Fuente Obejuna is a Spanish town in the
province of Córdoba,
autonomous community
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Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...
. The municipality has a population of around 5,000 inhabitants.
Fuente Obejuna is located 98 km from the provincial capital,
Córdoba. It was made famous by
Lope de Vega's play ''
Fuenteovejuna
''Fuenteovejuna'' () is a play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. First published in Madrid in 1619, as part of ''Docena Parte de las Comedias de Lope de Vega Carpio'' (''Volume 12 of the Collected plays of Lope de Vega Carpio''),Edwards ...
'' about the uprising that took place there in
1476
Year 1476 ( MCDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 1 – Battle of Toro (War of the Castilian Succession): Although militaril ...
.
Etymology
Although Fuente Obejuna is the official name, the town is also known as Fuente Ovejuna and Fuenteovejuna. Before the creation of the ''
Real Academia Española'', the use of "b" and "v" was different from what it is today, and because of that fact Fuente Obejuna can be written in several ways, Some people have related the name of this town to the Roman villa ''Fons Mellaria'' ("honey fountain", whence the Spanish demonym ''mellarienses'') that was situated in the municipality of Fuente Obejuna, 5 km from the urban area, at Masatrigos hill, a place where Roman remains have been found. From this name ''Fuente Abejuna'' ("bee fountain") was derived and then ''Fuente Obejuna''.
Demography
There are 14 ''pedanías'' that belong to Fuente Obejuna's municipality:
* Alcornocal
* Argallón
* Cañada del Gamo
* La Cardenchosa
* Coronada
* Cuenca
* Los Morenos
* Navalcuervo
* Ojuelos Altos
* Ojuelos Bajos
* Los Pánchez
* Piconcillo
* El Porvenir
* Posadilla
Number of residents in 1996-2006:
See also
*''
Fuenteovejuna
''Fuenteovejuna'' () is a play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. First published in Madrid in 1619, as part of ''Docena Parte de las Comedias de Lope de Vega Carpio'' (''Volume 12 of the Collected plays of Lope de Vega Carpio''),Edwards ...
''
References
External links
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Fuente Obejuna- Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
Municipalities in the Province of Córdoba (Spain)
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