Cartaya

Cartaya is a Spanish locality and municipality in the Province of Huelva, (autonomous community of Andalusia). In 2010 it had 18,415 inhabitants. Its surface area is 226.4 km2 and has a density of 81.34 people per km2.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Cartaya
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality & Town
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Cartaya.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 125px
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Cartaya.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Plaza de Cartaya 01.JPG
Settlement.shield_size: 85px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 9
Settlement.mapframe marker: town
Settlement.motto: Cartaya: pines and sea & Cartaya ahead Cartaya: pinos y mar & Cartaya por delante
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous Community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 25px Andalusia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 20px Huelva

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

Etymology
Symbols
Geography
Situation
Orography
Climate
Hydrology
Ecology
History
Prehistory
Romanization
Middle Ages
Founding of Cartaya
Modern era
Population and urban arrangement
Centres of population
Demography
Politics and government
Local administration
Economy
See also
References
External links

The present town of Cartaya was founded in the 15th century by the Marquis of Gibraleón, Don Pedro de Zúñiga. Its name comes from the Phoenician word "Carteia", meaning city, which implies that the site had been settled much earlier. Traces have been found dating from the late Roman Empire and there is evidence of farmsteads from the early medieval period.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cartaya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.