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Frailes or Los Frailes may refer to: * Frailes, Spain, a municipality in the province of Jaén, Spain * Frailes, Desamparados, Costa Rica, a town in the Desamparados canton, San José province, Costa Rica * Frailes, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Puerto Rico * Frailes, Yauco, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Puerto Rico * Islas Los Frailes, a Venezuelan archipelago of rock islets * Los Frailes, a beach north of Puerto López, Ecuador * Los Frailes mine, Andalusia, Spain, where the 1998 Doñana disaster began See also * Fraile (other) * Cordillera de los Frailes The Cordillera de los Frailes is a mountainous region in the central parts of the Bolivian Andes. Geographical location The Cordillera de los Frailes stretches along the north-eastern parts of Potosí Department bordering the north-western C ...
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Frailes, Spain
Frailes is a municipality in the Spain, Spanish province of Province of Jaén (Spain), Jaén, autonomous community of Andalucia, with a total area of 41,37 km2, a population of 1775 inhabitants (Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portugal), INE, 2007) and a population density of 43,41 inhab/ km2. It has been immortalised by the British writer, Michael Jacobs (art and travel writer), Michael Jacobs, in his 2003 book, ''The Factory of Light''. Geography Frailes is located 89 km south of the capital city, Province of Jaén (Spain), Jaén. The village is 55k north of Granada, which tends to make the community look toward Granada for key services. At an height of 974 metres above sea level, Frailes municipal district includes the territories of los Bailadores, Los Baños, Los Barrancos, Cañada de Alcalá, Cañada de Nogueras, Cerrillo el Ciego, Majada Abrigada, El Nogueral, Las Parras, Puerto Blanco, Los Rosales y La Solana de la Parra. Frailes is located at the Sierra Sur de Ja ...
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Frailes, Desamparados, Costa Rica
Frailes is a district of the Desamparados canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica, around one hour south of Desamparados in Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no .... Geography Frailes has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. Demographics For the 2011 census, Frailes had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 222 References {{CostaRica-geo-stub Districts of San José Province Populated places in San José Province ...
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Frailes, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Frailes is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 32,050. Geography Frailes is located in central Guaynabo. According to the United States Census Bureau, the barrio has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is situated above sea level. Demographics Sectors Barrios (which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. The following sectors are in Frailes barrio: , and . Notable residents * Carlos Dávila Dávila See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is ...
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Frailes, Yauco, Puerto Rico
Frailes is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 321. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Frailes barrio was 919. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ... References Barrios of Yauco, Puerto Rico {{YaucoPR-geo-stub ...
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Islas Los Frailes
The Islas Los Frailes are an archipelago of rock islets with sparse scrub vegetation belonging to the Federal dependencies of Venezuela, part of Venezuela.Vargas, Francisco Alejandro. 1983: Nuestros héroes navales. Comandancia General de la Armada. Caracas. 2 volúmenes. The flotilla of Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda sighted in 1499 the archipelago composed of ten islands: * Chepere * Guacaraida * Isla Fraile Grande * Nabobo * Cominoto * Macarare * Guairiare * Guacaraida * La Balandra * La Peche The largest island is called Fraile Grande or Puerto Real and is long and occupies . The southern islet has an elevation of . About north of Los Failes is Roca del Norte (North Rock), which is high. See also * Federal Dependencies of Venezuela * List of marine molluscs of Venezuela * List of Poriferans of Venezuela References External links Los Frailes hfdx.org Los Frailes LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the ...
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Puerto López
Puerto López (16,000 inhabitants) is a small fishing village set in an arched bay on the Pacific coast in the Ecuadorian Manabí Province. Puerto Lopéz is the Machalilla National Park headquarters. The main industries include fishing and ecotourism. The street closest to the beach has many restaurants, cabanas that provide drinks, and some nightclubs. Fishing is an important activity in Puerto Lopéz. In local waters there are Amberjack, dolphin, wahoo, marlin, and tuna of many different species. Tourism Whale watching is popular from mid-June to October and tours can be booked in town. At this time of year the huge humpback whales mate and the odds of spotting whales are very good. Humpback whales mate behind Salango Island, this island is in the community Salango. Isla de la Plata 40 kilometres offshore is Isla de la Plata Isla de la Plata is a small island off the coast of Manabí, Ecuador, and is part of Parque Nacional Machalilla. It can be reached by boat from ...
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Doñana Disaster
The Doñana Disaster, also known as the Aznalcollar Disaster or Guadiamar Disaster ( Sp: ''Desastre de Aznalcóllar'', ''Desastre del Guadiamar''), was an industrial accident in Andalusia, southern Spain. On 25 April 1998, a holding dam burst at the Los Frailes mine, near Aznalcóllar, Seville Province, releasing 4–5 million cubic metres of mine tailings. The acidic tailings, which contained dangerous levels of several heavy metals, quickly reached the nearby River Agrio, and then its affluent the River Guadiamar, travelling about 40 kilometres along these waterways before they could be stopped. The Guadiamar is the main water source for the Doñana National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the largest national parks in Europe.. The cleanup operation took three years, at an estimated cost of €240 million. The Los Frailes mine is owned by Boliden-Apirsa (formerly Andaluza de Piritas, S.A.), the Spanish subsidiary of Boliden, and produces about 12 ...
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Fraile (other)
Fraile is Spanish for ''friar'' and may refer to: People * Alfonso Fraile, Spanish painter * Francisco Fraile, Mexican politician * Gorka Fraile, Spanish tennis player * Hugo Fraile, Spanish footballer * Luis Fraile, Spanish artist * Omar Fraile Omar Fraile Matarranza (born 17 July 1990) is a Spanish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a winner of stages in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and has twice won the Mountains classification in the Vuelta a ..., Spanish cyclist * Susana Fraile, Spanish handball player Places * Fraile, Culebra, Puerto Rico, a barrio of the island-municipality of Culebra See also * Frailes (other) * El Fraile (other) * Frail (other) {{dab, surname ...
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