Pedro Abad
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Pedro Abad is a small town located in the province of Córdoba, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. According to the 2006 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

 (INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
The National Institute of Statistics is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about demography, economy, and Spanish society. Every 10 years, this organisation conducts a national census. The last census took place in 2001....

), the city has a population of 2934 inhabitants.

Parties

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;" | List of Mayors by Party
Year Name Political Party
1979–1983 Miguel García Rodriguez United Left
United Left (Spain)
The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...

1983–1987 Miguel García Rodriguez United Left
1987–1991 Miguel García Rodriguez United Left
1991–1995 Miguel García Rodriguez United Left
1995–1999 Miguel García Rodriguez United Left
1999–2003 Miguel García Rodriguez United Left
2003–2007 María Luisa Wic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...

2007–2011 María Luisa Wic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
2011– Magdalena Luque Canalejo United Left

Buildings

  • Iglesia de la Asunción.Ermita del Santísimo Cristo de los Desamparados. Birth house of “Santa Rafaela M.ª Porras”, fundadora of “Esclavas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús”.

  • The Basharat Mosque
    Basharat Mosque
    The Basharat Mosque was inaugurated on September 10, 1982 in Pedro Abad, in the Spanish comarca of Alto Guadalquivir, province of Córdoba by Mirza Tahir Ahmad , fourth Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community...

    , constructed and run by the islam
    Islam
    Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

    ic movement Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
    Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
    The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...

    . This is the first mosque which was built on Spanish soil after the reconquest of Spain and the parallel expulsion of Muslims in 1492.

External links

  • Pedro Abad - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
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