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Coordinates: 41°30′54″N1°1′55.20″W / 41.51500°N 1.0320000°W / 41.51500; -1.0320000
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of Aragon.svg  Aragon
Province Zaragoza
Comarca Zaragoza
Government
  MayorJosé María Castillo Vicente
Area
  Total19.8 km2 (7.6 sq mi)
Elevation
394 m (1,293 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total498
  Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Demonym Botorritanos
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Botorrita is a municipality of 574 residents located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.

Botorrita is known for the archeological artefacts found there, such as the Botorrita plaques.

The Romans knew it as Contrebia Belaisca (the first probably Celtiberian from *kom- + *treb(h) "the gathering (place)"). [2]

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Beltrán Lloris, Francisco (2002): (Review of F. Villar, Mª. A. Díaz, M. Mª. Medrano y C. Jordán, El IV bronce de Botorrita (Contrebia Belaisca): arqueología y lingüística, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 2001, 226 pp.) in Palaeohispanica (revista sobre lengua y culturas de la Hispania antigua), vol. 2, Zaragoza, pp. 381–393. ISSN   1578-5386.