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Ciudad Rodrigo
Sign in to savecity in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain
Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Castile and León
- Province
- Salamanca
- Comarca
- Comarca of Ciudad Rodrigo
- Mayor
- Marcos Iglesias Caridad ( PP )
- Total
- 240 km (93 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 658 m (2,159 ft)
- Density
- 49/km (130/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www .aytociudadrodrigo .es
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ciudad Rodrigo ( Spanish: [θjuˈðað roˈðɾiɣo] ) is a small cathedral city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain, with a population in 2016 of 12,896. It is also the seat of a judicial district.
The site of Ciudad Rodrigo, perched atop a rocky rise on the right bank of the River Águeda, has been occupied since the Neolithic Age. Known also as Mirobriga by those who wish to associate the city with an ancient Celtic village in the outskirts of the modern city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ciudad Rodrigo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.