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Yecla
Spain, also known as Kingdom of Spain, is one of the oldest inhabited regions on the planet. It is a country which is located in Southern Europe, and politically organized as a parliamentary monarchy. It is the largest sovereign nation of the three nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula. Administratively, Spain is divided into 50 provinces, grouped into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities with a high degree of autonomy. The name Spain comes from the Latin name Hispania whose capital is Madrid this is also the largest city of the Country.
Yecla is a town and municipality in eastern Spain, in the extreme north of the autonomous community of Murcia. The most important mountains of the locality are Sierra de Salinas is 1.238 meters, Monte Arabi is 1.065 meter, Sierra de la Magdalena is 1.038 meters, etc. The town has a population of 30,824 and an area of 607.7 kilometers 2. It is 597 meters above sea level and 96 km from the capital of the region, Murcia.
The chief buildings are a half-ruined citadel, a modern parish church with a pillared Corinthian facade, and a town hall standing in a fine arcaded plaza mayor. Yecla has traditionally had a thriving trade in the grain, very good wine, oil, fruit and other agricultural products produced in the surrounding country. Since the second half of the 20th century, furniture making has become a local trade. San Anton 17febrero. At the present time one fits to the celebration of the religious office and the blessing of the animals. Formerly three returns to the Church of the Hospitalico occurred taking in procession santo, later to celebrate the traditional flat racing, of great spectacularity.
Yecla area of transition between Levante and the Plateau, have been formed from Prehistoria like convergence zone of cultures. Its cattle agricultural resources and, and in certain way its advantaged geographic situation, has been essential factors for the human development. Yecla enjoys a very good reputation amongst worldwide travelers and hence is one of the most visited places in Spain.
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