Pechina

Pechina is a municipality of the Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is on the site of the ancient town of Urci.

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Settlement.official_name: Pechina
Settlement.image_skyline: Casa cueva Pechina.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Cave houses in Sierra Alhamilla, Pechina
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Pechina.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Pechina.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 75
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Andalusia#Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Andalusia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Almería
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: José Manuel Moreno Díaz
Settlement.leader_party: PSOE
Settlement.area_total_km2: 46

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Official name: Pechina
Population: 4552
Area: 46
Elevation: 98
Official website: www.pechina.es
Image: Iglesia Apostólica de San Indalecio, en Pechina (Almería, España).jpg
Licence plate code: AL

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postal code: 04250
Commons category: Pechina
female population: 1994
male population: 2043
P8168: Carsten Høi

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Pechina is a municipality of the Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is on the site of the ancient town of Urci.

Pechina, called Bajjāna in Arabic, was the centre of a Yemeni colony during the period of the Umayyad caliphate in Spain. Founded before 886, the self-governing colony was known as the ursh al-Yaman. Jews also shared in the prosperity of Pechina. In 922 it was incorporated into the caliphate. It oversaw a ribat (fortress) and maintained its own navy that could be put use for piracy or official Umayyad campaigns. Between 939 and 944 it took part in four expeditions against the Franks, Idrisids and Fatimids. By 955, it had been eclipsed by Almería.