Los Caños de Meca
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Los Caños de Meca | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Los Caños de Meca | |
  Los Caños de Meca Location in the Province of Cádiz  Los Caños de Meca Location in Andalusia  Los Caños de Meca Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 36°11′09″N 6°00′41″W / 36.18583°N 6.01139°WCoordinates: 36°11′09″N 6°00′41″W / 36.18583°N 6.01139°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Province | Province of Cádiz |
| Comarca | La Janda |
| Municipality | Barbate |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 295 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 11159 |
| Website | http://www.playasdetrafalgar.com/ |
Los Caños de Meca is a small seaside village to the east of Cape Trafalgar on the Costa de la Luz of Spain. It is part of the municipality of Barbate in the province of Cádiz and the autonomous region of Andalusia.
Los Caños de Meca history is related to the Straits of Gibraltar, the Roman Fretus Herculeum and the Arab Boughaz el Tarek. Also the Battle of Trafalgar was fought near the coast of Caños de Meca, off the Cape of Trafalgar, on 21 October 1805.
Notable people[edit]
- Felix Frankl, Austrian and Soviet mathematician, physicist and aerodynamics (1905-1961).
- Andre Geim, soviet british and netherlands physicist, Nobel laureate.
- Muhadin Kishev, Soviet and Spanish artist, born 1938.
References[edit]
 | This article about a location in Andalusia, Spain, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |