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Andalusia is a country
Country

Country may refer to the territory of a state, or to a smaller, or former, political division of a geographical region. In another meaning of the word, the country is also a term used to refer to rural areas....
 in the Kingdom of Spain
Spanish State

The Spanish State was the formal name given to Spain from 1939 to 1978 by Spain under Franco .When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, the Nationalist forces immediately began using the form the Spanish State rather than the Second Spanish Republic or the Spanish Monarchy, out of deference to the differing political sensi...
. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Its capital and largest city is Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
. The region is divided into eight provinces: Huelva
Huelva

Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel river and Rio Tinto rivers....
, Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
, Cádiz
Cádiz

C?diz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of C?diz, one of eight which make up the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
, Córdoba
Córdoba (province)

C?rdoba , traditionally named Cordova in English, is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
, Málaga
Málaga

M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
, Jaén, Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
 and Almería
Almería

Almer?a is the capital of the Almer?a , Spain. It is located in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea....
.

Andalusia is located south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura
Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
 and Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha

Castile-La Mancha is an Autonomous communities in Spain of Spain.Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and Le?n, Community of Madrid, Aragon, Valencia , Region of Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura....
; west of the autonomous community of Murcia
Region of Murcia

The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencia , on the Mediterranean Sea coast....
 and the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
; east of Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 and the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
; and north of the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
, the Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is the strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic language Jebel Tariq meaning mountain of Tariq....
, which separates Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 from Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, and the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
.






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Andalusia is a country
Country

Country may refer to the territory of a state, or to a smaller, or former, political division of a geographical region. In another meaning of the word, the country is also a term used to refer to rural areas....
 in the Kingdom of Spain
Spanish State

The Spanish State was the formal name given to Spain from 1939 to 1978 by Spain under Franco .When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, the Nationalist forces immediately began using the form the Spanish State rather than the Second Spanish Republic or the Spanish Monarchy, out of deference to the differing political sensi...
. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Its capital and largest city is Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
. The region is divided into eight provinces: Huelva
Huelva

Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel river and Rio Tinto rivers....
, Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
, Cádiz
Cádiz

C?diz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of C?diz, one of eight which make up the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
, Córdoba
Córdoba (province)

C?rdoba , traditionally named Cordova in English, is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
, Málaga
Málaga

M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
, Jaén, Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
 and Almería
Almería

Almer?a is the capital of the Almer?a , Spain. It is located in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea....
.

Andalusia is located south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura
Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
 and Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha

Castile-La Mancha is an Autonomous communities in Spain of Spain.Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and Le?n, Community of Madrid, Aragon, Valencia , Region of Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura....
; west of the autonomous community of Murcia
Region of Murcia

The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencia , on the Mediterranean Sea coast....
 and the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
; east of Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 and the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
; and north of the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
, the Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is the strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic language Jebel Tariq meaning mountain of Tariq....
, which separates Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 from Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, and the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
 shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is the strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic language Jebel Tariq meaning mountain of Tariq....
.

History


Carthaginians and Romans

With the fall of the Phoenician cities, Carthage
Carthage

Carthage refers both to an ancient city in present-day Tunisia, and a modern-day suburb of Tunis. The civilization that developed within the city's sphere of influence is referred to as Punic or Carthaginian....
 became the dominant sea power of the western Mediterranean and the most important trading partner for the Semitic
Semitic

In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages....
 towns along the Andalusian coast. Between the first and second Carthaginian wars, Carthage extended its control beyond Andalusia to include all of Iberia except the Basquelands. Andalusia was the major staging ground for the war with Rome led by the Barkid Hannibal. The Romans defeated the Carthaginians and conquered Andalusia, the region being renamed Baetica.

Vandals and Visigoths

The Vandals
Vandals

The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. The Goths Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths and regent of the Visigoths, was allied by marriage with the Vandals as well as with the Burgundians and the Franks under Clovis I....
 moved briefly through the region during the 5th century AD before settling in North Africa, after which the region fell into the hands of the Kingdom of the Visigoths who had to face the Byzantine interests in the region.

Muslim period

The Umayyad Caliphate conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
 in 711-718 marked the collapse of Visigothic rule. Tariq bin Zeyad, known in Spanish history and legend as Tariq el Tuerto (Tariq the one-eyed), was an African Muslim and Umayyad general who led the conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711 under the orders of the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I. According to the historian Ibn Khaldoun, Tariq Ibn Ziyad was from a Berber tribe of Algeria. Tariq ibn Ziyad is considered to be one of the most important military commanders in Iberian history. He was initially the deputy of Musa ibn Nusair in North Africa, and was sent by his superior to launch the first thrust of a conquest of the kingom of Hispania (comprising modern Spain and Portugal). Some claim that he was invited to intervene by the heirs of the Visigothic King, Wittiza, in the Visigothic civil war.

On April 29, 711, the armies of Tariq landed at Gibraltar (the name Gibraltar is derived from the Arabic name Jabal Tariq, which means mountain of Tariq, or the more obvious Gibr al Tariq, meaning rock of Tariq).

Andalusian culture was deeply influenced by over half a millennium of Muslim rule during the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
. Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain

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 became the largest and richest city in Western Europe and one of the largest in the world. The Moors
Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
 established universities in Andalusia, and cultivated scholarship, bringing together the greatest achievements of all of the civilizations they had encountered. During that period Moorish and Jewish scholars played a major part in reviving and contributing to Western astronomy
Astronomy

Astronomy is the science of Astronomical object and Phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere . It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the physical cosmology....
, medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, philosophy
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
, and mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
.

Under the Muslims, the name "Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Arab Muslims, at various times in the period between 711 and 1492....
" was applied to a much larger area than the present Spanish region, and at some periods it referred to nearly the entire Iberian peninsula; it survived, however, as the name of the area where Muslim rule and culture persisted the longest.

Administrative divisions


Province Capital Population Density Municipalities
Almería
Almería (province)

Almer?a is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada , Region of Murcia, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Almer?a....
 Almería
Almería

Almer?a is the capital of the Almer?a , Spain. It is located in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea....
 		 635,850 72.5 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Almería

This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of Almer?a , in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain....
Cádiz
Cádiz (province)

C?diz is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental Western Europe....
 Cádiz
Cádiz

C?diz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of C?diz, one of eight which make up the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
 		 1,180,817 158.8 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Cádiz

This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of C?diz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain....
Córdoba
Córdoba (province)

C?rdoba , traditionally named Cordova in English, is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
 Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain

viktor chucchuc he sucsuck my dick||-||-|File:Cordoba Water Wheel.jpg|}Cordova is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the C?rdoba ....
 		 788,287 72.4 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Córdoba

This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of C?rdoba Province, Spain in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.r>'NamePop.'...
Granada
Granada (province)

Granada is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete , Region of Murcia, Almer?a , Ja?n , C?rdoba , M?laga , and the Mediterranean Sea....
 Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
 		 882,184 68.7 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Granada

This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of Granada , in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain....
Huelva
Huelva (province)

Huelva is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the western part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by Portugal, the provinces of Badajoz , Seville , and C?diz , and the Atlantic Ocean....
 Huelva
Huelva

Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel river and Rio Tinto rivers....
 		 483,792 47.7 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Huelva

This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of Huelva , in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.r>'NamePop.'...
Jaén
Jaén (province)

Ja?n is a provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ciudad Real , Albacete , Granada and C?rdoba Province, Spain....
 Jaén 662,751 49.1 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Jaén

This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of Ja?n Province, Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.r>'NamePop.'...
Málaga
Málaga (province)

The Province of M?laga is located on the southern coast of Spain, in the Autonomous communities in Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the South, and by the Province s of C?diz , Sevilla , C?rdoba Province, Spain and Granada ....
 Málaga
Málaga

M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
 		 1,491,287 204.1 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Málaga

This is a 'list of municipality in the provinces of Spain of M?laga ', in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.r>'NamePop.'...
Seville
Seville (province)

Seville is a Provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the western part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of M?laga , C?diz , Huelva , Badajoz , and C?rdoba Province, Spain....
 Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
 		 1,813,908 129.2 hab./km² Municipalities
List of municipalities in Seville

This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain of Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.r>'NamePop.'...


Other important Andalusian cities are:
  • El Ejido
    El Ejido

    El Ejido is a municipality of Almer?a , in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is a centre of production for fruit and vegetables, in the middle of the "Comarca de El Poniente"....
    , and Roquetas de Mar
    Roquetas de Mar

    Roquetas de Mar is a municipality of Almer?a , in the autonomous community of Andaluc?a, Spain. The 'urbanizaci?n' of Roquetas is predominantly a Spanish holiday resort for the majority of the summer months, but it also receives many visitors from the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany....
    , (Almería)
  • La Línea de la Concepción
    La Línea de la Concepción

    La L?nea de la Concepci?n is a town in Spain, in the province of C?diz in Andalucia. It lies on the eastern isthmus of the Bay of Gibraltar on the border with the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, with which it has close economic and social links....
    , Algeciras
    Algeciras

    Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest urban area on the Bay of Gibraltar . It is the busiest port in SpainmeThe site of Roman cities called Portus Albus, Caetaria and Iuliua Tracta, the current name of Algeciras seems to come from the Arab occupation of the Iberian Peninsula: Al-Caetaria or...
    , Sanlúcar de Barrameda
    Sanlúcar de Barrameda

    Sanl?car de Barrameda is a city in the northwest of C?diz , part of the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia in southern Spain. Sanl?car is located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir....
    , Rota
    Rota, Spain

    Rota is a town of approximately 27,000 people in the Andalusia region of Spain, located in Cadiz province, across the Bay of Cadiz from the city of that name....
    , San Fernando, Jerez, and El Puerto
    El Puerto de Santa María

    El Puerto de Santa Mar?a is a city located on the banks of the Guadalete River in the province of C?diz , Spain. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 82,306, of which 50,000 live in the urban center, and the remainder in the surrounding areas....
    , (Cádiz)
  • Almuñécar
    Almuñécar

    Almu??car is a municipality in the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia on the Costa del Sol between Nerja and Motril . It has a subtropical climate....
    , Guadix
    Guadix

    Guadix, a city of southern Spain, in the Granada ; on the left bank of the river Guadix, a sub-tributary of the Guadiana Menor, and on the Madrid-Valdepe?as-Almer?a railway....
    , Loja
    Loja, Granada

    Loja is a town in southern Spain, situated at the western limit of the Granada . It is surrounded by the so-called Sierras de Loja, of which the highest peak, Sierra Gorda, stands 1,671 metres above sea-level....
     and Motril
    Motril

    Motril is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the province of Granada , Spain.Motril is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 55,078 as of 2004....
    , (Granada)
  • Linares, Úbeda
    Úbeda

    ?beda is a town in the Provinces of Spain of Ja?n Province, Spain in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia. It had about 36,000 inhabitants in 2003....
     and Baeza
    Baeza

    Baeza is a town of approximately 15,000 in Andalusia, Spain, in the province of Ja?n Province, Spain, perched on a cliff in the Loma de Baeza, a mountain range between the river Guadalquivir on the south and its tributary the Guadalimar on the north....
    , (Jaén)
  • Antequera
    Antequera

    Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of M?laga , part of the Spain autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" because of its central location between M?laga, Granada, C?rdoba, Spain, and Seville....
    , Ronda
    Ronda

    Ronda is a city in the Spain province of Malaga. It is located about from the city of M?laga, within the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
    , Gaucín
    Gaucín

    Gauc?n is a village in the mountains of Andalusia in southern Spain, inland from Marbella, Puerto Banus and Estepona, and not far from Ronda....
     and Marbella
    Marbella

    Marbella is a city in Andalusia, Spain, by the Mediterranean, situated in the province of M?laga , beneath La Concha. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234....
    , (Málaga)
  • Utrera
    Utrera

    Utrera is a town in Andalusia in south-west Spain. It is in the province of Seville. As of 2008 it has a population close to 50.202.The town is of great historical interest....
    , Dos Hermanas
    Dos Hermanas

    Dos Hermanas is a Spain city 15 km south of Seville in Andalusia. There were 120,323 residents in 2008.The city's name, which means "two sisters", dates from its foundation in 1248 by King Ferdinand III of Castile and honours the sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, one of the king's principal military commanders....
    , Alcalá de Guadaíra
    Alcalá de Guadaira

    Alcal? de Guada?ra is a town located approximately 10 km southeast of Seville, Spain, Spain; in recent years the expansion of Seville has meant that Alcal? has become a suburb of that city....
    , Osuna
    Osuna

    Osuna is a town and municipality in Seville , Spain, in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. Population in 2003 was estimated as 17,345, of whom only 48 were not Spanish citizens....
     and , Lebrija
    Lebrija

    Lebrija is a city in the Seville , Andalusia , near the left bank of the Guadalquivir river, and on the eastern edge of the marshes known as Las Marismas....
     (Seville)


Economy

Andalusia is traditionally an agricultural area, but the service sector (particularly tourism, retail sales, and transportation) now predominates. The construction sector, now growing very quickly, also makes an important contribution to the region’s economic fabric. The industrial sector is less developed than in other regions in Spain. As of early 2008, the regional economy is experiencing sustained growth.

According to the Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)

The National Institute of Statistics is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about Spain#Demographics, Economy of Spain, and Spanish society....
, the GDP per capita of Andalusia (€17,401, 2006) is still the second lowest in Spain. At the same time, the economic growth rate for the 2000-2006 period was 3.72%, one of the highest in the country.

Transports and commerce

The main road
Road

A road is an identifiable Road number, way or Trail between Location . Roads are typically smoothed, Pavement , or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel; though they need not be, and historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or Maintenance, repair and operations....
 in the region is the Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an Route E15. But there are other main roads to go through Andalucia.

Government and politics

The Autonomous Community of Andalusia is administrated through the "Junta de Andalucía" and is one of the four historic regions of Spain. It has a local parliament
Parliament of Andalusia

The Andalusian Parliament is the legislature of the Spain Autonomous Community of Andalusia instituted by the Andalusian Charter of Autonomy of 1981....
 and president.

Tourism in Andalusia

The south of Spain is somewhat legendary for its attraction to overseas visitors – especially tourists from Northern Europe. While inland areas such as Jaén, Córdoba and the hill villages and towns remain in part untouched by the throngs of tourists, the coastal areas of Andalusia are heavy with visitors for much of the year.

Monuments

  • El Torcal,Antequera (Málaga)
    Antequera

    Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of M?laga , part of the Spain autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" because of its central location between M?laga, Granada, C?rdoba, Spain, and Seville....
  • Medina Azahara
    Medina Azahara

    The Ruins of Madinat al-Zahra are located about 5 kilometers from C?rdoba, Spain. The ruins were discovered about ninety years ago. Only about 10 percent of the 112 sites have been excavated and restored....
    , Córdoba
    Córdoba, Spain

    viktor chucchuc he sucsuck my dick||-||-|File:Cordoba Water Wheel.jpg|}Cordova is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the C?rdoba ....
  • Mezquita
    Mezquita

    The Mezquita of Cordoba is a Roman Catholic cathedral and former mosque situated in the Andalusian city of C?rdoba, Spain. Originally built as a church, after the Muslim conquest the building was confiscated for use as a mosque and greatly expanded until it became the second-largest mosque in the world....
    , Córdoba
    Córdoba, Spain

    viktor chucchuc he sucsuck my dick||-||-|File:Cordoba Water Wheel.jpg|}Cordova is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the C?rdoba ....
  • Alhambra
    Alhambra

    The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex of the Moors rulers of Emirate of Granada in southern Spain , occupying a hilly terrace on the southeastern border of the city of Granada....
    , Granada
    Granada

    Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
  • Palace of Charles V
    Palace of Charles V

    The Palace of Charles V, in Granada, Spain, is a Renaissance construction, located on the top of the hill of the Assabica, inside the Nasrid fortification of the Alhambra....
     Granada
    Granada

    Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
  • Charterhouse
    Granada Charterhouse

    Granada Charterhouse is a Carthusian monastery in Granada, Spain. It is one of the finest examples of Spanish Baroque architecture.The charterhouse was founded in 1506; construction started ten years later, and continued for the following 300 years....
    , Granada
    Granada

    Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
  • Albayzín
    Albayzín

    El Albayz?n is a district of present day Granada, Spain that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1984, along with the more famous Alhambra....
    , Granada
    Granada

    Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
  • Alcazaba
    Alcazaba

    An alcazaba is a Moors fortification in Spain. The word derives from the Arabic word Kasbah, a walled-fortification in a city.Alcazabas remain in Almer?a , Antequera, Badajoz , Granada, Guadix, Alcazaba and M?rida, Spain ....
    , Málaga
    Málaga

    M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....
  • El Tajo, Ronda (Málaga)
    Ronda

    Ronda is a city in the Spain province of Malaga. It is located about from the city of M?laga, within the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
  • La Giralda, Seville
    Seville

    ||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
  • Torre del Oro
    Torre del Oro

    The Torre del Oro is a dodecagonal military Watchtower built in Seville, Spain during the Almohad dynasty in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river....
    , Seville
    Seville

    ||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
  • Plaza de España (Seville)
    Plaza de España (Seville)

    The Plaza de Espa?a is one of Seville's most easily recognised buildings and the epitome of the Moorish Revival in Spanish architecture. In 1929 Seville hosted the Spanish-American Exhibition and numerous buildings were constructed for the exhibition in Maria Luisa Park, among them the Plaza designed by An?bal Gonz?lez....
    , Seville
    Seville

    ||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
  • Seville Cathedral
    Seville Cathedral

    The Cathedral of Seville, also known as Catedral de Santa Mar?a de la Sede is the cathedral of the city of Seville in Andalucia. It is claimed by some to be the largest gothic architecture cathedral and the List_of_largest_church_buildings_in_the_world Christian church in the world....
    , Seville
    Seville

    ||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
  • Alcázar of Seville
    Alcázar of Seville

    The Alc?zar of Seville is a royal palace in Seville, Spain. Originally a Moors fort, the Alc?zar . The Almohades were the first to build a palace, which was called Al-Muwarak, on the site of the modern day Alc?zar....
    , Seville
    Seville

    ||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
  • Vázquez de Molina Square
    Vázquez de Molina Square

    V?zquez de Molina square, placed in ?beda , in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia , is one of the best examples of the renaissance architecture in Spain....
    , Úbeda (Jaén)
    Úbeda

    ?beda is a town in the Provinces of Spain of Ja?n Province, Spain in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia. It had about 36,000 inhabitants in 2003....
  • La Rabida Monastery
    La Rabida Monastery

    La R?bida Monastery is a Franciscan monastery in the town of Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva and the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain....
    , Palos de la Frontera
    Palos de la Frontera

    Palos de la Frontera or Palos, is a town and municipality located in the southwestern Spain province of Huelva , in the autonomous community of Andalusia....
     (Huelva)


Native or famous people from Andalusia

  • Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi
  • Abd-ar-Rahman III
    Abd-ar-Rahman III

    Abd-ar-Rahman III was the Emir of C?rdoba and Caliph of C?rdoba and a prince of the Ummayads dynasty in al-Andalus . The blond-haired, blue-eyed ruler, called al-Nasir or the Defender , was born at Cordova on January 7, 891, the son of Prince Muhammad and a Frankish slave....
  • Alejandro Sanz
    Alejandro Sanz

    Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro S?nchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, is an award winning, Spain pop music/ballad musician and singer-songwriter....
  • Alonso Cano
  • Alonso Lobo
    Alonso Lobo

    Alonso Lobo was a Spain composer of the late Renaissance music. Although not as famous as Tom?s Lu?s de Tom?s Luis de Victoria, he was highly regarded at the time, and Victoria himself considered him to be his equal....
  • Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
    Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

    ?lvar N??ez Cabeza de Vaca was an early Spain explorer of the New World and is remembered as a protoanthropological author....
  • Andrés Segovia
    Andrés Segovia

    Andr?s Torres Segovia, 1st Marquess of Salobre?a was a Spain classical guitarist born in Linares, Ja?n, Spain. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the classical guitar in the beginning and mid 20th century....
  • Antonio Banderas
    Antonio Banderas

    'Jos? Antonio Dom?nguez Banderas' , better known as 'Antonio Banderas', is a Spanish people film actor and singer. He began his acting career at age 19 with a series of films by director Pedro Almod?var and then starred in high-profile Hollywood films including Assassins , Evita , Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicl...
  • Antonio de Nebrija
    Antonio de Nebrija

    Antonio de Lebrija, also known as Antonio de Nebrija, Elio Antonio de Lebrija, Antonius Nebrissensis, and Antonio of Lebrixa, was a Spain scholar birth at Lebrija in the Provinces of Spain of Seville ....
  • Antonio Gala
    Antonio Gala

    Antonio Gala Velasco is a Spain poet, playwright, novelist and writer.Gala was born in Brazatortas, Ciudad Real , although he moved very soon to C?rdoba and is widely considered an Andalusian....
  • Antonio Machado
    Antonio Machado

    Antonio Cipriano Jos? Mar?a y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado was a Spain poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98....
  • Antonio Mairena
    Antonio Mairena

    Antonio Cruz Garc?a, known as Antonio Mairena was a famous flamenco singer. He led the movement towards the revival of traditional flamenco in the fifties and subsequent decades....
  • Antonio Puerta
    Antonio Puerta

    'Antonio Jos? Puerta P?rez' was a Spain national football team football midfielder. He played for Sevilla FC in La Liga. Affected with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, he died on 28 August 2007, three days after suffering a series of cardiac arrests during a league game against Getafe CF on 25 August 2007....
  • Arganthonios
    Arganthonios

    Arganthonios was the most important king of ancient Tartessos .The name Arganthonios derives from the Etruscan civilization name "arcnti". To the Cempsi "argan" meant silver....
  • Averroes
    Averroes

    Abu 'l-Walid Mu?ammad ibn A?mad ibn Rushd , better known just as Ibn Rushd , and in European literature as Averroes , was an Al-Andalus-Arab Muslim polymath: a master of early Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, Maliki Sharia and Fiqh, Logic in Islamic philosophy, Psychology in medieval Islam, Arabic music theory, and the Scien...
     (a.k.a Ibn Rushd)
  • Baltasar Garzón
    Baltasar Garzón

    Baltasar Garz?n Real is a judge in Spain. Garz?n currently sits on Spain's Crime court . He has been the subject of controversy....
  • Bartolomé de las Casas
    Bartolomé de Las Casas

    File:Bartolomedelascasas.jpgBartolom? de las Casas, Dominican Order , was a 16th-century Spanish Empire Dominican Order priest, and the first resident Bishop of Chiapas....
  • Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
    Bartolomé Estéban Murillo

    Bartolom? Esteban Murillo was a Spain List of painters, one of the most important figures in Baroque painting in Spain. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children....
  • Blas Infante
    Blas Infante

    Blas Infante P?rez de Vargas . Blas Infante was a politician, writer, historian and musicologist, known as the "Father" of Andalusian nationalism ....
  • Camarón de la Isla
    Camarón de la Isla

    El Camar?n de la Isla was the stage name of flamenco gypsy singer Jos? Monje Cruz who is sometimes also credited as Jos? Monge Cruz....
  • Carmen Sevilla
    Carmen Sevilla

    Carmen Sevilla is a popular Spain actress, singer and TV presenter. She made her film debut in 1948 in Jalisco Canta en Sevilla. Other roles include Academy Award nominee Vengeance , Buscando a M?nica and the 1956 French film Don Juan.....
  • Carlos Herrera
  • Carlos Marchena
  • Chiquito de la Calzada
    Chiquito de la Calzada

    Gregorio Esteban S?nchez Fern?ndez , known as Chiquito de la Calzada, is a Spanish flamenco singer and actor, although he is more famous as a stand-up comedian....
  • Cristina Hoyos
    Cristina Hoyos

    Cristina Hoyos Panadero is a Spain flamenco dancer, choreographer and actress, born in Seville. After several successes throughout the world with several companies and movies, she created her own dancing company and premiered with it in Rex Theatre of Paris in 1988....
  • Curro Romero
    Curro Romero

    Francisco Romero L?pez Spain bullfighter, known as Curro Romero. Born in Camas, near Seville.He started his professional career in La Pa?oleta , on August 22, 1954 together with Lime?o....
  • Dani Güiza
  • David Bisbal
    David Bisbal

    David Bisbal is a Latin Grammy-winning Spain pop music singer. He gained fame as a finalist on the interactive television reality television show Operaci?n Triunfo....
  • Diego Capel
    Diego Capel

    Diego Capel Trinidad is a Spain Football who currently plays for Sevilla FC of the La Liga, as a Winger . His main traits are pace, acceleration and on-the-ball skills....
  • Diego Tristán
    Diego Tristán

    Diego Trist?n Herrera is a Spain professional Football currently playing as a striker for West Ham United F.C.. He has also represented the Spain national football team....
  • Diego Velázquez
    Diego Velázquez

    Diego Rodr?guez de Silva y Vel?zquez was a Spain painting who was the leading artist in the Noble court of King Philip IV of Spain. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait painting....
  • Eduardo Cansino, Sr.
  • El Cordobés
    El Cordobés

    Manuel Ben?tez P?rez, born 4 May 1936 in Palma del R?o near C?rdoba, Spain is known as El Cordob?s , the famous matador of the 1960s, who brought to the bullfighting an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style....
  • Enrique Morente
    Enrique Morente

    Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, born in Granada, 1942 is a flamenco singer and controversial figure in contemporary flamenco....
  • Estrella Morente
    Estrella Morente

    Estrella Morente was born on August 14 1980 in Las Gabias, Granada. She is a Spanish people flamenco singer and daughter of flamenco singer Enrique Morente and dancer Aurora Carbonell....
  • Eva Yerbabuena
    Eva Yerbabuena

    Eva Yerbabuena was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1970, but fifteen days after her birth went back to live in her parents hometown in Granada, Spain....
  • Federico García Lorca
    Federico García Lorca

    Federico Garc?a Lorca was a Spain poet, dramatist and theatre director. An emblematic member of the Generation of '27, he was abducted and murdered by persons likely affiliated with the Nationalist cause at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War....
  • Felipe González
    Felipe González

    Felipe Gonz?lez M?rquez is a Spain Socialism politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997....
  • Fernando Hierro
    Fernando Hierro

    Fernando Ruiz Hierro, Pronunciation is a former Spain football . He is most famous as a member of Real Madrid and Spain national football team.He started his career as a striker and was eventually moved back to play as a defensive midfielder, and a central defender....
  • Figaro
    Figaro

    The term Figaro may refer to any of the following:*Figaro, the central character in the plays The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro , and The Guilty Mother by Pierre de Beaumarchais, and their operatic adaptations....
     (of Pierre Beaumarchais operas)
  • Fran Perea
    Fran Perea

    Francisco Manuel Perea Bilbao , professionaly known as Fran Perea, is a Spain actor and singer....
  • Francisco Garrido Peña
    Francisco Garrido Peña

    Francisco Garrido Pe?a .Spanish politician. Member of the Confederation of The Greens, which supports PSOE in the Spanish Congress of Deputies....
  • Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
    Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

    Gustavo Adolfo Dom?nguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo B?cquer, His best known works are the Rhymes and the Legends, usually published together as Rimas y leyendas....
  • Hadrian
    Hadrian

    Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
  • Ibn Bajjah
    Ibn Bajjah

    Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh , known as Ibn Bajjah , was an Al-Andalus- Arab Muslim polymath: an Islamic astronomy, Logic in Islamic philosophy, Arabic music, Early Islamic philosophy, Islamic medicine, Islamic physics, Islamic psychology, Arabic poetry and Islamic science....
  • Isabel Pantoja
    Isabel Pantoja

    Isabel Pantoja is a popular contemporary gypsy Spain singer, born on 2 August 1956, in the Triana district of Seville, Spain. She has released more than a dozen albums throughout a career spanning many decades, and is known for her distinctive Andalusian style....
  • Isidore of Seville
    Isidore of Seville

    Saint Isidore of Seville was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and has the reputation of being one of the greatest scholars of the early Middle Ages....
  • Israel Galván
    Israel Galván

    Israel Galv?n de los Reyes is a famous Spain flamenco dancer and choreographer.He was born in Seville. He became a celebrity in flamenco thanks to his dancing steps with complicated feet movements....
  • Jean Reno
    Jean Reno

    'Jean Reno' is a C?sar Award-nominated France actor. Working in both French and English, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as Godzilla , The Da Vinci Code , Mission: Impossible and Ronin , but also European productions such as L?on and the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow...
  • Jesús Navas
    Jesús Navas

    Jes?s Navas Gonz?lez is a Gitano Spain football . He currently plays for Spanish Primera club Sevilla FC, and is known for his pace and dribbling skills....
  • Joaquín Sabina
    Joaquín Sabina

    Joaqu?n Ram?n Mart?nez Sabina ,known artistically as Joaqu?n Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has published fourteen albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums....
  • Joaquín Sánchez
  • José Antonio Reyes
    José Antonio Reyes

    Jos? Antonio Reyes Calder?n is a Spanish Association football who plays for Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. He has previously played for Sevilla FC, Arsenal F.C., Real Madrid C.F....
  • "Juanito"
  • Juan de Padilla
    Juan de Padilla

    Father Juan de Padilla , born in Andalusia, was a Spanish Roman Catholic missionary who spent much of his life exploring North America alongside Francisco Vasquez de Coronado....
  • Juan Ramón Jiménez
    Juan Ramón Jiménez

    Juan Ram?n Jim?nez Mantec?n was a Spain List of poets, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jim?nez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."...
  • Kiko (footballer)
  • Las Ketchup
    Las Ketchup

    Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group composed of sisters Lola, Pilar, Luc?a, and Roc?o Mu?oz from C?rdoba, Spain in Andalucia, Spain....
  • Lola Flores
    Lola Flores

    Lola Flores , born Mar?a de los Dolores Flores Ruiz, was a Spain singer, dancer, and actress of gipsy descent.Professional career ...
  • Lope de Rueda
    Lope de Rueda

    Lope de Rueda was a Spain dramatist and author, regarded by some as the best of his era. A very versatile writer, he also wrote comedy, farces, and pasos....
  • Los del Río
    Los del Río

    Los del R?o is a Music of Spain duo composed of musicians Antonio Romero Monge and Rafael Ru?z. They are originally from the city section of Dos Hermanas in Seville....
  • Luis Cernuda
    Luis Cernuda

    Luis Cernuda , was a Spain poet and literary criticism.The son of a military man, Cernuda received a strict education as a child, and then studied law at the University of Seville, where he met the poet and literature professor Pedro Salinas....
  • Luis de Góngora
    Luis de Góngora

    Luis de G?ngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque literature lyric poet. G?ngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, were the most prominent Spanish poets of their age....
  • Maimonides
    Maimonides

    Moses Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , the Rambam, and Musa ibn Maymun , was born in C?rdoba, Spain, Spain on March 30, 1135, and died in Egypt on December 13, 1204.....
     (a.k.a Rambam)
  • Martín Alonso Pinzón
  • Manolo Caracol
    Manolo Caracol

    Manuel Ortega Ju?rez. , was a flamenco singer.Born in Seville, Spain, he was descended from a long line of flamenco artists including Enrique Ortega and Curro Dulce, and he was possibly related to El Planeta and El Fillo....
  • Manolo Corrales
  • Manolo Escobar
    Manolo Escobar

    Manolo Escobar is a famous Spain singer, famous for Que viva Espa?a and porompompero . He was born on October 19, 1932 in the city of El Ejido in the province Almer?a....
  • Manuel de Falla
    Manuel de Falla

    Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spain composer of European classical music....
  • Manuel Machado
    Manuel Machado

    Manuel Machado may refer to:*Manuel Machado , a Portuguese composer of early Baroque music*Manuel Machado y Ruiz , a Spanish poet, part of the Generation of '98...
  • Manuel Orantes
    Manuel Orantes

    Manuel Orantes Corral was a tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final....
  • Maritornes (of Cervantes
    Cervantes

    Cervantes refers to:...
    ' famous novel Don Quixote
    Don Quixote

    , fully titled is an early novel written by Spain author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moors historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli....
    )
  • Miguel Ríos
    Miguel Ríos

    Miguel R?os is a Spanish people singing, composer, actor and one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain....
  • Pablo Picasso
    Pablo Picasso

    Pablo Diego Jos? Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Mar?a de los Remedios Cipriano de la Sant?sima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso was a Spanish people Painting, drawing, and Sculpture....
  • Paco de Lucía
    Paco de Lucía

    Paco de Luc?a, born Francisco S?nchez G?mez , is a Spain composer and guitarist. Recognized as a virtuoso flamenco guitarist all over the world, he is a leading proponent of the New Flamenco style, and is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who have also successfully crossed over into other genres of music....
  • Paco León
    Paco León

    Paco Le?n is a Spanish comic actor born in Seville. As for his early television experience, he played in the childlike comedy "Mariquilla R?e Perlas" and "Castillos en el Aire" on Canal Sur....
  • Paquirri
    Paquirri

    Paquirri was a Spanish people bullfighter.During a bullfight in Pozoblanco , he was gored by a bull named "Avispado" and died while he was being moved to the hospital of C?rdoba....
  • Paz Vega
    Paz Vega

    Paz Campos Trigo , better known as Paz Vega, is a Spain actor....
  • Pilar Bardem
    Pilar Bardem

