Alosno
Encyclopedia
Alosno is a town and municipality
located in the province of Huelva
, Spain
. According to the 2005 census
, the city has a population of 4,514 inhabitants.
The noted Spanish boxer Pedro Carrasco
, and the fandango singer Paco Toronjo
were born in Alosno.
The Filon Sur Mine, in Alosno municipality, is a notable source of fine specimens of the mineral goethite
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the province of Huelva
Huelva (province)
Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by Portugal, the provinces of Badajoz, Seville, and Cádiz, and the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Huelva....
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. According to the 2005 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, the city has a population of 4,514 inhabitants.
The noted Spanish boxer Pedro Carrasco
Pedro Carrasco
Pedro Carrasco was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain.Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967...
, and the fandango singer Paco Toronjo
Paco Toronjo
Francisco Antonio Toronjo Arreciado , known as Paco Toronjo, was a Spanish flamenco singer.He learned to sing local traditional folk at his home town Alosno. He stayed at his province until he was 20 years old when he became a professional musician. At the beginning of his musical career he sang...
were born in Alosno.
The Filon Sur Mine, in Alosno municipality, is a notable source of fine specimens of the mineral goethite
Goethite
Goethite , named after the German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is an iron bearing oxide mineral found in soil and other low-temperature environments. Goethite has been well known since prehistoric times for its use as a pigment. Evidence has been found of its use in paint pigment samples...
.
Demographics
External links
- Alosno - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía