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Arroyomolinos de León

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Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
87 km²

Province
  
Province of Huelva

Municipality
  
Province of Huelva

Elevation
  
609 m

Population
  
1,078 (2005)

Local time
  
Thursday 2:28 AM

Arroyomolinos de León

Website
  
arroyomolinosdeleon.com

Weather
  
9°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 84% Humidity

Arroyomolinos de León is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 1,046 inhabitants (533 men and 513 women).

Contents

Map of 21280 Arroyomolinos de Le%C3%B3n, Huelva, Spain

Significant events

As a result of an explosion equivalent to 190 kilotonnes of TNT that occurred over the town on December 8, 1932. Arroyomolinos de León made it into the List of meteor air bursts. A meteoroid, connected to the δ-Arietids meteor shower, exploded 15.7 km (9.8 mi) overhead. The authors of the conference paper making this claim provide no evidence that a meteor was seen by anyone outside the village. And the authors also provide no evidence that this proposed massive explosion was seen or heard by anyone in any of the nearby villages.

References

Arroyomolinos de León Wikipedia