Córdoba, Spain

Córdoba
Córdoba
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	Coordinates: 37°53′0″N 4°46′0″W / 37.883333°N 4.766667°W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Andalusie
Province	Córdoba
Judicial destrict	Córdoba
Foondit	169 BC (Roman colony)
	Govrenment
- Mayor	José Antonio Nieto Ballesteros (PP)
	Aurie
- Tot	1,255.24 km2 (484.7 sq mi)
Hicht	120 m (394 ft)
	Indwallers (2008)
- Tot	325,453
- Densitie	259.3/km2 (671.5/sq mi)
Demonym	Cordobés/sa, cordobense, cortubí, patriciense
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	14001–14014
Offeecial leid(s)	Spainyie
Wabsteid	Offeecial wabsteid

Córdoba (Spainyie pronunciation: [ˈkorðoβa]; also Cordova)(Arabic: قرطبة : Qurtuba‎) is a ceety in Andalusie, soothren Spain, an the caipital o the province o Córdoba. An Iberian an Roman ceety in auncient times. An aa in the Middle Ages it wis caipital o an Islamic caliphate.

The auld toun contains mony impressive architectural reminders o when Corduba, the caipital o Hispania Ulterior durin the Roman Republic an caipital o Hispania Baetica durin the Roman Empire; an Qurṭuba (قرطبة) the caipital o the Caliphate o Córdoba, govrened amaist aw o the Iberian peninsula.

It haes been estimatit that in the 10t century an beginnin o the 11t century, Córdoba wis the maist populous ceety in the warld,^[1]^[2] durin these centuries became the intellectual center o Europe.^[3] The day is a moderately-sized modren ceety, its population in 2008 wis 325,453.^[4]

Geography [edit]

The ceety is locatit on the banks o the Guadalquivir river, an its easy access tae the minin resources o the Sierra Morena (coal, lead, zinc) satisfies the population’s needs.

The ceety is locatit in a depression o the valley o the Guadalquivir. In the north is the Sierra Morena, which defines the borders o the municipal aurie.

Córdoba is ane o the few ceeties in the warld that haes a near-exact antipodal ceety – Hamilton, New Zealand.

Transport [edit]

The ceety is connectit bi hie speed trains tae the main Spainyie ceeties: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Málaga an Zaragoza. Mair than 20 trains per day connect the dountoun aurie, in 54 minutes, wi Málaga María Zambrano station, which provides interchynge capability tae destinations alang the Costa del Sol, includin Málaga Airport.