Coripe

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Coripe, Spain
city
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Bandera de Coripe (Sevilla).svg
Escudo de Coripe (Sevilla).svg
Country Spain
Province Seville
Municipality Coripe
Area
  Total52 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
325 m (1,066 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total1,290
  Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Coripe is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 1,436.

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Demography

Historical population of Coripe
(Source: INE-es)
Year2004200720102013
Population1,4241,4461,4461,359

Culture

The village is known for the local Quema de Judas (Burning of Judas in English) holiday taking place on Sunday of Resurrection. Every year, the town denizens parade, shoot and burn a rag doll representing a figure deemed "despicable" by the locals. [2] [3]

Past examples include convicted and incarcerated embezzlers Rodrigo Rato and Iñaki Urdangarín, celebrities romantically linked to the Royal House such as Bárbara Rey and Eva Sannum, [3] and murderers such as Ana Julia Quezada [4] or Miguel Carcaño. [5] [3]

The April 2019 Judas burning ritual featured a dummy representing former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont; this choice, in the current volatile political climate and in the wake of the 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis, brought the town to the spotlight in a highly controversial manner. [6] [7] [8] This controversy compounded earlier ones, particularly after complaints from several organizations such as Movimiento contra la Intolerancia (Movement against Intolerance) which claimed that these holidays could be considered as "hate crimes". [5]

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. La Quemá del Judas, Destino Sevilla Rural.
  3. 1 2 3 S., R. (22 April 2019). "La quema del Judas Puigdemont de Coripe". El Diario de Sevilla. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. "Coripe «lincha» a una muñeca de la asesina confesa del pequeño Gabriel durante la «Quema de Judas»". 4 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Rato, la asesina de Gabriel, Carcaño... los otros 'Judas' quemados en Coripe". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 22 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. "Carles Puigdemont effigy burnt and shot in Seville". 21 April 2019.
  7. "Catalanofòbia i odi extrem contra Puigdemont a Sevilla". 21 April 2019.
  8. "Puigdemont lamenta el "acto de odio" de la quema del muñeco en Coripe". 21 April 2019.

Coordinates: 36°58′N5°26′W / 36.967°N 5.433°W / 36.967; -5.433