![Higueruela](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Higueruela.svg)
Higueruela () is a municipality located at 43 km east of
Albacete
Albacete (, also , ; ar, ﭐَلبَسِيط, Al-Basīṭ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete.
Lying in the south-ea ...
,
Castile-La Mancha,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. It has a population of 1,350. The land surface is around 205.4 km² and its population density is calculated at 6.5/km².
The Higueruela Park features 244
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s and it was the biggest
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...
in the world for some time. The Park was built in 1999, and it has an installed capacity of 161 MW.
Between May 21 and 24, the village celebrates
Patron Saint Quiteria's day while
Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara ( grc, Ἁγία Βαρβάρα; cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Lebanese and Greek saint and martyr. Acc ...
's day is celebrated every August.
''Higueruela''
- The main church is dedicated to Santa Quiteria, Higueruela Santa Quiteria is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassic, Roman Catholic parish church in Higueruela, province of Albacete, Community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
A hermitage of the same dedication is known from 1592. The church was erected in th ...
.
See also
* List of municipalities in Albacete
* Wind power in Spain
Spain is one of the countries with the largest wind power capacity installed, with over 27 GW in 2020.
History
Spain was an early leader in development of wind power, ranking second after Germany by installed capacity until 2006, when it was ...
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References and notes
Municipalities of the Province of Albacete
Wind farms in Spain
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