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Porcuna

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Country
  
Spain

Elevation
  
427 m (1,401 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
176.3 km²

Population
  
6,630 (2014)

Autonomous community
  
Andalusia

Demonym(s)
  
Porcunenses

Website
  
Official website

Province
  
Province of Jaén

Local time
  
Friday 7:17 AM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 83% Humidity

Concurso de murgas carnaval de porcuna 2017


Porcuna is a village and municipality in the province of Jaén in Andalusia, Spain, 42 km from Jaén and 50 km from Córdoba. The primary occupation of the 6,990 inhabitants is olive growing. The main tourist attractions are the tower of Boabdil, the Casa Piedra, the Paseo de Jesús and the various hermitages.

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Map of 23790 Porcuna, Ja%C3%A9n, Spain

One of Porcuna's famous sons is the Baroque poet Juan del Valle y Caviedes, born here around 1645, who moved to Perú at an early age and wrote biting satirical works attacking the hypocrisy of the Colonial upper class society of Lima.

Carnaval 2017 porcuna pasacalles 2b


References

Porcuna Wikipedia