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Borja Jiménez Sáez
Borja may refer to: * Borja (name) * Borja, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain ** Campo de Borja, comarca containing that municipality as capital * Borja, Peru, Loreto Region, Peru * Borja (mountain), in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Borja, Paraguay Borja is a town in the Guairá Department of Paraguay. Located 25km to the South of Villarrica and 212km to the South East of Asuncion. Its main tourist attractions are two small waterfalls Salto Cristal and Salto Tupasy Ykua. It was founded u ... in Guairá Department, Paraguay * San Borja (other), multiple places {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja (name)
Borja is both a surname and a male given name of Spanish origin. January 11 is the international Borja day. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja (1925–2001), interim president of El Salvador *Chico Borja (born 1959), U.S.-Ecuadorian soccer player-coach *Enrique Borja (born 1945), Mexican footballer *Félix Borja (born 1983), Ecuadorian footballer *Francisco de Borja (1441–1511), Spanish cardinal *James Borja, Guamanian sports administrator *Jesus Borja (born 1948), Northern Mariana Islander politician and lawyer *Meliton Borja, Filipino chess master *Miguel Borja (born 1993), Colombian footballer *Rodrigo Borja (born 1935), Ecuadorian president *Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo de Borja (1431–1503), Italian pope Given name *Borja Prado (born 1956), Spanish businessman, former president of Endesa *Borja Cobeaga (born 1977), Spanish filmmaker *Borja Penalba (born 1975), Spanish composer *Borja Ekiza (born 1988), Spanish footballer *Borja F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja, Zaragoza
Borja is a town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, community of Aragon, northeastern Spain. As of 2014, its population was 4,931. Geography The municipality borders with Ablitas (in Navarre) Agón, Ainzón, Alberite de San Juan, Albeta, Ambel, Bulbuente, El Buste, Fréscano, Magallón, Maleján, Mallén, Tabuenca, Tarazona, and Vera de Moncayo. It is the administrative seat of the comarca of Campo de Borja. History The town's origins date back to the fifth century BC, because this is when a Celtiberian settlement known as Bursau or Bursao had existed near the current ruins of the castle. After the Roman conquest (first century BC) also the slopes of the hill were populated, though the town started to expand significantly only after the Muslim conquest in the eighth century AD. In the twelfth century it was conquered by the Christians from the north, and in the fifteenth/16th centuries it was converted into a military fortress against the Castill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campo De Borja
Campo de Borja is a ''comarca'' (district) in Aragon, Spain. It is located in the province of Zaragoza, in a transition area between the Iberian System of mountain ranges and the Ebro Valley. Its capital is Borja. It is a wine-producing comarca, famous for its Campo de Borja wines, both red and white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa .... Municipalities * Agón * Ainzón * Alberite de San Juan * Albeta * Ambel * Bisimbre * Borja * Bulbuente * Bureta * Fréscano * Fuendejalón * Magallón * Maleján * Mallén * Novillas * Pozuelo de Aragón * Tabuenca * Talamantes References External links Official website {{Zaragoza-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja, Peru
Borja is a settlement in the Datem del Marañón Province of the Loreto Region of Peru. The hamlet is located on the banks of the Marañón River at an elevation of . In 2017 the population was 329. Established in 1619, Borja was one of the first settlements of Spanish colonists in the Amazon lowlands of Peru. Borja became a Roman Catholic mission of the Jesuit Order in 1638. Because of European diseases and enslavement of the indigenous Maina and other ethnic groups, the population of Borja and its vicinity declined from about 3,000 in 1638 to a few hundred by the late 18th century. History The first Spaniard known to have been in the Borja region was Juan de Salinas y Loyola who came this way in 1557, floating down the Marañón River through the tumultuous waters of the Pongo de Manseriche, a water gap, that marks the end of the Andes highlands and the beginning of the flat, forested upper Amazon Basin. The site of Borja is past the Pongo and was inhabited at that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja (mountain)
Borja () is a mountain in central Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina), between the town of Teslić and the village of Maslovare. It spreads in the southeast – northwest, and from Uzlomac is divided on saddle Solila, through which passes main road M-4 (Banja Luka – Matuzići – Doboj, which exits on the M-17 (as corridor Vc). The biggest part of this mountain lies in the municipalities of Teslić and Kotor Varoš. Over 1,000 meters above sea level at Borja are Runjavica (1,077 m), Pavlov vrh (Paul's peak, 1029 m), Komin (1,029 m) and Kuke (Hooks, 1.016 m). On the peaks of the mountain chain Očauš – Borja – Uzlomac is a watershed between basins of Bosnia (river), Bosnia and Vrbas (river), Vrbas. Borja is rich in dense coniferous–deciduous forest communities. Dominant coniferous species are white and black pine, after which it was named (the name Borja can be roughly translated as "pine woods"). The dense forests are inhabited by many wild animals, including Bosnian endemic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja, Paraguay
Borja is a town in the Guairá Department of Paraguay. Located 25km to the South of Villarrica and 212km to the South East of Asuncion. Its main tourist attractions are two small waterfalls Salto Cristal and Salto Tupasy Ykua. It was founded under the name of ''Yhacanguazu'' on October 22, 1778 by the Spanish Governor of Paraguay Pedro Melo de Portugal. The original name is in Guarani and it means ''large water spring''. The current name of Borja was adopted in 1929 to honor Mateo Borja, a former resident. The main economic activity are sugarcane cultivation and subsistence livestock farming. During Spanish rule in Paraguay (1535-1811) this area was part of a trackway known as the Royal Roads (''Caminos reales'') The roads were used by the Spanish authorities to visit the towns of Caazapa, Yuty and Itape. A report from 1851 asserts that there were 4 schools in the town. During the Paraguayan War many local women donated their jewelry to help with the costs. After the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
