Almegíjar

Also known as Almegijar

Almegíjar is a Spanish village and municipality located in the province of Granada, Andalusia. According to the 2005 census (INE), it has a population of 435 inhabitants.

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Settlement.official_name: Almegíjar
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Almegíjar (Granada).svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Cortijada en la Contraviesa I.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: An abandoned Cortijada in the Sierra de la Contraviesa, near Almegíjar
Settlement.image_map: LocationAlmegíjar.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Almegíjar
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Aut. community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Granada
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Alpujarra Granadina
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Judicial district
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Órgiva
Settlement.area_total_km2: 30
Settlement.elevation_m: 812
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Almegíjar is a Spanish village and municipality located in the province of Granada, Andalusia. According to the 2005 census (INE), it has a population of 435 inhabitants.

==Overview== It is situated at over 800 metres above sea level, on the southern slopes of the Sierra Morena, a spur of Mulhacen, the highest mountain in Spain. Before the Spanish Civil War in 1935, the church was burned by anarchists and during the war it was just behind the republican front lines; the remains of trenches can still be seen up the mountain. These trenches represents the furthest advance of the Fascists into Las Alpujarras after they took Granada.

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