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- ↑ Census of 1 November 2001: from Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
- ↑ Census of 1 November 2011: from Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
- ↑ Estimate of 1 January 2019: from Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
- ↑ total included in figure for Frontera. The new Municipality of El Pinar was created in 2007 by splitting off the former southern portion of the Municipality of Frontera.
