Country Spain Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 592 km² Province Province of Córdoba | Municipality Fuente Obejuna Elevation 625 m Population 4,961 (2014) Local time Saturday 7:19 AM | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 84% Humidity | ||
Fuente Obejuna is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 4961 inhabitants. Fuente Obejuna is located 98 km away from the capital of the province, Cordoba. It was made famous by Lope de Vega's play Fuenteovejuna about the uprising that took place there in 1476. Local people are known as 'Mellarienses'.
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Map of 14297 Fuente Obejuna, C%C3%B3rdoba, Spain
Etymology
Although Fuente Obejuna is the official name, the town is also known as Fuente Ovejuna and Fuenteovejuna. Before the creation of the “Real Academia Española”, the use of “b” and “v” was different of what it is today, and because of that fact Fuente Obejuna can be written in several ways, all of them correct. Some people have related the name of this village with the Roman villa “Fons Mellaria” (honey fountain) that was situated in the municipality of Fuente Obejuna, 5 km away from the urban area, at Masatrigos hill, a place where Roman remains have been found. From this name “Fuente Abejuna” was derived and then “Fuente Obejuna”.
Demography
There are 14 villages that belong to Fuente Obejuna`s municipality:
Number of residents in 1996-2006: