Guardamar del Segura
Guardamar del Segura | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
| Province | Alicante |
| Comarca | Baix Segura |
| Judicial district | Torrevieja |
| Founded | 10th century |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carmen Verdú(2011) (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.58 km2 (13.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 15,589 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Guardamarenco (m) guardamarenca (f) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 03140 and 03149 |
| Dialing code | 965 and 966 |
| Official language(s) | Spanish and Valencian |
Guardamar del Segura (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌɡwaɾðaˈmaɾ ðeɫ seˈɣuɾa]) or briefly Guardamar is a municipality of the province of Alicante located at the mouth of the river Segura in southern Valencia (autonomous community), Spain. It is a Mediterranean resort, with a large pine forest abutting an 11-km-long white sand beach.
Historically an area of fishermen and farmers, Guardamar del Segura is the southernmost point where Valenciano (a dialect of Catalan) is spoken. A Phoenician colony, called Herna by Roman geographer Avienus in his book Ora Maritima was the first settlement near the mouth of Segura river,[1] In Spanish, "guardar" means "safekeeping" and "mar" means "sea", and this is another possible basis for its current name.
Guardamar is the southernmost Catalan-speaking town and in 1991 41.8% of the town's residents could speak it.[2] Guardamar hosts local festivals like Moros i Cristians, L'Encantà, and Fogueres de Sant Joan, which commemorate its history.
Population
The INE (Spanish Census) of 2006 showed that the city had 14,261 residents. By January 2011 this figure had reached 16,863 of which only 10,051 were Spanish. The total dropped by 2015 to 15,589. The most prominent nationalities in 2015 were:
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Government
Carmen Verdú is the mayor of the city. In the latest municipal elections of May 2011, Carmen Verdú of the People's Party (Partido Popular) won the elections with an absolute majority, larger than the one the former major (María Elena Albentosa) had, while the opposition (Socialist Party) lost some of their popular support. She is the second woman ever to occupy this position.
At the 2011 local elections, the political composition on the local council was:
| Party[4] | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| PP | 9 | |
| PSOE | 7 | |
| IU | 1 | |
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Guardamar del Segura | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16 (61) |
17 (63) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
23 (73) |
27 (81) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
28 (82) |
24 (75) |
20 (68) |
17 (63) |
23 (73) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6 (43) |
7 (45) |
8 (46) |
10 (50) |
13 (55) |
16 (61) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
18 (64) |
14 (57) |
10 (50) |
7 (45) |
12 (54) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) |
29 (1.1) |
28 (1.1) |
34 (1.3) |
29 (1.1) |
20 (0.8) |
7 (0.3) |
13 (0.5) |
37 (1.5) |
67 (2.6) |
46 (1.8) |
36 (1.4) |
371 (14.5) |
| Source: holiday-weather.com | |||||||||||||
Points of interests
- Torreta de Guardamar, a radio mast. The tallest military structure in the European Union.
Notes
- ^ Bierling, Marilyn R. and Gitin,Seymour (2002). The Phoenicians in Spain: an archaeological review of the eighth-sixth centuries B.C.E. : a collection of articles translated from Spanish. Eisenbrauns, p. 124. ISBN 1-57506-056-6
- ^ Cens de 1991
- ^ from 1857: national census.
- ^ http://elecciones.mir.es/resultados2011/99MU/DMU1703907699_L1.htm?d=908&e=100
External links
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