Hellín
Encyclopedia
Hellín is a town
and municipality
located in the south of the province of Albacete
, in Castile-La Mancha
, Spain
. , it has a population of 31,109.
Main celebrations, such as the processions and the traditional tamborada (drumming), declared of international touristic interest, occur during the Holy Week
(in Spanish, Semana Santa).
There is a Contestani
archaeological site at Tolmo de Minateda hill near Hellín.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the south of the province of Albacete
Albacete (province)
Albacete is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Jaén....
, in Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...
, 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...
. , it has a population of 31,109.
Main celebrations, such as the processions and the traditional tamborada (drumming), declared of international touristic interest, occur during the Holy Week
Holy Week
Holy Week in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter...
(in Spanish, Semana Santa).
There is a Contestani
Contestani
The Contestani were an ancient Iberian people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language....
archaeological site at Tolmo de Minateda hill near Hellín.