    Pilar Bardem is a Spain film and television actor.Born Mar?a del Pilar Bardem Mu?oz to performers Rafael Bardem and Matilde Mu?oz Sampedro in Seville, Bardem began her screen career in 1965....
  • Rafael Alberti
    Rafael Alberti

    Rafael Alberti Merello was a Mexican poet, a member of the Generation of '27.Alberti published his first books of poetry towards the end of the 1920s: Marinero en tierra , La Amante and El alba del alhel? ....
  • Raphael (singer)
    Raphael (singer)

    Don Rafael Martos S?nchez , Ilustr?simo Se?or de la Orden de Cisneros, Comendador de Isabel La Cat?lica, often simply referred to as Raphael, is a worldwide acclamed Spain singer and television, film and theatre actor....
  • Rocío Jurado
    Rocío Jurado

    Mar?a del Roc?o Trinidad Mohedano Jurado , was a Spain singer and actress. She was born in Chipiona, C?diz , Spain and was nicknamed "La m?s grande" ....
  • Rodrigo de Triana
    Rodrigo de Triana

    Rodrigo de Triana was a Marrano sailor and the first European since the Vikings known to have seen America. Born as Juan Rodrigo Bermejo, Triana was the son of Hidalgo and pottery Vicente Bermejo and Sereni Betancour....
  • Rosa López
    Rosa López

    Rosa L?pez, , is a singer, soloist Spanish. She came to fame in 2001 as part of the reality show "Operaci?n Triunfo", she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002....
  • Sara Baras
    Sara Baras

    Sara Baras is a female flamenco dancer, born in San Fernando, C?diz.She is internationally famous and regularly tours the world. She was taught to dance by her mother, Concha Baras, who ran a dance school....
  • Seneca the Younger
    Seneca the Younger

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Ancient Rome Stoicism philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature....
  • Sergio Ramos
    Sérgio Ramos

    S?rgio Bruno Antunes Selores Ramos is a Portuguese people basketball player.He measures 2.00 metres and plays as a forward-center. He announced the end of his international career, after Portugal national basketball team's exit from the EuroBasket 2007....
  • Soledad Miranda
    Soledad Miranda

    Soledad Rend?n Bueno , better known by her stage names Soledad Miranda or Susann Korda , was an actress who was born in Seville, Spain to Portuguese people parents of Romani people ancestry ....
  • Tomatito
    Tomatito

    Jos? Fern?ndez Torres, known as Tomatito , is a Spain flamenco guitarist. He was born among great flamenco guitarists, including his father Tomate and uncle Ni?o Miguel....
  • Trajan
    Trajan

    Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
  • Veronica Sánchez
    Verónica Sánchez

    Ver?nica S?nchez Calder?n is a Goya Awards- and ACE Awards Spain actress....
  • Vicente Aleixandre
    Vicente Aleixandre

    Vicente P?o Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo was a Spain poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre was a Nobel Prize laureate for Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977....
  • Vicente Amigo
    Vicente Amigo

    Vicente Amigo Girol is a Spanish flamenco composer and virtuoso guitarist, born in Guadalcanal, near Seville. He is usually considered one of the greatest living guitarists, in succession to Paco de Luc?a....
  • Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
    Vicente Yáñez Pinzón

    Vicente Y??ez Pinz?n was a Spain navigator, exploration, and conquistador. Along with his older brother Mart?n Alonso Pinz?n, he sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World in 1492, as captain of Ni?a....


See also

  • Andalusian people
    Andalusian people

    The Andalusians are the inhabitants of the remote southern region in Spain. They are generally not considered an ethnically distinct people because they lack two of the most important markers of distinctiveness: their own language and an awareness of a presumed common origin....
  • List of Andalusians
    List of Andalusians

    The following table groups the list of famous Andalusians listed in alphabetical order within categories:...
  • Andalusian nationalism
    Andalusian nationalism

    Andalusian nationalism or Andalusian regionalism, sometimes referred as Andalucismo in Spanish, is the name given to the political movement in Spain advocating the recognition of Andalusian people as a "nation"....
  • Music of Andalusia
    Music of Andalusia

    Andalusia is a region in Spain that is best-known for flamenco, a form of music and dance that is mostly performed by Roma people and popular throughout the world....
  • Andalusian cuisine
    Andalusian cuisine

    Andalusian cuisine is rather varied, corresponding to a region that is itself extensive and varied. Notwithstanding that, the cuisine of Andalusia is characterized by gazpacho, fried fish , the jam?n of Jabugo and Trev?lez, and the wines of Jerez, particularly sherry....
  • Flamenco
    Flamenco

    Flamenco is a Spain term that refers both to a musical genre, known for its intricate rapid passages, and a dance genre characterized by its audible footwork....
  • The Roman Bética Route
    The Roman Bética Route

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External links

  • Fairs and traditional fiestas of Andalusia