Ubrique is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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located in the province of Cádiz, in the

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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 ...

. According to the 2005

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, it has a population of 17,362 inhabitants. It is the most important municipality in the

Sierra de Cádiz Sierra de Cádiz (Spanish: "Cádiz Mountains") is a comarca (county, but with no administrative role) province of Cádiz (Andalusia, southern Spain). Most of the comarca's territory falls within the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, a protected ar ...

. The most important industry is

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As part of the ''

pueblos blancos The White Towns of Andalusia, or Pueblos Blancos, are a series of whitewashed towns and large villages in the northern part of the provinces of Cádiz and Málaga in southern Spain, mostly within the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Histo ...

'' (white towns) in southern Spain's Andalusia region, Ubrique reminds travellers of that area's Arab past. Situated at the foot of the Sierra de Ubrique.

Geography

Ubrique is located between two Natural Parks: Grazalema and Los Alcornocales

Los Alcornocales Natural Park Los Alcornocales Natural Park (in Spanish, Parque natural de Los Alcornocales) is a natural park located in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia; it is shared between the Province of Cádiz and Málaga. The natural park o ...

. Thanks to its location, it is surrounded by a rocky landscape with a great diversity of flora (olive trees, carob trees, cork oaks, holm oaks, etc.) and abundant fauna (vultures, birds of prey, mountain goats, etc.) mainly on the highest mountainous areas located in the valley of the Aljibe. The Ubrique River divides the town in half, although it also has another river: Tavizna River.

Demographics

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References

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External links

Ubrique official statistics
- Municipalities of the Province of Cádiz {{Andalusia-geo-stub