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Porcuna

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Porcuna is a village and municipality in the province of Jaén in Andalusia, Spain, 42 km from Jaén and 50 km from Córdoba. The primary occupation of the 6,990 inhabitants is olive growing. The main tourist attractions are the tower of Boabdil, the Casa Piedra, the Paseo de Jesús and the various hermitages.

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Porcuna
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village
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Torre Nueva Castillo de Porcuna - noche.jpg
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New Tower in Porcuna Castle.
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Bandera_de_Porcuna_(Jaén).svg
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Escudo de Porcuna (Jaén).svg
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Spain Province of Jaén#Spain Andalusia#Spain
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Porcuna
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Location in the Province of Jaén
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Country
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Autonomouscommunity
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Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
23px Jaén
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Comarca
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Campiña del Norte
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Mayor
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Miguel Moreno Lorente
Settlement.area_total_km2
176.3

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Official name
Porcuna
Country
Spain
Located in
Jaén Province
Continent
Europe
Population
5936
Area
176.3
Elevation
427
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Baena
Official website
www.porcuna.es
Image
Porcuna, en Jaén (España).jpg
Licence plate code
J
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Commons category
Porcuna
postal code
23790
male population
3144
female population
3091
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Porcuna is a village and municipality in the province of Jaén in Andalusia, Spain, 42 km from Jaén and 50 km from Córdoba. The primary occupation of the 6,990 inhabitants is olive growing. The main tourist attractions are the tower of Boabdil, the Casa Piedra, the Paseo de Jesús and the various hermitages.

One of Porcuna's famous sons is the Baroque poet Juan del Valle y Caviedes, born here around 1645, who moved to Peru at an early age and wrote biting satirical works attacking the hypocrisy of the Colonial upper class society of Lima.

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

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