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Cádiz is the provincial capital with the highest rate of unemployment in Spain. This, too, tends to depress the population level. This, too, tends to depress the population level. Young Gaditanos, those between 18 and 30 years of age, have been migrating to other places in Spain ( Madrid and Castellón , chiefly), as well as to other places in ...
The church was known as "The Cathedral of The Americas" because it was built with money from the trade between Spain and America. The 18th century was a golden age for Cádiz, and the other cathedral that the city had got, Santa Cruz, was very small for this new moment of Cádiz. The new cathedral was built from 1722 to 1838.
As the major city in the area, Gijón is known as the "capital of the green coast". Many cities and towns in Spain are popularly known by various nicknames. This list compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Spain are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially. [1] [2]
On April 7, 1823, the so-called "Army of Spain" began crossing the Spanish border without a prior declaration of war. [179] [180] Initially numbering between 80,000 and 90,000 men, their number rose to around 120,000 by the end of the campaign, with some having already participated in Napoleon's invasion of 1808.
Its capital is the city of Cádiz, which has a population of 114,244. As of 2021, the largest city is Jerez de la Frontera with 212,801 inhabitants. Algeciras , which surpassed Cádiz with 122,982 inhabitants, is the second most populated city.
Jerez has had a railway line since 1854, which was one of the first in Spain, the Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz railway. The line went between Jerez and El Puerto de Santa María and transported wine barrels for export. Jerez de la Frontera railway station is used by more passengers than Cádiz and is the fourth busiest in Andalucia.
People from the city of Cádiz, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia region, Spain. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A.
This led to a popular insurrection and the consequent War of Independence, in which Andalusia played a decisive role in the resistance against the invader, with the Battle of Bailén, which was the first Spanish victory over the French, with the movimiento juntero and with the Cortes de Cádiz, which on 19 March 1812 proclaimed the first ...