Lora del Río is a city and

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located in the

province of Seville The Province of Seville () is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and Córdoba in the ...

, Spain. According to the 2006

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by INE, it has a population of 19,077 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality of Lora del Río (Sevilla) is one of 104 municipalities is the province of Sevilla within

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valley, to the east of

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, which is about 57 kilometres away.

Notable people

* Juan de Cervantes (c. 1380 or 1382 – 25 November 1453) was one of the Catholic Church's cardinals * Kevin López (born 12 June 1990) was a middle-distance runner

References

External links

City info at ''Junta de Andalucía''

CNT City blogspot

Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Municipalities of the Province of Seville {{Andalusia-geo-stub

Geography

Notable people

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