Enciso | |
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Location within La Rioja. | |
Coordinates: 42°08′56″N2°16′09″W / 42.14889°N 2.26917°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | La Rioja |
Comarca | Arnedo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ricardo Ochoa (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 69.69 km2 (26.91 sq mi) |
Elevation | 783 m (2,569 ft) |
Population (2018) [1] | |
• Total | 167 |
Postal code | 26586 |
Enciso is a small municipality (pop. 159 (2007)) in the southern part of La Rioja, Spain, near Arnedo. The main village rises is located above the Cidacos River.
Numerous trace fossils of dinosaurs have been found in the area and there is a museum specialized in paleontology in Enciso. [2] The dinosaur has become an emblematic animal of this town. [3]
Enciso has been steadily losing permanent population. From a total of 1,237 inhabitants in 1900, it had only 159 in the 2009 census. [4]
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