Guijo de Santa Bárbara
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Guijo de Santa Bárbara is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres
, Extremadura
, Spain
. According to the 2005 census
(INE
), the municipality has a population of 429 inhabitants.
This village is located at Gredos Mountains and a river known as Garganta de Jaranda. Most of the land of the municipality is placed inside a natural space (LIC de la Sierra de Gredos).
The village is a typicall destination for hollidays, due to be near to Madrid (2 hours by car), and because of the opportunities for walking in the mountain and the river.
The population mainly works in touristic services (hostels, bars, etc.) and agriculture.
Main festivities are celebrated in August (14-15), September (8 and 9), and December (2-4) Other events are Viriato's Day in May and Trashumancia's Day in June-July.
Cáceres (province)
The province of Cáceres is a province of western Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is bordered by the provinces of Salamanca, Ávila, Toledo, and Badajoz, and by Portugal....
, Extremadura
Extremadura
Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
, 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 2005 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 municipality has a population of 429 inhabitants.
This village is located at Gredos Mountains and a river known as Garganta de Jaranda. Most of the land of the municipality is placed inside a natural space (LIC de la Sierra de Gredos).
The village is a typicall destination for hollidays, due to be near to Madrid (2 hours by car), and because of the opportunities for walking in the mountain and the river.
The population mainly works in touristic services (hostels, bars, etc.) and agriculture.
Main festivities are celebrated in August (14-15), September (8 and 9), and December (2-4) Other events are Viriato's Day in May and Trashumancia's Day in June-July.
External links
- More information available in the non-official website: http://guijosantabarbara.blogspot.com/2008/01/guijo-de-santa-brbara-en.html