Guadalcanal, Spain
Encyclopedia
Guadalcanal is a village
in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community
of Andalusia
, Spain
.
, it depends to the judicial party of Cazalla de la Sierra
. Its name was given to the island of Guadalcanal
, Solomon Islands
by Pedro de Ortega Valencia, born in this village.
in 1241 from the Moors, then, it belonged to the León's province as well as other parts of Extremadura. In the ecclesiastical matter, it belonged to the Santa María de Tendudia vicary.
It was fortified by means of a now ruined wall which was demolished because the village took part in the Guerra de las Comunidades de Castilla.
In the mid-16th century, the area had some silver mines financed by the Fugger family
.
The village suffered crisis in the 19th century. That one finished with the four religious communities resting in the village and as well as other rural communities in Spain it had to face with the massive exodus of their inhabitants to the cities in the 20th century.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
, 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...
.
Location and population
In 2006 there were 2,970 inhabitants. It has an area of 275 square kilometres and a population density of 10,6 people per km2. It is at an altitude of 662 metres, in a valley between the Sierra del Agua and the Sierra del Viento, in the region of the North Mountains of Seville. Guadalcanal is 80 kilometres north of SevilleSeville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, it depends to the judicial party of Cazalla de la Sierra
Cazalla de la Sierra
Cazalla de la Sierra is a small town in the province of Seville, in southern Spain. It is located in the foothills of the Sierra Morena, which acts as a border between the region of Andalusia and the regions of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha....
Demographics
Number of inhabitants of the last ten years (according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spanish National Institute of Statistics).Etymology
The name, etymologically, comes from the Arabic phrase Wadi al-Qanal (وادي القنال), "river of the stalls". Other names were Tereses or Tereja or Canani with the IberiansIberians
The Iberians were a set of peoples that Greek and Roman sources identified with that name in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula at least from the 6th century BC...
. Its name was given to the island of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...
, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
by Pedro de Ortega Valencia, born in this village.
History
It was reconquered by the Order of SantiagoOrder of Santiago
The Order of Santiago was founded in the 12th century, and owes its name to the national patron of Galicia and Spain, Santiago , under whose banner the Christians of Galicia and Asturias began in the 9th century to combat and drive back the Muslims of the Iberian Peninsula.-History:Santiago de...
in 1241 from the Moors, then, it belonged to the León's province as well as other parts of Extremadura. In the ecclesiastical matter, it belonged to the Santa María de Tendudia vicary.
It was fortified by means of a now ruined wall which was demolished because the village took part in the Guerra de las Comunidades de Castilla.
In the mid-16th century, the area had some silver mines financed by the Fugger family
Fugger
The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. This banking family replaced the de'...
.
The village suffered crisis in the 19th century. That one finished with the four religious communities resting in the village and as well as other rural communities in Spain it had to face with the massive exodus of their inhabitants to the cities in the 20th century.
External links
- Página web oficial del Ayuntamiento de Guadalcanal
- Guadalcanal - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
- Información de Guadalcanal
- Guadalcanal Cofrade - Página con la actualidad cofrade de Guadalcanal.
- Página web del pintor Fernando Díaz Mirón
- Mirador La Capitana en el término municipal de Guadalcanal
- Vídeos de Guadalcanal