Algueña

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Algueña
other_name = L'Alguenya
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population_total = 1,528
population_density_km2 = 82.9
population_as_of = 2006
area_total_km2 = 18.43
area mi = 17.01
elevation_m = 534
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subdivision_name1 = Alicante
subdivision_name2 = Vinalopó Medio
leader_name = Esteve Escandell Pérez
party = PSOE
election year = 2006
postal_code = 03668
subdivision_name2 = Novelda
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Alguenyer, -a (Catalan) |population_blank2_title =Language |population_blank2 =Valencian|postal_code_type =Postcode |latd=38 |latm=20 |lats=16 |latNS=N |longd=01 |longm=00 |longs=13 |longEW=W

Algueña is a Spanish municipality located in the Alicante province, in the "comarca" of Vinalopó Medio. Its climate is Arid Mediterranean.

Geography

Algueña is located in the extreme West of Medio Vinalopó, on the border of the old Kingdom of Murcia. The district occupies a high plateau with mid altitudes around 600 m (2000 ft), hilly to the North because of the Reclot mountain range. The district includes the city population center as well as the village of La Solana at 3 km (2 miles) from the town.

A Brief History

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The population was linked to the municipality of Pinoso until 1934, although it previously already had an independent parish. In this year it obtained municipal independence due to the strong demographic growth experience during the last years of the 19th and beginnings of the 20th centuries (the 1900 census showed a figure of 1,953 inhabitants). Beginning in the 50s, there was a slow regression until 2005, when Algueña had 1,501 inhabitants.

Algueña (like Pinoso, of whose municipality, as already stated, it was part of) remained included in the Territory of Orihuela until 1707. In the administrative reform carried out by the Bourbons, it remained equally included in Orihuela’s district of corregidor until 1833, the year in which the current provincial system was established.

External Links (in Spanish)

* [http://www.dip-alicante.es/documentacion Datos y cifras del municipio de Algueña] . Unidad de Documentación de la Diputación de Alicante
* [http://www.just.gva.es/pls/civisc/p_civis.municipios?codcat=03013 Algueña en el Registro de Entidades Locales de la Generalidad Valenciana]
* [http://www.laisladeinterior.com/alguena/index.asp La isla de interior - Algueña] : sitio web institucional de información turística.
* [http://www.revista-perito.com/Alguerodri.htm Crónica de un visitante en Algueña]