]] at the south shares its three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of [[Cádiz]]. |
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==History== |
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[[Image:Andalusian_House.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Andalusian House, showing traditional ''azulejos'' (glazed tiles) and ''rejas'' (ornate window bars)]] The name Andalusia is derived from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name "Al Andalus", which refers to the parts of the [[Iberian peninsula]] which were under [[Muslim]] rule. The Islamic history of Muslim Spain can be found in the entry [[al-Andalus]]. [[Tartessos]], the capital of a once great and powerful Tartessian Civilization, was located in Andalusia, and was known in the Bible by the name of Tarshish. More information about this region can be found in the entry ''[[Hispania Baetica]]'', the name of the Roman province that corresponds to the region. |
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Andalusian culture has been deeply marked by the eight centuries of Muslim rule over the region, which ended in 1492 with the reconquest of Granada by the Catholic monarchs. |
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The Spanish spoken in the [[Americas]] is largely descended from the [[Andalusian dialect]] of [[Spanish language|Castilian Spanish]] due to the role played by Seville as the gateway to Spain's American territories in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
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Andalusia is known for its moorish architecture. Famous monuments include the [[Alhambra]] in [[Granada]], the [[Mezquita]] in [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]] and the [[Torre del Oro]] and [[Giralda]] towers in Seville and the [[Reales Alcázares]] in Seville. Archaeological remains include [[Medina Azahara]], near Córdoba and [[Itálica]], near Seville. |
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[[Andalusian cuisine]] is known for its use of [[fish]] and [[shellfish]], its [[dessert]]s, and its world-famous [[sherry]]. |
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Andalusia is divided into eight [[provinces of Spain|provinces]] named after the capital cities of these provinces: |
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*[[Almería (province)|Almería]] |
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*[[Cádiz (province)|Cádiz]] |
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*[[Córdoba (province)|Córdoba]] |
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*[[Granada (province)|Granada]] |
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*[[Huelva (province)|Huelva]] |
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*[[Jaén (province)|Jaén]] |
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*[[Málaga (province)|Málaga]] |
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*[[Seville (province)|Sevilla]] |
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Other Andalusian towns are: |
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*[[Algeciras]], Cádiz |
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*[[Jerez]], Cádiz |
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*[[Marbella]], Málaga |
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*[[San Fernando]], Cádiz |
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*[[Dos Hermanas]], Sevilla |
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*[[Lebrija]], Sevilla |
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*[[Utrera]], Sevilla |
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*[[Antequera]], Málaga |
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*[[Motril]], Granada |
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*[[Ronda]], [[Gaucín]], and the so-called "''[[pueblos blancos]]''," Cádiz and Málaga |
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*[[Úbeda]] and [[Baeza]], Jaén |
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Andalusia is the home of [[flamenco]] music and of [[bullfighting]]. |
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Day of Andalusia is celebrated on [[February 28]]. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Music of Andalusia]] |
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* [[Andalusian people]] |
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* [[Andalusian cuisine]] |
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* [[List of Andalusians]] |
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* [[Jews of the Bilad el-Sudan (West Africa)]] |
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* [[African Jew]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/SP/Junta_de_Andalucia/CDA/Paginas/JDA-IndiceSimbolos/0,16390,,00.html Statute of Autonomy] {{es icon}} |
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*[http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/ Government of Andalusia] {{es icon}} |
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*[http://www.parlamento-and.es/ Parliament of Andalusia] {{es icon}} |
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*[http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadistica/dtbas/dtb03/dtb03.pdf Basic statistical data for Andalusia] {{es icon}} (.pdf format) |
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*[http://www.andalucia.co.uk Andalucia Info] |
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*[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/es-an_hi.html History of the Andalusian Flag] |
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*[http://www.ana-andalucia.org/index.htm Asamblea Nacional de Andalucia] {{es icon}}(Interesting History and [[Andalusian dialect]] sections) |
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* [http://www.iberianature.com/material/wild_nature_sites/andalusia_nature.htm A guide to the natural history of Andalusia] |
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*[http://www.travel2andalusia.com Travel to Andalusia Picture Gallery and Information on Andalusia] |
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*[http://www.reise-photografie.de/andalusien Images from Andalusia] |
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*[http://es.geocities.com/santabarbaradecasa/ Santa Barbara de casa] |
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