Calamocha

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Calamocha
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Coordinates: 40°55′2″N1°18′0″W / 40.91722°N 1.30000°W / 40.91722; -1.30000
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Teruel
Comarca Jiloca Comarca
Government
   Mayor Manuel Rando López
(PSOE de Aragón) (2015–2019)
Area
  Total316.63 km2 (122.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total4,319
  Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Demonym Calamochino
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Calamocha is a town and municipality of Teruel province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. In 2015 the municipality had a population of 4,417 inhabitants.

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Calamocha is the administrative centre of the Aragonese comarca of Jiloca. On January 12, 2021, a minimum temperature of −21.3 °C (−6.3 °F) was registered in a close village called Fuentes Claras. [2]

Villages

As well as the town of Calamocha itself, the following villages and hamlets form part of the municipality:

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "España sufre su día más gélido en los últimos 20 años, con ocho capitales a 10º bajo cero" [Spain suffers its coldest day in the last 20 years, with eight capitals at 10º below zero] (in Spanish). El País. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.