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Escalante is a municipality located in the autonomous community of
Escalante
- Cantabria 102 Municipios
Municipalities in Cantabria
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Cantabria
Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...
, Spain. According to the 2007 census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
, the city has a population of 749 inhabitants.
See also
*Bernardino de Escalante
Bernardino de Escalante (ca. 1537– after 1605) was a Spanish soldier, priest, geographer and a prolific writer. He is best known as the author of the second book on China that was published in Europe, and the first author of such a book to o ...
(who was from the nearby Laredo, Cantabria
Laredo () is a town in the autonomous community of Cantabria. According to the 2008 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 12,648 inhabitants. In addition to Laredo, the municipality includes the villages of La Arenosa, El Callejo, L ...
)
* Diego de Guevara
Don Diego de Guevara ( 1450–1520) was a Spanish courtier and ambassador who served four, possibly five, successive Dukes of Burgundy, spanning the Valois and Habsburg dynasties, mostly in the Low Countries. He was also a significant art co ...
, son of the Lord of Escalante, courtier and art collector
References
External links
Escalante
- Cantabria 102 Municipios
Municipalities in Cantabria
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