Azofra, Spain

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Azofra
Municipality
Location within Rioja Alta (La Rioja).
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Coordinates: 42°25′26″N2°48′03″W / 42.42389°N 2.80083°W / 42.42389; -2.80083
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	La Rioja
Comarca	Nájera
Government
•  Alcalde	Ernesto Álvarez Fernández (PP)
Area
• Total	11.84 km2 (4.57 sq mi)
Elevation	559 m (1,834 ft)
Population  (2024) [1]
• Total	201
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CET)
Website	http://www.azofra.org/
36 km to Logroño

Azofra is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain.

Etymology

The name Azofra appeared in 1199, in a papal bull that conceded privileges to the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. According to Asín, ^[2] it derives from the Arabic as-suxra, "the tribute", that would record the form in which someone obtained property or the function discharged. ^[3]

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. Asín, 1944, 80
3. Ranz Yubero, José Antonio; de los Mozos, José Ramón López (2002), "Topónimos riojanos del patrimonio emilianense en una bula de 1199. (Archivo de San Millán M. 41-52)", Berceo (in Spanish), no. 142, pp. 65–76, ISSN   0210-8550