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Periana
Sign in to savePeriana is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of La Axarquía. The municipality is situated approximately 23 kilometres from Vélez and 48 from the provincial capital of Málaga near the Sierra de Alhama. It has a population of approximately 3,500 residents. The natives are called Perianenses and their nickname is Los Manga Anchas or “The Wide-sleeved Ones”.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Periana is referenced by 113 other articles, and connects out to Málaga Province, Spain and list of sovereign states.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in the Province of Málaga.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- +1
- Settlement.official_name
- Periana
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Centro de Periana.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- 70px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Spain.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 23px Málaga
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 58.76
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 550
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
- Settlement.website
- www.periana.es
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Part of
- Axarquía
- Official name
- Periana
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Málaga Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 3367
- Area
- 58
- Elevation
- 550
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Zafarraya
- Official website
- www.periana.es
- Image
- Centro de Periana.jpg
- Licence plate code
- MA
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- postal code
- 29710
- Commons category
- Periana
- male population
- 1602
- female population
- 1446
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Periana is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of La Axarquía. The municipality is situated approximately 23 kilometres from Vélez and 48 from the provincial capital of Málaga near the Sierra de Alhama. It has a population of approximately 3,500 residents. The natives are called Perianenses and their nickname is Los Manga Anchas or “The Wide-sleeved Ones”.
During the Andalusian earthquake of 25 December 1884, 57% of houses collapsed completely and the rest suffered very serious damage. In total there were 44 dead and 32 seriously injured. In the annexes of La Muela, Guaro, Vilo, Mondrón, Sara, Marines, Rosas, Malpelo, Carrasquilla and Rioseco there were 190 collapsed houses and 171 badly damaged. There were 14 dead and 81 injured.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Periana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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